A full-day workshop called “Safely Accessing the TV White Space Spectrum - What Can We Do???” has been organized by the SDR Forum, aimed at providing a neutral venue for this controversial topic.
The Software Defined Radio Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of software defined radio technologies for [...]
EE Times says two different wireless standards are in the works on the same 60-GHz spectrum. The two groups will meet later this month in an effort to avoid a fight during a major standards gathering in July.
The planned June 19 meeting likely will be one of the first volleys in a protracted battle to [...]
Wavion, a Metro and Rural Wi-Fi vendor promoting beamforming, today announced the release of a new SW version supporting self-backhaul.
Wavion’s spatially adaptive base stations have been extended to provide self-backhaul to neighboring base stations using their beamforming technology that leverages six radios and antennas.
The company says the self-backhaul feature has been successfully tested by beta [...]
The FCC is planning to auction 25 megahertz in the 2155-2180 MHz band to the highest bidder, reports RCR News. Chairman Martin said that a licensee winner of the 2155-2180 MHz spectrum (referred to as the AWS III band), would have to provide a free service tier, and would have to reach 50% of the [...]
Google co-founder Larry Page was in Washington Thursday (May 22) to promote the company’s “white space” proposal for soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves.
Page will meet with lawmakers in Congress and officials at the FCC hoping to convince them to allow the “white space” between television channels to be accessed by low-power wireless devices.
“I think it will make [...]
Proxim Wireless, today announced the Tsunami MP.11 HS (High Security) line of base station units, subscriber units and bridges. The new products provide FIPS 140-2 level 2 compliant point-to-point and point-to-multipoint products in the 5.1-5.95 GHz, 4.9 GHz, 2.4 GHz, and 1.8 GHz frequency bands.
The Tsunami MP.11 HS product family is Proxim’s ultra-secure broadband [...]
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 [...]
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