The aim of this book is to provide interesting material to (graduate)
students and researchers working in the field of commercial Ultra Wide
Band (UWB) wireless communications. The book will also be useful for the
practicing engineers from industry who deal with the wireless systems
that are designed and analyzed with the UWB technique. UWB technology
has a history dating back one hundred years when G. Marconi sent the
first ever wireless transmission from the Isle of Wight to Cornwall on
the British mainland using spark-gap transmitters. In the past three
decades military developed the UWB technology for ground penetrating
radar. Ultra wide band communication is based on the transmission of
very short pulses with relatively low energy. In the near future this
technology may see increased use for high-speed short range wireless
communications and ranging.