Beach, MA

Chen, K

Kitchener, D

Li, Y

McLaughlin, S

Morris, KA

Neirynck, D

Nix, AR

Presser, M

Williams, C

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This article reviews wireless enabling technologies to support interworking of heterogeneous networks, and covers two relevant topics; personal area networks and multistandard terminals. The variability of the PAN channel is demonstrated, and the implications for air interface design are discussed. To ensure effective operation in shared spectrum, radio resource management and medium access control strategies for PANs are also discussed. It is recognized that terminal cost has significant implications for user acceptance; therefore, by combining functionality from different standards (cellular, wireless LAN, broadcast), cost can be reduced. Technologies and architectures relevant for multistandard terminals are reviewed, including synchronization and linear RF processing. Finally, the potential for further simplifications within the framework of multicarrier CDMA is considered.</p

Williams, Chris

Beach, Mark A.

Neirynck, D.

Nix, Andrew R.

Chen, K.

Morris, K.

Kitchener, D.

Presser, M.

Li, Yuchan

McLaughlin, Steve

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Personal area technologies for Internetworked services

This article reviews wireless enabling technologies to support interworking of heterogeneous networks, and covers two relevant topics; personal area networks and multistandard terminals. The variability of the PAN channel is demonstrated, and the implications for air interface design are discussed. To ensure the effective operation in the shared spectrum, radio resource management and medium access control strategies for PANs are also discussed. It is recognized that the terminal cost has significant implications for user acceptance; therefore, by combining the functionality from different standards (cellular, wireless LAN, broadcast), the cost can be reduced. Technologies and architectures relevant for multistandard terminals are reviewed, including synchronization and linear RF processing. Finally, the potential for further simplifications within the framework of multicarrier CDMA is considered.This article reviews wireless enabling technologies to support interworking of heterogeneous networks, and covers two relevant topics; personal area networks and multistandard terminals. The variability of the PAN channel is demonstrated, and the implications for air interface design are discussed. To ensure effective operation in shared spectrum, radio resource management and medium access control strategies for PANs are also discussed. It is recognized that terminal cost has significant implications for user acceptance; therefore, by combining functionality from different standards (cellular, wireless LAN, broadcast), cost can be reduced. Technologies and architectures relevant for multistandard terminals are reviewed, including synchronization and linear RF processing. Finally, the potential for further simplifications within the framework of multicarrier CDMA is considered

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[10] ETSI TR 101 683 v. 1.1.1 (2000-02), “Broad Radio Access Networks (BRAN); HIPERLAN Type 2; System Overview,”

[11] Special Issue on Fourth-Generation Wireless Access Technology,

[M] received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Bristol in

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he has been working toward his Ph.D. in the Mobile Group of CCSR at the University of Surrey. Within his research interests are adaptive MAC and RRM strategies for PANs, cross-layer optimization, and the broader research area of UWB communications systems.

is a researcher in the Mobile Group of the Center for Communication and Systems Research at the University of Surrey. He received an M.S. degree in physics with astrophysics from the University of Bristol in 2001, and in

Personal Area Networks:

Radio Resource Allocation with Resource Metric Estimation for Multimedia

received a B.Sc. degree in electronics and electrical engineering from the University of Glasgow in 1981 and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1989. From

received his Bachelor and Master degrees from Shantou University,

received his Ph.D. from Queen Mary College, London, United Kingdom, in 1989 for research into mutual coupling in finite arrays of rectangular apertures. He joined the Antenna and Propagation Group at Nortel Networks,

The Evolution of Ultra Wide Band Radio for Wireless Personal

Wireless 1394: A New Standard for Integrated Wireless Broadband Home Networking,”

Personal area technologies for internetworked services

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