High definition video transmission using bluetooth over UWB

Abstract

Bluetooth technology has been widely adopted in consumer or mobile devices due to its small form factor and low product cost. However increasing demand for high-speed multimedia applications continuously stimulates Bluetooth to adopt an alternative MAC and PHY technology. In this paper, we propose a dual-mode Bluetooth application which uses both a legacy Bluetooth module for low-speed communication and an alternative UWB module for high-speed Bluetooth communication. We modified legacy Bluetooth profiles for high definition video transmission and developed UWB SoC that can be used for high speed Bluetooth communication.