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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Farid U. Dowla, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Franak Nekoogar, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alex Spiridon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Farid U. Dowla, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Franak Nekoogar, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alex Spiridon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/69 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A novel UWB communications method and system that provides self-organization for wireless sensor networks is introduced. The self-organization is in terms of scalability, power conservation, channel estimation, and node synchronization in wireless sensor networks. The UWB receiver in the present invention adds two new tasks to conventional TR receivers. The two additional units are SNR enhancing unit and timing acquisition and tracking unit.