Enabling Position-Awareness in Ultra Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks with IEEE 802.15.4a UWB radios (Active RFID Summit 2007)

Dr. Olivier Rousseaux is Activity Leader and Senior Researcher for the Wireless group of IMEC-NL; with activities focusing on air interface design, system architecture, algorithmic and baseband solutions for Ultra Low Power Radios, with a specific focus on low rate UWB IR radios. He previously worked as a researcher for the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, focusing on Block Transmission Techniques for High Data Rate Wireless Communications in a mobile environment. He received his M.Sc degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the Universite Catholique de Louvain and received his PhD degree expertise on Signal Processing for Wireless Communications from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

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