As part of its focus on the burgeoning broadband wireless market, Atmel Corp. today said it has joined the WiMAX Forum as a principal member, in order to help promote the interoperability and certification of broadband wireless products based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Standards
Wi-Fi May Be Portable, But Wires Are Reliable
Broadcom and Intel may be pushing Wi-Fi to connect the digital home and Freescale may be pushing ultra wideband — but another company is planning to capture the market by relying on old infrastructure – existing power lines. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Proxim, Symbol Make Nice After Settlement
Today, Holtsville, N.Y.-based Symbol Technologies and WLAN equipment-making rival Proxim of Sunnyvale, Calif., announced a settlement and partnership deal bringing to a conclusion the company’s patent lawsuits of the last few years. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Alliance Certifies Wi-Fi Multimedia
The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced that it is now certifying a new capability that is expected to set the stage for rapid adoption of Wi-Fi networking in consumer electronic devices such as DVD players and televisions. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Handset Makers Tout Wi-Fi, GSM Roaming Spec
Fourteen mobile phone makers, telcos and others announced their intention to publish specifications that they claim will allow 802.11-equipped handsets to make calls via Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router: A First Look
Belkin’s Wireless Pre-N router offers enhanced range and throughput in advance of the upcoming 802.11n standard. However, it could be rendered obsolete when the specification is finally ratified. Via [reviews.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Alliance To Announce Interim Multimedia Spec
Next week, the Wi-Fi Alliance will release Wi-Fi Multimedia, or WMM, an interim standard that will provide early quality-of-service functionality for multimedia equipment based on the emerging 802.11e specification. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Ultrawideband Takes On Wi-Fi
Capable of zapping data many times faster than the common home networking technology, ultrawideband is moving closer to commercial reality. Now there’s just that pesky fight over standards to resolve. Via [technologyreview.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Group Backs Brawnier Security Standard
The first products certified to support Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, the latest wireless security technology, were announced by the Wi-Fi Alliance on Wednesday. Via [zdnet.com.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Seen Readying New Wi-Fi Chips This Week
Intel Corp. this week is expected to introduce a chip that adds support for a relatively obscure version of Wi-Fi, analysts said on Monday, in a move that could help ease congestion on wireless networks. Via [reuters.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wireless LAN Specs Leapfrog Ahead
Two camps, each backed by major technology companies, are planning to submit competing 802.11n WLAN standards proposals next month at the IEEE meeting. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Industry Coalition Floats Proposal For 802.11n
The so-called WWiSE consortium–comprising Airgo Networks, Bermai, Broadcom, Conexant, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments–held a conference call Thursday morning to introduce its new proposal for the 802.11n standard. “WWiSE” stands for “World Wide Spectrum Efficiency,” a characteristic of the new proposed standard, the companies said. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
‘Push To Talk’ Meets Wi-Fi
Cellular carriers are creating “push to talk” services that travel over Wi-Fi networks, federal regulators say–a move that could expand the one-push cell phone calls to VoIP systems. Via [zdnet.com.com]… Continue Reading
Enhancing The Enhanced Security
Even though 802.11i has been done for a while and companies have been steadily announcing support for this finalized security standard, there have also been a rash of announcements talking about new security issues that 802.11i can’t prevent, such as DDOS attacks and holes in RADIUS servers. Such is the world of networking. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Japan Ponders Wi-Fi Device Tax
The U.S. government is encouraging Japan to drop a proposal to tax users of Wi-Fi devices and high-bandwidth wireless local area networks. Doing so, it claims, would result in dampening demand and slowing development of wireless Internet services. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading