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an alternative to fully UWB based sensor nodes. A detailed insight into the up-
conversion based UWB transmitter development has been provided in the chapter.
Interference avoidance techniques that have been used in the dual band sensor
node design are discussed in detail.
The implementation of a coordinator node that acts as the central controller for
a multi sensor WBAN is also described in this chapter. Two implementations for
UWB receiver front-end are shown with the signal measurements at various stages
of the receiver. A full description of implementation of the MAC protocol in both
sensor node and coordinator node is discussed under Chap. 6 .

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