Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Ultra-Wide Band And Bluetooth Working Together

Posted by Zonk on from the its-so-nice-to-see-protocols-getting-along dept.

judgecorp writes "This week the Bluetooth people adopted UWB as a future fast connection. What not many people have spotted is - the big winner in this could be UWB.. Sure, Bluetooth is a slow protocol for headsets, and UWB is, potentially, much much more. But Bluetooth is established. It's in phones and regulators understand it. If Bluetooth likes UWB, that could really be a major factor to convince the people that are blocking UWB - operators and regulators outside the US - that UWB is safe to use."

3 of 71 comments (clear)

  1. Naming inflation by JPelorat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh. They're expanding the descriptors too fast.. we went straight from broadband to ultrawideband. What's next, megahugeband? Kinda running out of options after that. What happened to moderation? Something like broaderband.

    Starts getting ridiculous after that: superultrawideband, hyperbroadband, megabroadwidebroadband... uberband? Guess we could move on to Roseanneband, or Kirstieband.

    Or maybe we could just skip all that and go straight to plaidband.

    --
    Hokey statistics and ancient misconceptions are no match for a good thought in your head, kid!
  2. was on Ars... by *SECADM · · Score: 4, Informative
    a couple days ago.

    UWB has been the latest buzz for a while. Reminded me when I, Cringely was all over it making it out to be the next big thing. That was in 2002 though. Time will tell....

    --
    sure I'll have a sig.
  3. Re:UWB - what is it ? by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Informative

    Looks like an unattributed rip of part of the FAQ from this site:
    http://www.multispectral.com/