The PSTA, the recently formed public safety open standards group, adds Verizon to its list of members.
Verizon announced on Monday that it supports the newly formed Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA), a non-profit group that formed to promote open standards for public safety services.
The...
Editor's Note: SRG has been participating in 3GPP standardization meetings since September 2015 when the standards body held its first workshop on 5G. Prior to that initial 5G workshop, SRG closely followed the various standardization efforts since they provide great insight into the future capabilities...
The millions of connected devices that make up machine-to-machine systems and are part of the "internet of things" need to be switched on, configured, provisioned for services, maintained, updated with software, recovered from error conditions, monitored, queried for data, repaired and taken off their...
The millions of connected devices that make up machine-to-machine systems and are part of the "internet of things" need to be switched on, configured, provisioned for services, maintained, updated with software, recovered from error conditions, monitored, queried for data, repaired and taken off their...
OPC, standards for the IIoT
Making data actionable by moving it away from machines and onto software is a fundamental challenge for the industrial "internet of things." Looking to tackle that challenge is the object linking and embedding for process control standard, which is a...
OPC, standards for the IIoT
Making data actionable by moving it away from machines and onto software is a fundamental challenge for the industrial "internet of things." Looking to tackle that challenge is the object linking and embedding for process control standard, which is a...
The Allseen Alliance earlier this month merged with the Open Connectivity Foundation with plans to operate under the OCF name in working towards interoperability in the "internet of things" market through open source software frameworks and standards. IoT interoperability is a hot topic at conferences...
The Allseen Alliance earlier this month merged with the Open Connectivity Foundation with plans to operate under the OCF name in working towards interoperability in the "internet of things" market through open source software frameworks and standards. IoT interoperability is a hot topic at conferences...
An industrial IoT automation standard may be within reach as three global automation standard leaders have started working together to advance the industrial IoT.
Realizing the full potential of the industrial IoT will require interoperability between devices and machines that today use different protocols. Forget...
Connecthings CEO: Smart cities can learn lesson from missteps of smart home market
Can you believe that next year marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the first iPhone? It wasn’t the first smartphone (a moment of silence, please, for devices like the Palm...
3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion
The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for the "internet of things": Narrowband IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the mix (and perhaps, confusion) of...
3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion
The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for IoT: Narrowband (NB) IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the mix (and perhaps, confusion) of already existing...
AT&T teams with industry leaders for 5G
AT&T announced it will be working with a number of technology companies and operators to expedite the deployment of "5G" technology.
The telecom company says preliminary discussions on the project are underway with China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel,...
Straight to millimeter wave? Not so fast
It is becoming increasingly accepted that millimeter wave spectrum, the frequencies between 30 GHz and 300 GHz, will define "5G" networks. But there are still problems to be solved with mm wave before it is ready for prime...
'Extremely high frequency' means extremely fast 5G speeds
Millimeter wave spectrum is the band of spectrum between 30 GHz and 300 GHz. Wedged between microwave and infrared waves, this spectrum can be used for high-speed wireless communications as seen with the latest 802.11ad Wi-Fi standard (operating at...
Straight to mmWave? Not so fast
It is becoming increasingly accepted that mmWave (extremely high frequency), the frequencies in the spectrum between 30 Ghz and 300 Ghz, will define 5G networks. But there are still problems to be solved with mmWave before it is ready...
"Extremely high frequency" means extremely fast 5G speeds
Millimeter wave (mmWave), also known as extremely high frequency (EHF), is the band of spectrum between 30 gigahertz (GHz) and 300 GHz. Wedged between microwave and infrared waves, this spectrum can be used for high-speed wireless communications as...
5G network testing
There are several major players in the push to make 5G a reality: standards bodies, telecom operators and other organizations and enterprises are all testing aspects of the next-generation network in preparation for its 2020 standardization. Here are several examples of the network testing...
What is massive MIMO?
Before going into “massive MIMO,” a potential enabler of 5G, it is important to understand the technology behind the traditional, smaller scale MIMO (multiple-input/multiple-output). MIMO deployment uses multiple antennas that are located at both the source (transmitter) and destination (receiver). Those...
NIWeek panel, making 5G a reality
AUSTIN, Texas – At NI Week 2016, Mike Santori, VP of product marketing at National Instruments, spoke of the steps needed to bring future mobile network standards into reality during a panel discussion titled "Making 5G A Reality."
Santori said,...
NIWeek panel, making 5G a reality
AUSTIN, Texas--At NI Week 2016, Mike Santori, vice president of product marketing at National Instruments, spoke of the steps needed to bring future mobile network standards into reality, during a panel discussion titled Making 5G A Reality.
Santori said, in...
What is a time-sensitive network?
A time-sensitive network (TSN) is a set of Ethernet standards that will allow time-synchronized low latency streaming services through 802 networks. TSN delivers mechanisms to create distributed, synchronized, hard real-time systems over standard Ethernet. These systems use the same infrastructure...
What is a time-sensitive network?
A time-sensitive network is a set of Ethernet standards that will allow time-synchronized low latency streaming services through 802 networks. TSN delivers mechanisms to create distributed, synchronized, hard real-time systems over standard Ethernet. These systems use the same infrastructure to...
Open systems will be key to unlocking value from different verticals and applications in future smart cities. Provided we can agree on what openness is.
Standards are a great way of ensuring interoperability in a mature and stable industry environment. In the case of smart cities however,...
