A new battle of technologies may be in the offing in the 802.11n arena as 12 key companies have developed a key proposal to counter another one announced last week that is backed by a group of top wireless players.The TGn Sync is a...
A group of companies have come together to submit a proposal to the IEEE for a global 802.11n standard, a protocol described as a next-generation Wi-Fi technology.The proposal, which is based on a hybrid of the OFDM and multiple in, multiple out technologies, is...
After years of development, certain specifications now provide basic guidelines for wireless security at both the commercial and more stringent enterprise levels, but it remains up to wireless users to decide what level of security, beyond those basic guidelines, they require and how to...
The standards deadlock over ultra-wideband technology between the Multiband OFDM Alliance and the Direct Sequence UWB Forum continued at the IEEE conference last week. This time, however, it had an unexpected twist. In a vote tally often won by MBOA, the DS-UWB Forum won...
The standards deadlock over ultra-wideband technology between the Multiband OFDM Alliance and the Direct Sequence UWB Forum continued at the IEEE conference this week. This time, however, it had an unexpected twist.In the vote tally often won by MBOA, the other side won what...
CALGARY, Canada-Wi-LAN Inc. said it has written a letter to assure the IEEE Standards Association that it plans to grant a license for the patents and patent applications it recently acquired from Ensemble Communications Inc.The patents cover the 802.16 WiMax standard."The acquisition of the...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems said it plans to submit a proposal to IEEE this summer for a baseline wireless networking specification that establishes ultra-fast data streams for wireless high-definition TV transmissions and high-density user environments for corporate and retail wireless networks.The proposal calls for a...
DALLAS-Although it is often thought of as a single wireless standard, WiMax actually addresses multiple areas of the telecommunications market, according to a new report from Parks Associates called "Untethering Broadband: WiMax, 802.20 and Others."The standard offers two major value propositions, including broadband access...
Helicomm said it has unveiled a ZigBee development platform that will allow companies to evaluate and network their wireless products at home and in office environments.ZigBee is a short-range technology that will allow products to interconnect. The suite of offerings, known as IPWiNs ZigBee...
Wi-Fi, the much-hyped sibling of the wireless industry, might have lost a little of its luster with the closure of one of its more ambitious players and troublesome security warnings from governmental agencies.The once-hailed Wi-Fi company Cometa Networks Inc., originally backed by power players...
Freescale Semiconductor said it is collaborating with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's testing laboratories to determine the interference potential of the various Ultra-Wideband waveforms.The waveforms include the direct sequence and multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplex. Freescale, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of...
As the standards bodies for two metropolitan area network protocols prepare for separate meetings in May, both 802.16 and 802.20 are spoiling for a battle for survival. Neither .16e nor .20 have reached standards specifications yet, but supporters of each are pushing the strengths...
ATLANTA-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group said it plans to develop a complete solution for WiMAX radio networks, which will be available in the second half of next year.The solution will include base stations based on the IEEE 802.16d standard for fixed wireless broadband...
MAITLAND, Fla.-MeshNetworks, Inc., a developer of mobile ad hoc networking solutions, released the MeshConnex software suite, an embedded software solution targeted at wireless original equipment manufacturers. The company said its new ad hoc networking software suite is a cross-platform, radio-agnostic implementation of the company's...
TOKYO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance, which supports ultra-wideband technology, said it will publish a standard in May and plans to submit proposals for the IEEE working group.The body, which has about 50 members, hopes to make the product available to the market next year. But...
TOKYO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance, which supports ultra-wideband technology, said it will publish a standard in May and plans to submit proposals for the IEEE working group.The body, which has about 50 members, hopes to make the product available to the market next year. But...
WASHINGTON-A British government advisory panel says research indicates mobile phones and base stations do not pose health risks to citizens, but cautioned that limitations of studies and the relatively short time of widespread wireless use dictates that more experiments be conducted to determine if...
IRVINE, Calif.-Military Communications Technologies Inc. said its affiliate, Military SDR Technologies, has implemented its OFDM waveform on two of its platforms known as SpectruCell and PC4.OFDM, which is known as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, transmits multiple signals over a single wireless system."The successful implementation...
Failure to arrive at an industry standard has caught ultra-wideband technology players between bowing to standards pressures and customer demand.The Institute of Electrical and Electronics working group's meeting, which ended Nov. 14, closed like the one held two months earlier-without the 75 percent votes...
LONDON-Emerging wireless technologies are threatening to change the economics and competitive dynamics of the wireless data market, according to a new report form Sound Partners and Analysys Research.According to the report, emerging technologies are set to have an even greater impact on the market...
A new wireless local area network standard is being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-the 802.11n protocol. According to the standards body, the new 802.11n protocol will raise the effective throughput for wireless LAN to at least 100 megabits per second,...
A new wireless local area network standard is being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-the 802.11n protocol. According to the standards body, the new 802.11n protocol will raise the effective throughput for wireless LAN to at least 100 megabits per second,...
DALLAS-Ultra-wideband (UWB) communications systems will likely exceed 150 million devices by the end of 2008, according a new report from Parks Associates.Parks Associates believes that once the IEEE 802.15.3a standard is in place, the PC industry will to lead the way with deployments of...
True to its cautious style, The Federal Communications Commission has shied from committing to a definite ruling on the ultra-wideband technology, which has divided the various players into two camps.One group is led by Motorola Inc., and the other is led by both Texas...
