The vendor has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance, saying it wants to make sure its 3G products are compatible with what the group is doing. Qualcomm is one of largest providers of cellular chipsets. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Standards
Wi-Fi Group Touts Battery Savers
The Wi-Fi Alliance on Tuesday is set to attack one of the main problems with wireless LAN phones by certifying features to extend battery life. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Clarifying WiMax Certification
A recent white paper from Senza Fili Consulting entitled The Evolution of WiMax Certification clarifies the process of certification for both fixed and mobile WiMax. The paper, available as a PDF download from Senza Fili’s Web site, breaks the process down into five anticipated waves of certification, and looks at the ways in which various… Continue Reading
Proposed Standard Eases WLAN Management
In enterprise-class 802.11 deployments, network control is limited to the infrastructure, such as wireless switches and access points. Network administrators have little control over wireless client devices such as laptops, PDAs and voice over wireless phones. Uneven distribution of wireless clients on access points typically results in heavily unbalanced networks that suffer bandwidth and access… Continue Reading
Intel Calls The Wi-Fi Shots
As they often do when they’re not happy with the way things are going, a collection of tech-heavy hitters led by Intel may be trying to take control of an important Wi-Fi standards process. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Leads Wi-Fi Chipmakers In New Forum
Intel, Broadcom, Marvel and Atheros have sidestepped the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ process to work on a draft of the new 802.11n standard, which the vendors plan to submit to the IEEE’s working group for consideration, sources say. Via [zdnet.com.au]… Continue Reading
Japanese Firm Pushes Wi-Fi To 3 Miles
Maspro Denkoh, a Japanese manufacturer of wireless communications equipment, has developed a transmission system that can send Wi-Fi signals as far as three miles. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Tests Start For First Certified WiMAX Products
With several WiMAX firms crowding the starting gate for formal introduction of the wide area wireless technology, equipment from at least five firms are being evaluated by the WiMAX Forum’s Cetecom Labs in Spain. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
802.11n Deal Imminent, Says Broadcom Exec
The logjam that has delayed agreement on the IEEE 802.11n high data-rate WLAN standard will be broken soon, and a standard agreed by the middle of next year, a senior executive from Broadcom Corp. told the World Broadband Forum. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
MIMO Brings 400Mbps Wi-Fi Closer
One Wi-Fi vendor says it is close to launching ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi products that will enable secure data transfer and video streaming. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Breakthrough Takes On Interference
A breakthrough technology from a Silicon Valley wi-fi developer to be announced on Monday will take on the problem of interference in an increasingly wireless world that is holding up next-generation advances such as streaming video in the home. Via [news.ft.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Action Could Delay Next-Gen Wi-Fi: Analysts
Intel is leading a small group of firms that want to write a “whole new proposal,” according to one industry watcher, which means the standard currently on the table could be delayed. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Double-barreled Wi-Fi Test
Adding “wireless” to networking does more than change physical-layer-test requirements; it adds system complexity that needs simultaneous controlled testing of many layers. Via [Wireless networking based on the IEEE 802.11 standards is poised for substantial growth in both the numbers of units and the range of their applications. The mobility inherent in wireless networks, however,… Continue Reading
Intel-Led Alliance Stirs Angst Over Wireless Spec’s Future
By working outside of the IEEE’s 802.11n next-generation task group, Intel has angered industry participants who accuse the Intel-led alliance of everything from co-opting the standards process to outright antitrust violations. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Industry Wireless Squabble Gives Newcomers Edge
While so-called “industry leaders” quibble over what will be the one true standard for 802.11n and UWB implementations, there are four different companies pushing the edge in new ways to implement wireless. Three of the four aren’t really mainstream, but all of them hold their own seeds to blow beyond the de facto 802.11g/Bluetooth/WiMax plodding… Continue Reading