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FierceWiFi July 20, 2005
- EU expands spectrum for WiFi in 5GHz
- Indoor WiMax to rival 802.11a
- UCSD distributes open-source SDR platform
- Terabeam, not Moseley, to acquire Proxim
- Mesh standard proposals submitted to Task Group S
- SPOTLIGHT: Home, sweet home
- ALSO NOTED: Ixia acquires CMC; Dublin airport Ireland's largest hotspot; and much more...
EU expands spectrum for WiFi in 5GHz
A European Commission decision will open up a substantial amount of radio spectrum throughout the European Union for radio local area networks (RLANs), commonly known as WiFi. This decision, quite some time in coming, is part of the i2010 initiative to encourage growth and jobs in the digital economy. It will hasten the opening of a competitive single market for wireless access systems. Access to this spectrum with common rules will make equipment cheaper and ease the growing overload of …
Indoor WiMax to rival 802.11a
Much has been written in the past year about WiMax's promise and potential, and whether the 802.16e would be a competitor or merely complement it. Now Cygnus Communications argues that WiMax may well have another role to play -- as an alternative to 802.11a. Cygnus's Mike Librizzi told Techworld that, "There's nothing that precludes the use of WiMax on the LAN... You will get an improvement in data rate, and a service that can stream to multiple …
UCSD distributes open-source SDR platform
The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at the University of California-San Diego is distributing for alpha testing a hardware-and-software platform for wireless research and development. The CalRadio 1.0 is an open-source device which offers academic and corporate researchers freedom to develop new RF solutions. The purpose is to accelerate the development of new wireless protocols and networking standards. CalRadio took two years to develop, …
Terabeam, not Moseley, to acquire Proxim
Talk of turning on a dime: A month ago Moseley Associates announced that it was acquiring the hapless wireless kit vendor Proxim for $21 million. Today it was announced that Proxim will be acquired for $28 million by Terabeam Wireless. A joint statement released today by the two companies says that they agreed to the deal "after Proxim declared Terabeam the high bidder in the court-approved auction held in connection with Proxim's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing." The statement also …
Mesh standard proposals submitted to Task Group S
Mesh networks, that is, a network in which each note is used to receive and transmit information so that the individual node does not have to be within distance of the network's AP, have been around for a while. They came onto the scene with much fanfare some four years ago, promising an uncomplicated way to address one of WiFi's major drawbacks -- its limited range. Problems with security and scalability, however, hobbled the technology, and its growth stalled. What did not help was …
SPOTLIGHT: Home, sweet home
TechAssist will provide free wireless Internet access in the Dupont Circle are of Washington, DC, starting Friday. The wireless access will work inside the area and may work on surrounding blocks. The project will cost approximately $10,000. TechAssist does not have plans to make up that cost by using advertising on its website. The company considered other parts of the city but eventually settled on Dupont Circle. TechAssist will consider installing wireless access in Adams Morgan and McPherson Square in the future. Story
ALSO NOTED: Ixia acquires CMC; Dublin airport Ireland's largest hotspot; and much more...
> Cinram and Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) have jointly implemented an RFID solution in the UHF range. Report
> Calabasas, California-based Ixia acquires CMC and shows IxWLAN. Story
> Dublin Airport is now Ireland's largest wireless hotspot. …