Communication system and method

An ultra-wideband communication system 101 comprises a first device 103 , such as a host device or server, which communicates with a second device 105 , such as a portable device. The first device 103 comprises a memory 107 for storing data, for example a movie, that is to be downloaded to the second device 105 . The first device 103 includes an ultra-wideband transmitter 109 for transmitting data over an air interface to an ultra-wideband receiver 113 in the second device. The effective data transfer rate between the first device 103 and the second device 105 is increased by concatenating two or more frequency sub-bands in a multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme, such that the transmitter 109 in the first device 103 is configured to behave like a number of transmitters, all bursting at the same time. In addition, means are provided for enabling the second device 105 to be located in a fixed positional relationship with the first device 103 during the data transfer ...