Aggressive marketing can poison the market – so the Wi-Fi Alliance’s tough stance will benefit us all. Via [comment.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Standards
Wi-Fi Alliance Puts Limits On ‘Pre-n’ Equipment
The Wi-Fi Alliance stressed Monday that it will not support pre-standard 802.11n equipment and may, under certain circumstances, revoke existing certification of WLAN equipment that deploys so-called “pre-N” technology. Via [crn.com]… Continue Reading
Belkin To Launch 802.11n Wi-Fi Products On October 22
Belkin today said that it will begin to sell Wi-Fi routers and network cards supporting the not-yet standardized 802.11n technology through retail outlets in the US on October 22. The technology increases the bandwidth of today’s 802.11g standard from 54 Mbit/s to 135 Mbit/s. Via [tomshardware.com]… Continue Reading
Netgear Taps Atheros For 108-Mbit WiFi Router Design
Netgear has tapped Atheros’ wireless LAN (WLAN) technology to develop a wireless router that operates in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands and delivers a peak data rate of 108-Mbit/s. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Patent Landrush Threatens Wi-Fi Standards
We have examined before how patent lawsuits are threatening to stifle the adoption of wireless standards. Symbol, fresh from an intellectual property victory over rival Proxim, is the latest to assert sweeping licensing rights in 802.11 technology, while VIA is seeking to extend its proposed ‘intellectual property pool’ to WiMAX. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
A Call For WiMax Licensing Group
Via Licensing Corporation is calling for WiMax patent-holders to join a program with the ultimate goal of creating a portfolio of essential 802.16 technology that can be offered to companies at a single license price. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Group Proposes Wireless Smart Card Authentication
The WLAN Smart Card Consortium Thursday proposed a new type of authentication that it claims will simplify securely logging on to all types of wireless networks. Via [internetweek.com]… Continue Reading
Lucent Focuses On Wireless Lan Optimisation
Lucent Technologies’ Bell Labs has lifted the lid on two research projects that aim to boost the performance of wireless local area networks (Lans). Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Linksys Goes Dual-Band On Wi-Fi
With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems’ Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802.11g/a wireless LAN products. Via [pcworld.idg.com.au]… Continue Reading
Experts Divided On Pre-standard 802.11n Gear
Just when it seemed that the wireless networking alphabet soup was starting to make sense, a new flavor — 802.11n — promises to spice up wireless LAN (WLAN) standards once again. Even though 802.11a, b and g are already in the bowl, one vendor is pioneering this new technology years ahead of the standards groups,… Continue Reading
Radwin Adapts Wi-Fi For WAN Environment
Startup Radwin has blended an off-the-shelf 802.11a/g wireless LAN (WLAN) radio with high-gain antennas and a proprietary media access control (MAC) layer to create a point-to-point broadband wireless system for backhaul and enterprise connectivity applications. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi World Under Threat From Symbol Patent
Wireless vendor Symbol Systems has told us it will be seeking a big license fee from all Wi-Fi equipment vendors for an infringed patent. And according to one manufacturer, Proxim, it stands a good chance of getting it. Via [techworld.com]… Continue Reading
802.11a: Refuge From Spectrum Hogs
The recent fight between the University of Texas and its students on the 2.4 GHz battle field may be over, but competition for the limited spectrum used by two wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) standards promises to saddle users with continued wireless connectivity problems. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Conexant’s 802.11a/b/g Receives Wi-Fi Multimedia Certification
Conexant Systems Inc. today reported that its IEEE 802.11a/b/g dual-band WorldRadio reference design has been certified for Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), which prioritizes network audio, video and data traffic and decreases latency for high quality of service in wireless multimedia applications. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
ZigBee In Danger Of Falling Apart
The domination of the 802.16 process by a handful of vendors is often criticized, but at least it has resulted in a measure of unity that is looking increasingly enviable as the other key IEEE wireless efforts fall prey to dangerous fragmentation, which could significantly devalue the role of the standards body itself. We have… Continue Reading