With the advent of "no new wires," home networking technologies (phoneline, wireless and powerline) have moved from the blackboard to the real world. A number of companies have identified the home networking market as important not only from a revenue perspective, but also from a strategic...
Broadband service providers have always touted the capabilities of their platform to deliver vast amounts of voice, video and data. Unfortunately, as more and more new services roll out of the broadband pipe, consumers have a lot of content on their hands ... and no place to...
In a decision expected to have far-reaching consequences for the burgeoning home networking market, the FCC ruled in late August that HomeRF OEMs can increase device throughput speeds five-fold, from 2Mbps to 10Mbps. The ruling was a resounding defeat for wireless Ethernet OEMs. Technology companies on both sides of...
Wireless networking recently received a boost from the Federal Communications Commission, which said it was proposing new rules regarding frequency hopping spread spectrum systems operating in the 2.4 GHz band that would allow faster data rates tha Wireless networking recently received a boost from...
ZigBee is a network architecture focusing on low-power networks for less demanding performance applications such as home automation, industrial automation, building automation, and toys. While the integrity of the network is important, the emphasis is more upon power conservation for battery or other power-sensitive applications. The ZigBee Alliance has supported...
When electronics makers can agree on one technology, it can take off amazingly fast. Take Wi-Fi, or wireless Internet. In the late 1990s, Wi-Fi, also called 802.11b, was competing with a similar but incompatible technology called HomeRF. The two duked it out for a while, but electronics makers...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10973) has announced the addition of Western European WLAN Competitive Analysis, 1H04 to their offering. This study provides Western European WLAN equipment shipment and revenue data for the first half of 2004 and comparisons with the first half of 2003. Shipment and...
Each battery-powered network node sleeps about 97.5% of the time. The IEEE 802 standards committee develops both wired and wireless data communications network standards. In the definitions or scope of the IEEE 802 committee, the wireless networks lay out by their nominal network transmission distances. ZigBee is an industry consortium...
Consortium promoting HomeRFwireless home networking specification has disbanded in de facto capitulation to success of 802.11 Wi-Fi standard. Leading members of HomeRF Working Group included Intel, Motorola, Siemens, Compaq and Proxim. It was built on Digital European Cordless Telephone DECT technology for home and local...
According to a report by In-Stat/MDR, over the last three years, a very rapid wireless evolution has occurred in the home. In 1999 and 2000, the question was whether HomeRF or 802.11 would win in the home. In 2001, the main issue was whether 802.11a (5 GHz...
Kren, Lawrence Machine Design 07-25-2002 Smaller multiband RF antennasByline: Kren, LawrenceVolume: 74Number: 14ISSN: 00249114Publication Date: 07-25-2002Page: 26Type: PeriodicalLanguage: EnglishEthertronics, San Diego, recently devised a low-profile (3 mm above a PCB) embedded antenna for multiband wireless local-area-network gear. GY antennas work with short-range wireless networks such as 802.11 a/b, HomeRF, Hyper...
SkyCross, a developer of advanced wireless antenna solutions, introduced a 2.45/5.1-5.9 GHz embedded, high gain antenna. The antenna bridges the gap between 2.4 GHz- and 5 GHz-based WLAN applications by providing complete coverage over all frequency bands designated for WLAN throughout the world. WLAN applications are divided into...
Business Editors/Technology Writers MELBOURNE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 25, 2002 Antenna Bridges The Gap Between 2.4 GHz- And 5 GHz-Based WLAN Applications; Provides Complete Coverage Over Both Frequency Bands In A 3mm Height Package SkyCross, a leading developer of advanced wireless antenna...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-8 January 2002-European devices based on HomeRF 2.0 may now receive certification from Working Group C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The HomeRF Working Group, developer of a single specification for interoperable consumer devices, has extended its HomeRF2.0 certification programme to Europe. Under the programme...
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 January 2002-HomeRF: HomeRF 2.0 products cleared for European certification; Next generation HomeRF to offer streamed video capabilities as well as audio, telephony and computing applications C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07012002 London -- The HomeRF Working Group today announced that...
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 7, 2002 The HomeRF Working Group today announced that existing second-generation products based on the open HomeRF 2.0 specification are now certifiable in Europe. ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute recently approved a new revision to rules governing the use of...
FASTER VERSION OF THE HOMERFWIRELESS PROTOCOL ARRIVES-BUT CAN ITREALLY CHALLENGE WI-FI'S DOMINANCE? CAPABLE OF speeds up to 10 megabits per second, Proxim's newSymphony HomeRF product line is the first wireless network to complywith the long-awaited wirelessHomeRF 2.0 protocol. The line also hasother enhancements that could make it a...
Baskerville Communications (West--borough, NA & London), a unit of Informa Group plc. London, has begun the publication of three new information products, including Planet Wireless, Internet Markets and Mobile Location Analyst. Planet Personal and Local Area Networking via Wireless Technologies Wireless is a combined monthly newsletter and online...
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