IEEE 802.20 Based Broadband Railroad Digital Network - The Infrastructure for M-Commerce on the Train
White Papers The broadband wireless access is emerging as a promising technology to meet the ever-increasing demand of M-commerce on the train. The traditional Railroad Communication System (RCS) is not only in charge of the traditional train scheduling, but...
[May 24, 2006, 1:00]
Mobile broadband working group replaced
News The IEEE, the body behind the proposed 802.20 standard, has announced it is to replace all the officers on that standard's working group. The 802.20 (also known as MBWA — Mobile Broadband Wireless Access) working group was suspended in June...
[September 22, 2006, 13:55]
Future of wireless broadband is in the air
Talkback Nice take on WiMAX and 802.20. Rupert, you obviously have been following developments more closely than most winters on the subject - it's amazing how mis-informed technical editors are on these subjects .even worse that it was for the notorious...
[January 30, 2004, 4:11]
Mobile broadband working group replaced
Talkback LTE (Long Term Evolution) 4G is being defined and is agreed on the use of OFDMA for the downlink and SC-OFDM for the uplink. This is a major shift for the leading cellular efforts from CDMA to an OFDM base of technologies.
[September 22, 2006, 18:27]
UK Broadband plans 'portable' service
News UK Broadband, which launched the first phase of its high-speed wireless service in the Thames Valley on Thursday, is working on a second product to give its customers limited roaming ability. The company's chief executive, Mike Butcher, said on...
[May 7, 2004, 16:10]
Drowning in wireless spaghetti
News Negotiating the world of wideband wireless data is like swimming around in alphabetti spaghetti, only somewhat less nutritious. Not only do many of the standards have multiple names and multiple incarnations, but the things that really matter — how...
[November 1, 2005, 12:00]
Bringing Wireless Access to the Automobile: A Comparison of Wi-Fi, WiMAX, MBWA, and 3G
White Papers This paper presents a comparison of four next-generation wireless technologies: Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11), WiMAX (IEEE 802.16), MBWA (IEEE 802.20), and 3G (ITU), in respect to which technology or combination of technologies provides a solution for the...
[March 21, 2006, 0:01]
Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
White Papers Mobile broadband wireless access is needed to provide advanced telecommunications services effectively and affordably to consumers around the world. This paper evaluates the current commercial alternatives to satisfy that need: WiMAX variants, MBWA...
[May 24, 2006, 1:00]
Wireless loses its way
Leader Something has gone wrong with wireless. Ultrawideband is late and disappointing, after years spent in futile standardisation debates. The 802.20 group is suspended in a blizzard of unsavoury accusations, 802.11n is deadlocked and 802.16e struggles...
[June 26, 2006, 18:10]
Macromedia Flash has critical vulnerability
News Internet Explorer and Opera users have been urged to upgrade to protect against a newly discovered flaw. The vulnerability, in Flash Player version 7.0.19.0 and earlier, could allow a hacker to compromise a user's PC.
[November 7, 2005, 16:10]
Cisco joins wireless broadband group
News Cisco Systems has formally joined the ranks of a wireless broadband group, the WiMax Forum, according to a Cisco representative and the chairman of the coalition. Cisco has become a member, very recently, like in the last day," said Ronald Resnick...
[September 16, 2004, 12:10]
Rupert Goodwins' San Jose Diary
Blog Thursday 18/09/2003 My favourite day -- the corporate bluster about sales projections, product rollouts and enterprise issues fades down and the R&D elements take over. Gelsinger's keynote starts off in the best way possible for a true radio nerd...
[September 19, 2003, 18:25]
Is Sony BMG spreading malware?
News Sony has recently promoted CD restriction schemes that allow vendors to limit the number of times someone can play a CD. Until recently, most viewed this as a relatively benign technology. However, security software author Mark Russinovich was...
[November 9, 2005, 13:55]
