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Birth of a new Wi-Fi
Blog Hot news from Hawaii! The IEEE working group which brought 802.11n into the world is about to push that particular chick out of the nest and is already getting broody with the next egg. That egg is currently called VHT, for Very High Throughput...
[September 13, 2008, 23:52]
A Technical Analysis of Wi-Fi and WiMAX as Alternatives for Implementing Last-Mile Wireless Broadband Services
White Papers This webcast explains the technical differences between revisions of 802.11 and 802.16 and their application as alternatives for implementing last-mile wireless broadband services. The webcast describes the technology and reviews the standards...
[May 24, 2005, 0:00]
Understanding Wi-Fi and WiMAX as Metro-Access Solutions
White Papers This paper provides incumbent wireless Internet service providers (WISPs), new WISPs and demanding new markets (such as government and education) with a technical analysis of alternatives for implementing last-mile wireless broadband services.
[April 11, 2008, 4:17]
Beacon-Stuffing: Wi-Fi Without Associations
White Papers This paper presents beacon-stuffing, a low bandwidth communication protocol for IEEE 802.11 networks that enables APs to communicate with clients without association. This enables clients to receive information from nearby APs even when they are...
[May 11, 2007, 1:00]
No return to the wild Wi-Fi west
Leader To the seasoned watcher of wireless networking, the story is wearily familiar. While the 802.11n committee is completing the first draft of a complex standard not due for completion until 2007, the industry is pushing a wild variety of incompatible...
[May 4, 2006, 14:50]
Wi-Fi standards' future mapped out
News Representatives from key industry groups gave an update on upcoming Wi-Fi standards that lay the groundwork for determining what tools manufacturers will have to work with as they develop new products.
[December 5, 2003, 7:55]
Intel ups stakes for Wi-Fi chips
News Chipmaker Intel is developing new Wi-Fi products as it looks to expand its influence beyond the notebook market. Intel president Paul Otellini said on Thursday at a meeting with financial analysts that the company is working on new Wi-Fi products...
[November 21, 2003, 9:55]
High-speed Wi-Fi standards debate stalls
News The process to establish the next-generation Wi-Fi standard, which promises to quadruple transmission speeds, has stalled as members of the working group developing the standard failed to pass the main proposal onto the next stage.
[May 20, 2005, 9:50]
Microsoft takes its own path with next-gen Wi-Fi
News The future for Wi-Fi is dual-mode or multi-mode," said Aaron Vance, a wireless analyst with Synergy Research. Microsoft said Monday that it isn't among those to fully back new wireless wunderkind 802.11a.
[June 11, 2002, 9:12]
Homeland security waiting for Wi-Fi
News Discover the latest developments in Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS and other cutting-edge wireless technologies at ZDNet UK's Wireless News Section. Security needs to become a priority for users and makers of wireless networking equipment in order to stop...
[December 5, 2002, 10:33]
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]
Sony Ericsson helps bridge the Wi-Fi/GSM gap
News Sony Ericsson is to launch a combined Wi-Fi / GSM PC Card that will help notebook users take advantage of the coverage offered by mobile-phone networks and the higher speed of 802.11b -- or Wi-Fi -- hot spots.
[March 4, 2003, 13:35]
Stronger Wi-Fi security spec nearing approval
News A Wi-Fi security standard awaiting final approval is intended to restore confidence in a market damaged by previous weak specifications. Wi-Fi products establish wireless local area networks that allow devices to connect to one another...
[June 24, 2004, 9:00]
Wi-Fi: As big as Budweiser?
News A key figure for standards body the Wi-Fi Alliance says the wireless networking industry will surpass the revenue of household products such as Budweiser beer by 2006. In a keynote speech at the 802.11 Planet Conference, Dennis Eaton, chairman of...
[December 5, 2002, 9:12]
Cash prize offered for DIY Wi-Fi kit
News Lantronix has launched a competition to find the world's best Wi-Fi-enabled piece of equipment capable of being monitored or controlled over the internet. Entrants are challenged to build a Wi-Fi-enabled device based on Lantronix's embedded 802.11...
[August 7, 2007, 10:16]
Wi-Fi roadshow to tempt firms into wireless
News Some of the leading names in the Wi-Fi industry are teaming up to run a series of roadshows across Britain where companies will be encouraged to deploy wireless technologies. The events will be held in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Reading and...
[January 16, 2004, 16:20]
Wi-Fi connections tipped to fly
News An estimated 50 million homes in Europe, the United States and Asia will have Wi-Fi connections by 2007, according to new data released on Wednesday. Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity, which refers to wireless local area networks that use one of several...
[January 8, 2004, 13:55]
High-speed Wi-Fi standard nears ratification
News The latest version of the Wi-Fi standard 802.11n is close to final ratification.n is much faster and of higher bandwidth than its predecessor, 802.11g. Delays over the final ratification of 802.11n led many manufacturers of Wi-Fi equipment and PCs...
[July 23, 2009, 12:53]
Accuracy Characterization for Metropolitan-Scale Wi-Fi Localization
White Papers This paper evaluates the feasibility of building a wide-area 802.11 Wi-Fi-based positioning system. Location systems have long been identified as an important component of emerging mobile applications.
[January 20, 2009, 1:41]
Hundreds of Wi-Fi products fail tests
News At least one in every four Wi-Fi products examined by the Wi-Fi Alliance has failed its certification test -- a sign that many pieces of wireless equipment on the market are incapable of working as well as users might expect.
[January 12, 2004, 14:10]
