LowPower LocationAware UWB Radios Make Smart Networks

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Low-Power Location-Aware UWB Radios Make Smart
Networks

• Æther Wire Location, Inc.
• Vincent Coli
• Tel [phone]
• Email vince_at_aetherwire.com
• http//www.aetherwire.com

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The Future of Networking

• Future is Pervasive Awareness
• Bridge Real and Virtual Worlds
• Real world events reflected in virtual world
  (remote awareness)
• Control systems (virtual world) get precise
  feedback on real world events
• People connected to the virtual world can produce
  actions in the real world
• Wireless network nodes will have new Collective
  capabilities
• Position Location
• Instant Infrastructure
• Low Power Communication

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Comparison of UWB Localizers to

• GPS
• Simpler, more reliable, works where GPS doesnt
• Much easier to get accuracy with 100 m signal
  path vs. 20,000 km
• Peer-to-peer, constant contact, full-duplex
  communication
• GPS needs separate radio link to distribute
  location information
• Resistant to jamming
• 1 GHz bandwidth harder to jam than 1-10 MHz GPS
  bandwidth
• Radio Beacon systems (GPS, Loran, VOR, TACAN,
  cellular, Pinpoint, etc.)
• No fixed infrastructure extensible,
  incremental, mobile, survivable
• Gigahertz bandwidth gives real-time centimeter
  range resolution
• Sinewave carrier radios
• No dropouts or fading UWB waveforms dont
  self-cancel
• Penetrating ability from bandwidth at baseband
• Single chip possible with no inductors or
  off-chip filters

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The Physics of Location
Æther Wire Antenna Technology
Doublet
Low Frequency UWB
Localization Low Cost Low Power
Penetration Accurate
Precise Timing
Digital CMOS
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Gen6 Localizer
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Product and Market Opportunity

• Location-aware radio to find people, assets, or
  networked sensors (like local GPS)
• Industrial Sensors
• Personnel tracking
• Dismount Solders
• Firefighters/Public Safety
• Medical/Emergency Response Situations
• Mobile Robots
• Asset tracking
• virtual inventories
• enhanced security (smart door locks).
• Significant advantages to other Ultra-Wideband
  and Zigbee radios
• Large, high-growth market opportunity
• 7 Billion in Wireless Sensor Modules by 2010
• 1 Billion in Active RFID by 2010

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1st Problem Solved Personnel Tracking

• Public Safety and Military Operations enter
  buildings where they
• Lose communication with conventional radio
• Lose contact with GPS satellites for navigation
  and location
• Command and Control suffers in urban situations
• By wearing Æther Wire Localizers, personnel can
  be tracked and sensor data monitored.
• Also personnel can track other friendlys.

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Map View of Fire Scene
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Fire-scene Census

• Who is on-scene
• When they arrived
• How long theyve been there
• What their current status is
• Vital signs, staging or active
• Oxygen Tanks
• What apparatus is on-scene
• When it arrived
• How long its been there
• What its current status is
• Water pressure
• Fuel status
• Engine temperature, etc.

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2nd Problem Solved Asset Tracking

• Supply Chains require increasing visibility, data
  logging, flexibility and tamper prevention.
• Æther Wire provides real-time asset location
  without infrastructure and can transmit sensor
  data.

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3rd Problem Solved Wireless Sensor Networks

• MEMS/Nanotechnology and MESH networks enable low
  cost/low power sensors
• Æther Wire provides a thin RF link for wireless
  connection.

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Smart Container Sensors RFID
3.3 Billion of 4.2 Billion Market in 2012 is
Equipment Sales
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Commercial Building Control

• More efficient energy utilization
• Better comfort
• Lower cost of installation
• Avoid additional wiring loops
• Typical wired installation is 1 sensor/control
  per 50 square meters
• Want to increase to 20 sensors per 50 square
  meters
• Tokyo alone has 1,000 square km of office space
• Potential 400 million sensors in Tokyo
• Every year 200 square km of office space is added
  in Japan
• Typical HVAC control loop costs 3,000 installed
• Sensor with Zigbee is 300
• Sensor with Aether Wire is 30

Wired HVAC Sensor/Control
Wired Lighting Sensor/Control
Wireless HVAC Sensor/Control
Wireless Lighting Sensor/Control
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Vision - Æther Wire Inside

• Like Intel Inside, Æther Wire will be imbedded
  in
• Industrial sensors
• Public safety and military radios
• Personnel Alert and Safety Systems
• High Value Assets in Containers
• Mobile Hospital equipment
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Mobile Robots
• Asset Tracking Systems
• Mobile equipment in factories
• Infrastructure Monitoring Systems

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Competition

• Competition
• Zigbee Radios
• Other Ultra-Wideband Radios
• Other RF Solutions
• Æther Wire
• Determines Range (location) between network
  members
• Low power consumption
• Low Cost Path to single-chip implementation
  including µP
• Mobile ad-hoc Network No infrastructure required
• Scales to a large network channelization, clock
  distribution, and multi-hop
• Robust Operates in noisy RF environments
• Can penetrate building materials, even metal
  containers
• Stealthy/Low Probability of Intercept network is
  secure

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Goal Single-Chip Localizer

• Small single-chip transceiver
• Low cost 50 cent die cost
• Low power like a watch
• All CMOS Design

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Æther Wire Company Summary

• Single-chip Ultra-Wideband transceiver for
  low-power communication and location in mobile
  ad-hoc network
• Broad and defensible patent portfolio
• 9 patents with 10-30 independent claims filed 5
  patents granted
• Unique features enable new applications
• Contracts from DARPA, US Navy, and USMC
• Completed 5 million in contracts
• Firm backlog of 1.5 million
• Proposal pipeline of 5 million
• Commercial partners