Symposium: Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
The 2008 IEEE International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM) is being held 23-27 June at the Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel in Newport Beach, California, USA. The symposium will provide a definitive forum for networking, software systems and multimedia research in the wireless/mobile area involving both computer science and electrical engineering communities. WoWMoM will act as a meeting place for researchers, practitioners and students of the technology evolution to discuss how wireless, mobile and multimedia networks are creating a world where users can seamlessly and ubiquitously accomplish their tasks, access information, or communicate with other users anytime, anywhere, from any device. Learn more
Venture Aims to Increase Internet Speed Service
Major telecommunication and technology companies have joined forces in an effort to increase the speed of ultra-fast wireless service in the United States. The US$14.55 billion venture, which is expected be finalized during the fourth quarter, joins the wireless broadband sectors of Sprint Nextel and technology firm Clearwire, with US$3.2 billion from Intel, Google and cable companies Comcast, Time Warner and Bright House. The goal for the new company, to be named Clearwire, is to produce a national wireless broadband network grounded on WiMax technology that allows for cable and DSL-level connection speeds. Read more
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South Africa Looks to New Bandwidth Cost Model
According to Stefano Mattiello, Executive Head of Enterprise Group at Neotel, there is a distinct disconnect between businesses’ bandwidth requirements and what they are currently purchasing. Most businesses are either catering for their maximum requirements despite not using it all, or underestimating what their requirements are for the high-speed connection. In response, the IT sector in South Africa is already working on finding alternative methods to drive costs down and value up. On Demand, where organizations opt to purchase a certain number of connections, paying only for what they use, is shaping up to be a good alternative to other pay models. Mattiello believes that changing the way in which bandwidth is packaged for the enterprise client has the potential to add a lot more value to the South African economy. Read more
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Making Sense of the ‘Mobility’ Battle
While many in the information technology world consider mobility to be the great new horizon, questions about how it will work are causing some serious headaches. What devices will be used and, more particularly, how telecommunications authorities across the globe will manage the radio spectrum required, are at the forefront of the discussion about the future of mobility. There is concern that allocation of wireless spectrum is essentially a mess and, unless it is cleaned up, there will not be enough to support the available services. That, according to industry commentators, means many organizations and services, for years comfortable in their use of radio spectrum, will be pushed into investing in new technologies. Read more
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Higher Education Embraces Latest WiFi Standard
Students at colleges and universities across the United States are reaping the benefits of a quicker, more secure wireless network connection thanks to top officials at higher education institutions who are allowing their schools to adopt the technology even before a final standard for 802.11n WiFi has been ratified. While the standard is expected to be approved by IEEE next year, network administrators said many schools are implementing the technology now since large numbers of students own laptops that are conformable to the latest WiFi option. Experts say many schools are eager to use the new technology to stay at the forefront of new technology usage and provide technology-friendly campuses. Read more
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Satellite Communication Via Laser Looks Promising
Two test satellites, with the help of researchers from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Germany, successfully exchanged data using a diode laser pump module. While satellites currently use radio waves to exchange data, the test represents a significant advancement in how satellites communicate with one another. The bandwidth achieved in the test was a hundred times greater than during conventional communication by radio waves, enabling a data rate equivalent to roughly 400 DVDs per hour. According to researchers, this could make it possible to transmit large data packets between several satellites in the future and send image data from Earth observation satellites to a ground station. That has not been possible until now, as the bandwidth of radio waves is not large enough. Another advantage of this new form of communication is that lasers are easier to focus than radio waves, which means that data transmissions can be directed more accurately. Read more
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RFID Prototype Seeks to Reduce Manufacturing Costs
The National Science Foundation created a radio frequency identification test bed for the quick study of new RFID tag prototypes. The system gauges the signal power of hundreds of RFID tags at the same time and is expected to reduce the cost of manufacturing such tags. Through the use of a transmitter, receiver and emulator, the newly produced system can increase the evaluation process; save companies time and money; and present opportunities for application spaces for identification, sensors, medical sensing and more. Read more
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Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks Conference
Register today to attend the 5th annual IEEE SECON – the meeting place to exchange ideas, discuss best practices, raise awareness and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in the field of sensor, mesh and ad hoc networks and systems. The conference will be held 16-20 June in San Francisco, California, USA. Program highlights include the presentation of more than 100 technical papers, posters, demonstrations and workshops dedicated to the exchange of ideas, best practices and shared experiences in the field.
Workshops include the first IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Networking Coding (WiNC), which will address early stage research and late-breaking results in wireless network coding and network information theory; and the third IEEE Workshop on Wireless Mesh Networks (WiMesh), which will feature core technical issues and current research problems in wireless mesh networking. Additionally, the third IEEE Workshop on Networking Technologies for Software Defined Radio (SDR) Networks will explore the networking and communication protocols needed to facilitate the interconnection of CR/SDR platforms.
For more program information, visit the conference web site.
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Ways to Ensure a More Secure Wireless Future Eyed
Although Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom has predicted the implementation of a wide variety of applications for wireless devices designed to make life easier and more secure for users, their foresight is tempered with thoughts about the potential impact of this technology on the personal property of its users. These possible wireless applications include devices installed in cars that can prevent collisions, medication dosage reminders for patients and food content scanners that alter the way consumers shop. In a comprehensive report, Ofcom reveals details on how it will conduct additional research in this area and how to safely and effectively apply this technology to the healthcare and transportation industry over the next 20 years. Read more
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Two-Track Strategy with Mobile Application Development Used
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, has agreed to take a two-track strategy of producing web-based applications while supporting a number of mobile devices for student, faculty and staff use. The action is aimed at providing solutions to enterprises beyond higher education that are grappling with similar mobile application development dilemmas. Researchers at MIT have developed a web-grounded system that will allow hosted mobile applications to automatically identify with and adapt to any of several browsers and devices used by the members of the facility. The end result is a web application that can be used by any mobile device. Read more
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