Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux UWB and Wireless USB project

[Pavel Machek]

> >> UWB is a high-bandwidth, low-power, point-to-point radio
> >> technology using a wide spectrum (3.1-10.6HGz).  It is
> >
> >How much power is low power?
> 
> For what I know (and I could be wrong) max is around -40dBm/MHz 
> in the US. I am no expert in the nitty-gritty radio details, but 
> I've been told that is 3000 times less emissions than a common 
> cellphone, around .1 uW? [this is where my knowledge about radio
> *really* fades].

Common cellphones are 2W, iirc; (so it would be ~1mW) but I was more
interested in system power consumption. WIFI is too power intensive
for a cellphone (mostly). Is this designed to go into cellphones?
notebooks?

								Pavel
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