Ultra wide band communication network

Abstract

An ultra wide band communication network is provided. One embodiment ultra wide band network includes a master transceiver and a slave transceiver structured to communicate with the master transceiver using a plurality of ultra wide band pulses. The master transceiver includes a framing control unit configured to generate a plurality of TDMA frames, each of the plurality of TDMA frames having a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots having a start of frame slot configured to identify each of the plurality of TDMA frames to the slave transceiver. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

1 . An ultra wide band communication network, comprising: 
 a master transceiver;    at least one slave transceiver in communication with the master transceiver; and    a framing control unit communicating with the master transceiver, the framing control unit configured to generate a plurality of TDMA frames, each of the plurality of TDMA frames having a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots having a start of frame slot, the start of frame slot configured to identify each of the plurality of TDMA frames to the at least one slave transceiver.    
     
     
         2 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 1 , further comprising a Medium Access Control protocol in communication with the framing control unit, the Medium Access Control protocol configured to define each of the plurality of TDMA frames.  
     
     
         3 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 1 , wherein the communication between the master transceiver and the at least one slave transceiver occurs isochronously.  
     
     
         4 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 1 , wherein the communication between the master transceiver and the at least one slave transceiver occurs asynchronously.  
     
     
         5 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 1 , wherein the start of frame slot further comprises a synchronization slot configured to synchronize communications between the master transceiver and the at least one slave transceiver.  
     
     
         6 . An ultra wide band communication network, comprising: 
 a first ultra wideband communication device, capable of transmitting and receiving at a first bit rate, and    a second ultra wideband communication device capable of transmitting and receiving at a second bit rate.    
     
     
         7 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 6 , wherein the first and second ultra wideband devices include a medium access controller configured to manage communication between the first and second ultra wide band devices using a plurality of time division multiple access frames.  
     
     
         8 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of time division multiple access frames comprises a Start of Frame section, a command section, and a plurality of data slots, with each of the plurality of data slots having a variable data slot size.  
     
     
         9 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of time division multiple access frames include a contention-based time slot.  
     
     
         10 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 9 , wherein the contention based time slot is selected from a group consisting of: an ALOHA time slot; a slotted ALOHA time slot; and a carrier sensed time slot.  
     
     
         11 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 6 , wherein each of the first and second ultra wide band communication devices are capable of communicating using at least two different bit rates.  
     
     
         12 . The ultra wide band communication network of  claim 11 , wherein a selected bit rate is dependent on an environmental condition.  
     
     
         13 . An ultra wide band communication transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving using at least two different bit rates.  
     
     
         14 . The ultra wide band communication device of  claim 13 , further comprising a transmit power control function.  
     
     
         15 . The ultra wide band communication device of  claim 13 , further comprising a data modulation unit, the data modulation unit structured to modulate data using different modulation techniques.  
     
     
         16 . An ultra wide band communication device including a computer program product comprising an open systems interconnection data link layer.  
     
     
         17 . An ultra wide band communication device structured to communicate isochronously.  
     
     
         18 . The ultra wide band communication device of  claim 18 , wherein the ultra wide band communication device is also structured to communicate asynchronously.  
     
     
         19 . An ultra wide band communication device structured to operate using at least three states, the at least three states comprising an offline state, an online state, and an engaged state.  
     
     
         20 . A method of communication in an ultra wide band network, the method comprising the steps of: 
 submitting a request message from an ultra wide band slave device to an ultra wide band master device; and    sending a response message from the ultra wide band master device to the ultra wide band slave device.    
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising the step of directing at least one communication parameter by the ultra wide band master device.  
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the at least one communication parameter is selected from a group consisting of: a nominal bit rate, a minimum bit error rate, a quality of service request, a minimum bit rate for communication, a maximum bit error rate, a pulse repetition frequency, a modulation technique, a data slot length, a number of data slots, a type of service, a modulation type, a quality of service, an isochronous service, an asynchronous service, and a synchronous service.