Patent ID: 7760791

Claim:
An apparatus for communicating using UWB (ultra wideband) transmission, comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit the UWB transmission; a receiver configured to receive the UWB transmission; and a monitor unit configured to present data representing a relationship between two types of parameters of the received UWB transmission; wherein the relationship is selected from a group consisting of a relationship between a communication response time, and a communication distance, a relationship between a communication distance, and a reception sensitivity, a relationship between a communication speed, and a communication distance, a relationship between a communication speed, and a noise level, a relationship between a communication speed, and a spreading ratio, a relationship between a communication distance, and a spreading ratio, a relationship between a noise level, and a spreading ratio, a relationship between a noise level, and an error rate, a relationship between a communication distance, and an error rate, a relationship between a communication speed, and an error rate, a relationship between a communication channel, and a noise level, a relationship between a communication channel, and a communication distance, a relationship between a number of communication channels, and a noise level, and a relationship between a number of communication channels, and a distance.