BROWSING: IEEE GlobeCom

Despite focus on 5G R&D, new standards for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and MulteFire are in the works. WASHINGTON – Communications industry veteran Ed Tiedemann, a SVP of engineering at Qualcomm, reminded attendees to IEEE GlobeCom that despite a pervasive emphasis on "5G," alternative access...

Samsung VP stresses the role of decentralized network architecture for 5G networks. WASHINGTON – Mobile "5G" will require mastery of millimeter wave spectrum, which brings ultra-high capacity, but with challenging propagation characteristics. This factor has set the stage for early 5G deployments,...

Updating its field trial progress, Huawei looks to user-centric, no cell model WASHINGTON – As Huawei continues to trial "5G" technologies, senior director Peiying Zhu told attendees to IEEE GlobeCom 2016 the ultimate vision is to create a cell-less environment with no need to handover...

Along with interoperability, securing the internet of things is a major priority in a smart city WASHINGTON--Advances in communications technology, primarily reduced costs of devices and computing power, has set the stage for the internet of things to transform urban areas into smart cities, which...

From cloud-based robot brains to using wireless signals as sensors, 5G promises a technological revolution. WASHINGTON – During an expansive panel discussion at this week's IEEE GlobeCom 2016 event, a group of academic and industry reps shared an exciting long-term vision...

Ongoing reverse and forward auction, millimeter wave efforts and CBRS sharing model represent new approaches to making spectrum available for wireless services. WASHINGTON – Spectrum management and allocation is one of the Federal Communications Commission’s primary responsibilities, noted Julius Knapp, chief of...

On the continued march to 5G, marketing hype is giving way to increasingly impressive technical demonstrations and more refined use cases. This work is going on every day in labs, research institutions and operator sandboxes around the world. But, it can often be a...

On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside the recent IEEE Globecom showcase held in San Diego. In the first segment, Kinney is joined by Ed Tiedemann, IEEE Globecom general chairman and a Qualcomm SVP, to get...

SAN DIEGO – As Internet connections expand from people to objects with the "Internet of Things," and next-generation "5G" mobile network technology takes shape, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers this week drew together industry and academia at its annual Globecom event. Event chairman...

Huawei Fellow Wen Tong laid out the need for an application-driven network during the IEEE Globecom conference SAN DIEGO – Huawei reps this week made the case for a new type of network architecture, the application-driven network that puts applications first and also incorporates network...

SAN DIEGO--The technology and use cases associated with 5G will be as different and exciting as comparing today to a decade ago, Jay Alexander, SVP/CTO of Keysight Technologies said during an IEEE Globecom keynote presentation. And that means the test and measurement field needs...

ViaSat's Mark Dankberg discusses the role of satellites in the wireless ecosystem SAN DIEGO--Connecting all through communication. That's the theme of the 2015 Globecom event, hosted by the IEEE Communications Society. Event General Chair Ed Tiedemann said the theme "evokes the Internet of Things, the Internet...

Industry experts will discuss the evolution from 4G LTE to 5G mobile networks and more The telecommunications industry, now more than ever, is evolving. LTE networks are evolving to support new, innovative services like VoLTE and VoWi-Fi, and, simultaneously, the foundations are being laid for...

AUSTIN, Texas – Speaking at this week's IEEE GlobeCom expo in Austin, AT&T Chief Security Officer Edward Amoroso proposed that enterprise cloud security could potentially be based on the same network architecture used by an infamous piece of malware. Amoroso gave a keynote speech envisioning...

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The "Internet of Things" is rapidly changing everything from computing models to economic activity, Cisco EVP and CDO Pankaj Patel told attendees at the IEEE GlobeCom show in Austin, Texas on Dec. 10. “I hope you’re ready,” Patel said, “because the journey has...