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FierceWiFi July 6, 2005
- 802.11n compromise in sight
- New technology promises broadband in sub-GHz
- Wi-LAN receives $2M in orders for Libra MX
- US military to adopt extra secure UWB system
- Japan Telecom tests Flarion's roaming technology
- SPOTLIGHT: Courting disaster
- ALSO NOTED: Man charged with WiFi theft; ArrayComm joins WiMax Forum; and much more...
802.11n compromise in sight
In what may well be a significant breakthrough for 802.11n, the leaders of the two groups advancing competing proposals for the standard's sepcifications have agreed to submit a joint proposal at the next meeting of the working group tasked with elaborating the standard. The meeting will be held in two weeks. In the March meeting of the task group, one of the leading contenders, TGn Sync, won a simple majority over rival WWiSE but fell short of the 75 percent majority required to carry …
New technology promises broadband in sub-GHz
A new technology holds the promise of cheaper broadband wireless base stations and of phones with talk-time measured in days, not hours. xG Technologies says that its xMax, which will be publicaly demonstrated in September, will deliver 40 Mbps over 15 miles, using less than one watt of power at sub-GHz frequencies. The key: Such low frequencies have so far been considered unsuitable for broadband. "Our unique benefit is we can use narrow channels [at low frequencies] where you get better …
Wi-LAN receives $2M in orders for Libra MX
Calgary, Canada-based Wi-LAN said it has received $2 million in orders for its broadband wireless solutions, of which more than $1 million is initial orders for its Libra MX systems. Libra MX is Wi-LAN's WiMax platform with the company's guaranteed seamless upgrade path to WiMax Forum Certified systems. The products are used for large-scale data, voice, and video surveillance networks in the countries ordering them. Note that the orders appear to come mostly from Middle Eastern …
US military to adopt extra secure UWB system
Scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories have combined UWB radio signals with advanced encryption techniques to develop a secure sensor and communications network for the US military. This secure UWB communication system holds the promise of better protection of troops in the field by enabling better detection of enemy positions and by making it much harder for adversaries to eavesdrop or jam military communications.
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Japan Telecom tests Flarion's roaming technology
Japan Telecom, together with Tohoku University's Research Center for 21st-Century Information Technology (the IT-21 Center) and Flarion Technologies, announced a trial in Sendai, Japan, of Flarion's technology for seamless roaming and handoff between fixed WiFi access areas and a mobile broadband network using Flarion's FLASH-OFDM technology. The mobile broadband aspect of the trial will use of the 2 GHz frequency band recently given to Japan Telecom by the …
SPOTLIGHT: Courting disaster
The adoption of WiFi by corporations has many benefits, but the downside is that making corporate data accessible through WiFi networks means intruders and other unwanted visitors may easily access such networks if proper precautions and tools are not used to protect them. Analysis
ALSO NOTED: Man charged with WiFi theft; ArrayComm joins WiMax Forum; and much more...
> St. Petersburg's, Florida, man charged with felony for WiFi theft. Story
> ArrayComm joins WiMax Forum. Story
> Sprint, Motorola team up to work on 802.16e. Story
> How to combat interference and achieve …