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Intel Plugging Away At Wireless Networks
News Another wireless networking hurdle Intel is trying to overcome is seamless switching between wireless, wired and cellular networks using what it calls intelligent roaming. Wired-wireless roaming will occur in the relatively near future, he said...
[November 7, 2002, 9:10]
WLAN Switching Extends Wi-Fi Range
News An important part of the knowledge necessary to combine the two technologies came from the founders' backgrounds in the cellular phone industry with Agilent. Belanger said that their experience building test equipment for the cellular phone...
[January 9, 2003, 9:31]
Self-Adaptive Routing Protocols For Integrating Cellular Networks, WLANs And MANETs
White Papers This paper considers integration at the routing layer and propose two adaptable routing protocols (IRP-RD and IRP-PD) that exploit topology information stored at the fixed network components (cellular Base Stations and WLAN Access Points) for the...
[July 17, 2008, 1:19]
Frequency Assignment For IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks
White Papers Due to the coupling between the physical and MAC layers, conventional frequency allocation methods for typical cellular networks cannot be applied directly to the 802.11 networks. The algorithm is then applied to two cellular settings with known...
[October 20, 2005, 3:00]
Revolutionizing Wireless LAN Deployment Economics With The Meru Networks Radio Switch
White Papers The increasing ubiquity of 802.11 in mobile devices, coupled with the onrush of Wi-Fi in cellular phones is causing the density problem to appear today. Trying to solve these problems today with other WLAN architectures results in poor quality...
[September 26, 2008, 1:21]
BlueMobile - A Mobile IP Based Handoff System For Bluetooth, 802.11 And GPRS Links
White Papers Complementing Bluetooth with 802.11 and cellular network technology like GPRS would solve the shortcomings of these three technologies. Whereas Bluetooth technology has certain obvious advantages like low power consumption and reliable connection...
[November 14, 2008, 0:20]
Programmable Mobile Networks
White Papers Existing mobile systems (e.g.mobile IP, mobile ATM and third generation cellular systems) lack the intrinsic architectural flexibility to deal with the complexity of supporting adaptive mobile applications in wireless and mobile environments.
[September 24, 2003, 10:00]
N+I: Symbol Adopts Wireless VPN Tech
News AirBeam Safe will encrypt data carried across wireless links, including 802.11b LANs and cellular networks. The WTLS protocol used in Columbitech's product is also a formal standard, but it was designed for WAP (wireless Application Protocol) and...
[May 6, 2002, 7:31]
New Wi-Fi Challenges 3G
News A cellular technology called w-CDMA (wideband code division multiple access) sends broadband access to rural areas, including the entire island of Maui in the Hawaiian archipelago. The signals themselves can get so misdirected they actually...
[September 30, 2002, 7:50]
Cisco Extends Wireless Reach Of Police
News Cisco said the offering will allow police and other safety officials to roam in and out of Wi-Fi and cellular networks without interruption. The mesh of wireless bridges and access points covering the city provide a seamless connection with the...
[June 23, 2004, 8:40]
Wireless Deployment At Enterprise Level
News With dual-mode telephone handsets, users can roam between the cellular network and unlicensed Wi-Fi networks — both public hot spots and private WLANs. Thus large multiple AP WLANs are usually designed in a "cellular" topology, where the APs are...
[September 14, 2006, 15:40]
Fixed-mobile Convergence 'around The Corner'
News The analyst house points out opportunities arising from the integration of wireless LAN technology with broadband and cellular networks. Next-generation technologies for various types of networks are allowing operators to push forward with fixed...
[December 21, 2005, 15:55]
BT Planning Fusion Phone For Business
News The current Fusion hubs include Ethernet ports, and support for WiFi Unlicensed Mobile Access, which enables subscribers to roam between cellular networks and unlicensed wireless networks such as Bluetooth.
[June 16, 2005, 17:25]
Dynamic Spectrum Access Could Revolutionise Comms
News Although roaming between Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity is already central to the fixed-mobile convergence being introduced by the likes of BT and Orange — another thing that Ofcom is very keen on — DSA would hinge on a "system to allow network...
[November 14, 2006, 16:02]
Secure Wireless Workers
News Rather than being deployed as a series of cellular towers as first envisioned, it's been accomplished through the combination of high-speed landlines to common areas with wireless hubs based on the 802.11b standard providing the "last 1,000 feet.
[August 15, 2002, 9:47]
HP Plans A Wireless WAN
News The announcement, made at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) conference in New Orleans, involves deals with AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless to offer their services.
[March 17, 2003, 15:15]
Mobile WiMax Standard Ratified
News Mobile network transmitters still have a longer reach than WiMax transmitters, but supporters of WiMax believe that cellular operators could use the technology to augment their networks and provide more capacity for data applications like mobile...
[December 9, 2005, 12:30]
Aruba Releases 802.11n Wi-Fi Kit
News These applications include, among others, high-security all-wireless workplaces with no cabling, call management between Wi-Fi and cellular networks, and securely extending the enterprise network to remote users without VPNs or managed clients.
[November 5, 2007, 15:08]
SMEs Embrace Hybrid Outsourcing
News The adoption of wireless is rocketing, with 77 percent of SMEs using Wi-Fi or cellular networks to gain remote access to data Other key points from the IoD's work include: Many small and medium-sized businesses are bringing parts of their IT back...
[September 28, 2006, 13:45]
Femtocells Gather Steam After Interoperability Pact
News The Forum said it has also been accepted as a "market representation partner" with mobile industry standards bodies 3GPP and 3GPP2, positioning it to advise on both CDMA and GSM cellular standards. Agreeing principles for interoperability between...
[May 22, 2008, 8:52]
