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News A test satellite for the European Galileo programme, Giove-B, has successfully transmitted radio signals which will one day be used as the basis for satellite navigation in Europe. Galileo is a joint project between the EU and European Space Agency...
[09 May 2008]
Photo Radio-controlled toys are relatively cheap, sturdy and light enough to provide viable prototypes. The Mindsheet team's entry is centred around a radio-controlled buggy that is carried to battle on a soldier's back.
[06 May 2008]
News The analyst points to an impressive array of radio access techs already in play - from cellular in its various forms, to 3G and HSPA data networks, to video broadcast techs such as DVB-H, to short-range connectivity techs such as Bluetooth, along...
[02 May 2008]
whitepaper Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is one of the fastest growing and most beneficial technologies being adopted by businesses today. Adoption of this Automatic Data-Collection (ADC) technology has recently been fueled by the establishment of key...
[01 May 2008]
whitepaper As bar codes became commonplace, companies realized the advantage of carrying more data, leading to new symbologies such as PDF417 and matrix codes that convey far more information, and now radio frequency identification (RFID), which can serve as...
[01 May 2008]
Comment It is now largely complete and, of course, bristles with technology: a new heating system, fire and burglar alarm, radio and TV, broadband and LAN, hubs, switches and wi-fi. Written while flying from London to Greece on BA632 and dispatched from a...
[16 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This eKit focuses on these challenges and highlights IBM's solutions for overcoming them -- such as warehouse management software technology, bar codes, radio frequency and wireless technology. Distributors must handle increased sales orders while...
[14 Apr 2008]
News The £2.2m scheme will see the Metropolitan Police Service's 31,500 officers have tags fitted to their radio microphones from this autumn. Every police officer in London is to be tracked using a new electronic tagging system that will be able to...
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The recent history of Ultrawideband communications technology has seen great debate over whether these UWB cause unacceptable interference to existing users of the same and nearby bands. Building on the IEEE 802.15.2 Recommended Practice and the...
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Seamless roaming enables a mobile operator's data subscribers to remain continuously connected as they cross network boundaries and use different radio access networks, including Wi-Fi, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple...
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper It begins with some basic information about wireless networks and their radio transmissions, and then looks at the tools that are needed to perform a survey, and finally the processes of surveying and planning a wireless network.
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Radio interference remains a core concern among Wireless LAN (WLAN) users, network administrators, and operations staff alike. After all, the potential for interference is a fact of life in the unlicensed bands where WLANs operate, and, even worse...
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper A leading worldwide telecommunication network equipment manufacturer needed to design the main digital component of a radio link SDH system product. It was intended to implement a radio terminal providing regeneration and adaptation functionality...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Although the radio part of the handset is divorced from the user interface by sophisticated software, it is nonetheless absolutely essential to the satisfactory operation of the handset. The design of modern cellular handsets places even more...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Adopting RFID across the supply chain exposes its current limitations and introduces many new challenges. That is part of the brilliance of the Wal-Mart and DoD strategies. RFID limitations will be overcome through necessity for its use.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper RTL is the leading portal for news and entertainment in Luxembourg. The servers supporting the company's Web site were no longer able to handle the bursts of traffic associated with critical news events.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Zebra Senior Product Manager for RFID Systems, Matt Ream, delivers an informative presentation including an overview and history of RFID as well as a discussion of Zebra’s pioneering focus on Smart Label technology, one of the fastest growing...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper In 2.5G (GPRS) or 3G (WCDMA/CDMA2000) networks, the radio link has high bit errors. The standards specifications include the use of header compression for better utilization of the radio resource. In some applications, like IMS - IP Multimedia...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Nowadays Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a term used for any device that can be sensed at a distance by radio frequencies with few problems of obscuration or misorientation. The origins of the term lie in the invention of tags that reflect...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Often, the mix of access points (APs) in the WLAN can further erode throughput as overlapping RF footprints create radio interference. One way to mitigate the impact of RF interference is with embedded cognitive radio software that enables resident...
[10 Apr 2008]
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