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FierceWiFi January 25, 2006
- IEEE approves EWC 802.11n as first draft
- Trend: WiMax has arrived
- Ubiquiti shows 900 MHz mini-PCI radio module
- Pre-802.11n to drive home WLAN market in 2006
- U.S. leads world in hotspots; SF leads U.S.
- SPOTLIGHT: WiMax companies join OBSAI
- ALSO NOTED: Nintendo WiFi users hit 3M; Future of UWB unclear; and much more...
IEEE approves EWC 802.11n as first draft
In October 1942, the pivotal battle for control of North Africa took place on the planes of Al Alamein in western Egypt. The Allied forces, led by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, defeated the Nazi forces led by General Erwin Rommel. In a speech on November 10, 1942, Winston Churchill referred to the Battle of Al Alamein within the larger context of the war against Germany, saying, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the …
Trend: WiMax has arrived
Cato the Elder used to end every speech he gave in the Roman Senate, regardless of the topic under discussion, with the words Carthago delenda est--Carthage must be destroyed. I have forgotten my Latin, so I have to resort to Spanish (a Latin language) and say WiMax está viniendo--WiMax is coming. I have certainly repeated this message on these pages, not as persistently and certainly not as eloquently as Cato, but enough times. …
Ubiquiti shows 900 MHz mini-PCI radio module
Here is a clever solution from a very young start-up (with a catchy company motto: "Think Outside the Band"). San Jose, CA-based Ubiquiti Networks, founded in 2005, unveiled a high-power 900 MHz mini-PCI radio module for wireless mesh networking applications based on its patent-pending Frequency Freedom technology. The SuperRange9 (SR9) features 700mW output power capability, -93dBm receive sensitivity, advanced noise mitigation functionality and data throughput of up to 54 Mbps in OFDM …
Pre-802.11n to drive home WLAN market in 2006
The 802.11n first draft was unanimously confirmed last week by the IEEE, but the standard will not be approved until 2007. This will stop consumers from purchasing products based on the 802.11n draft, and their purchases will account for about 15 percent of all home wireless routers shipped in 2006, according to research firm Dell'Oro group. Consumers will buy about 3 million pre-standard 802.11n APs and an equal number of PC Card clients for notebook PCs.
802.11n will offer a …
U.S. leads world in hotspots; SF leads U.S.
I spent some time in Minneapolis a while back, and I still have a book I bought in a downtown book store: Scandinavian Humor and Other Myths (the author is John Louis Anderson, published by Nordbook in 1986, and the chapter on Scandinavian cooking is a must). Now Minnesota has another distinction: The state ranks 18th in the nation with 706 public WiFi hotspots. California leads the rankings (with 6,527), followed by Texas (2,534), Florida (2,427), New York (1,927) and …
SPOTLIGHT: WiMax companies join OBSAI
The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) aims to create an open market for cellular base stations. An open market will substantially reduce the development effort and costs traditionally associated with creating new base station products. OBSAI had only three members when it was created in 2002. Now it has 130 members. Especially noticeable has been the increase in the number of WiMax companies joining and participating in the integration of WiMax into the currently …
ALSO NOTED: Nintendo WiFi users hit 3M; Future of UWB unclear; and much more...
> Following a deal between BT and Nintendo, Irish users of the game console will be able to enjoy free WiFi access at any one of 270 BT Openzone locations across Ireland, the company said today. Article
> Speaking of Nintendo... Nintendo WiFi users hit 3 million. Report
> Motorola is showing its MOTOMESH, a multi-radio, high …