EUWB DELIVERS BEST TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATORS AT FNMS
EUWB, the European Ultra-Wideband research project, receives award for its exhibit at FNMS 2011
Warsaw, POLAND, 17 June 2011 – EUWB, a €21.0m collaborative research project funded by the European Commission, recently won the ‘Best Demonstration Stand’ award for its exhibits at the Future Network and MobileSummit 2011. EUWB is dedicated to strengthening key European industrial sectors with the innovative use of cutting-edge short range wireless solutions based on advanced Ultra Wideband radio technology.
The Future Network and MobileSummit in Warsaw was the twentieth in a series of annual conferences on information and communication technologies (ICT) supported by the European Commission. It regularly attracts as many as 500 delegates from both the industrial and research sectors to share experiences and research results, identify future trends, and develop opportunities for business and international research collaboration under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7.
EUWB attended with representatives from 12 of its 26 project partners, and had one of the largest exhibition stands at this year’s conference. Among others, the following demonstrations were shown:
• Low data rate network platforms for ranging
• High data rate network platform including WLP and IP over UWB
• 60 GHz up-/down-converter
• Wireless HDTV laptop/PC to TV streaming device
• Shopping centre demonstration.
In addition to visiting the technology demonstrations and participating in informal discussions with the project partner’s technical staff, visitors could pick up a copy of the newly-published White Paper on Ultra-Wideband (UWB) issued by the EUWB project consortium and enjoy watching the latest release of a video describing the project.
A considerable number of conference attendees visited the exhibit, including researchers, business people and members of the European Commission, providing ample evidence of a high level of interest in the project’s objectives and results.
Winning an award for its exhibition stand at the largest European conference on ICT is further encouragement to the consortium to strengthen its efforts to promote awareness amongst product manufacturers of the presence and value of UWB.
About EUWB
EUWB is an industry-driven research project within the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. It started in April 2008 and will finish at the end of July 2011. The consortium is co-ordinated by GWT-TUD GmbH and consists of 26 major industrial, and highly regarded consulting and academic organisations from across Europe and Israel. The main goal of EUWB is to enhance the competitive advantage of key European industrial sectors by integrating sophisticated UWB radio technology into their core application areas.
The consortium has focussed on significantly enhancing the scientific knowledge base in the field of advanced Ultra-Wideband Radio Technology (UWB-RT). EUWB has also supported developments in several key application areas currently experiencing strong demand in both the industrial and consumer sectors, such as home entertainment CE, automotive, public transport and cellular networks.
EUWB has built on the foundation laid by the FP6 PULSERS Phase II project in European UWB frequency regulation, and significant effort has been invested in further collaboration with regulatory bodies in Europe within CEPT, ETSI and the Radio Spectrum Committee aimed at the continued promotion of a globally compatible regulatory framework.
EUWB Media Contacts
press@wisair.com
euwb@gwtonline.de
www.euwb.eu
Consortium Partners
GWT-TUD (DE)
TES Electronic Solutions (DE)
Philips (NL)
Bosch (DE)
CEA-Léti (FR)
Leibniz Universität Hannover (DE)
CREATE-NET (IT)
VTT Electronics (FI)
EADS (DE)
University of Oulu (FI)
Telefónica (ES)
THALES Communications (FR)
Wisair (IL)
TU Ilmenau (DE)
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
ACORDE TECHNOLOGIES (ES)
TES Electronic Solutions (UK)
HTW Dresden (DE)
Università degli Studi di Bologna (IT)
FBConsulting (LU)
Universität Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Veebeam (UK)
University Politehnica of Bucharest (RO)
Bitgear (RS)
EIT+ Wrocław (PL)
Czech Technical University of Prague (CZ)