scope:

The present document applies to transceivers, transmitters and receivers utilizing Ultra WideBand (UWB) technologies and used for short range communication purposes.

The present document applies to impulse, modified impulse and RF carrier based UWB communication technologies.

The present document applies to fixed (indoor only), mobile or portable applications, e.g.:

• stand-alone radio equipment with or without its own control provisions;

• plug-in radio devices intended for use with, or within, a variety of host systems, e.g. personal computers, hand-held terminals, etc.;

• plug-in radio devices intended for use within combined equipment, e.g. cable modems, set-top boxes, access points, etc.;

• combined equipment or a combination of a plug-in radio device and a specific type of host equipment.

The present document applies to UWB equipment with a Radio Frequency (RF) output connection used with a dedicated antenna or with an integral antenna.

The present document applies to UWB equipment that is described in EU Commission Decision on Ultra WideBand [4].

These radio equipment types are capable of operating in all or any part of the frequency bands.

The present document is intended to cover the provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC [1] (R&TTE Directive) article 3.2, which states that "... radio equipment shall be so constructed that it effectively uses the spectrum allocated to terrestrial/space radio communications and orbital resources so as to avoid harmful interference".

NOTE: A list of such ENs is included on the web site http://www.newapproach.org .