The Internet Engineering Task Force has kicked off a new effort that could deliver a key building block for wireless sensor networks, says EE Times. The Routing Over Low-power and Lossy Networks (ROLL) group aims to define a standard for Internet Protocol as early as next summer.
Sensor networks may be the next big thing. Companies [...]
The battle between Long Term Evolution and Mobile WiMAX may be escalating into a “4G” war, explains Unstrung.
The International Telecommunication Union, Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), wants an “official” 4G standard. ITU defines “4G” as 100 Mbit/s (mobile) and 1 Gbit/s in hot spot areas with limited mobility. They call it IMT-Advanced and are looking for proposals.
Currently, [...]
New 802.11n products were announced today by Aruba, Meru Networks, Ruckus Wireless, and newcomer Aerohive Networks, notes Unstrung.
Aruba’s new Mobile Remote Access Point (RAP) software allows one of its AP-70 access points to act as a cellular link. It does this with a 3G plug-in USB modem that’s been tested with AT&T Mobility, Sprint and [...]
Thinking of Upgrading to Draft 11n? Here’s What I’d Do…, suggests Tim Higgins, who is the widely acknowledged authority behind Small Net Builder
The bottom line is that I’m no longer recommending that you go for dual-band dual-radio products if you want to move now to draft 11n. The main reason is that the potential upside [...]
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier with over 376 million customers, announced that it will begin testing the country’s homegrown 3G standard — TD-SCDMA — next week. The carrier said it will issue 20,000 handsets and 5,000 data cards to select customers with free airtime. China Mobile will also offer an additional [...]
Adopting a “white spaces” vision, Google is resurrected the 700 MHz band this week with a letter to the FCC presenting its plans to provide wireless Internet access to the entire U.S. (FCC pdf).
Google and other technology companies including Intel, Philips and Microsoft have pressed the FCC to open up the unused TV airwaves [...]
Government Computer News reports that organizers of the Internet Engineering Task Force’s 71st meeting, last week in Philadelphia, temporarily pulled the plug on all Internet access at the event. The organizers then offered only wireless Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6 - Wikipedia) for a few hours.
The IETF wanted to demonstrate to the attendees, as well [...]
The March 2008 IEEE 802 Plenary Session (pdf), being held at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, March 16-21, has elected a new Chairman (Bruce Kraemer, right) and two new Vice Chairmen (Adrian Stevens and Jon Rosdahl).
The IEEE Executive Committee is expected to make it official by this Friday.
Stuart Kerry, the [...]
The 3.65 GHz [semi] licensed band that the FCC enacted last summer, may provide a real opportunity to provide broadband wireless, especially in rural areas. It is “lightly” licensed with WiMAX gear available from several providers.
Alzustar is planning to use 3.65 GHz in some of their municipal wireless projects using equipment from Airspan and [...]
The March 2008 IEEE 802 Plenary Session (pdf) is being held at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, March 16-21, 2008.
This is a full 802 Plenary meeting, bringing together 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.22 and a boatload of other 802.11 standards together under one roof.
Among the items on the agenda is the election of a [...]
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