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London gets a mile of free Wi-Fi
News Dubbed the 'Technology Mile', it is thought to be the largest free public-access wireless network built in the UK so far. No-one from the council was available to discuss its plans ahead of next month's elections, but Belanger insisted that the...
[April 18, 2005, 13:15]
Extending Cisco ServiceFlex Design: Occam Networks Access Technology
White Papers This paper describes how the Cisco ServiceFlex design for IP NGN network architecture can take advantage of Occam Networks' access technology in the last mile to serve both residential and business users.
[September 5, 2007, 2:52]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Once in the office, Google revealed it to be part of Islington Council's Technology Mile — a council-funded, public access system done just because they can. I shall have to spend some time in the Hercules, the Old King's Head, the Hobgoblin and...
[August 25, 2006, 19:20]
Intel takes broadband to the WiMax
News Rosedale is the first generation of the technology and will do last-mile fixed access to the home," said Scott Richardson, general manager of Intel's Broadband Wireless Group. Its backers claim that WiMax can transmit data up to 30 miles between...
[September 8, 2004, 10:00]
WiMax cut off by HSDPA in Asia
News Conversely, the maximum speed of last-mile WiMax connections is just under 2Mbps, he said. It will also allow competitive service providers to have last-mile access to customers, when their interconnection agreements expire in 2007.
[April 24, 2006, 15:55]
Xerox chip makes fibre cheaper
News Such a process would make the proverbial last mile both shorter and cheaper, according to Xerox. Other companies are looking at more novel solutions to the last-mile problem. Researchers at Xerox's Wilson Centre for Research and Technology...
[March 27, 2003, 15:09]
Robot race draws crowd
News The 250-mile course -- which won't be completely revealed until two hours before the start -- will require the computerised vehicles to drive through or around sand, mud, boulders, ditches, barbed wire, mountains and at least one overpass where...
[October 31, 2003, 8:25]
Streaming tech doubles broadband speed
News You've probably heard plenty about the "last mile," but soon you may be hearing a lot more about the "middle mile" if streaming media start-up EdgeStream has its way. Today, however, anyone from anywhere in the world can go to our Web site, and if...
[April 10, 2002, 16:07]
Servers to show modest growth
News He likened the difference to the construction of two tunnels: The Chunnel bored previously untouched ground between England and France at a cost of $387m per mile, while the "Big Dig" beneath Boston is costing $2bn per mile because it occupies...
[May 27, 2003, 8:00]
Alcatel-Lucent has potential, but dangers too
News It dramatically expands the DSL serving area beyond the 3-mile limit," said Lucent spokeswoman Brooke Houston. The demise of the CLECs removed some incentives for the incumbent local exchange carriers to extend DSL service beyond the three-mile...
[May 29, 2001, 10:47]
Recycling Firm's Operating Costs 20 Per Cent Lower Than Competitors Due to Web System
White Papers Using Microsoft technology, First Mile has evolved a Web-hosted, low-cost operating system that links customers, suppliers, operations, finance, customer service, and sales. First Mile is a fast growing start-up business in the United Kingdom (U.K...
[October 7, 2008, 1:01]
Initial Performance Evaluation and Analysis of the Global OFDM Metropolitan Area Network Standard IEEE 802.16a / ETSI HiperMAN
White Papers Wireless last mile technology is becoming a challenging competitor to conventional wired last mile access systems like DSL and cable modems or even fiber-optic cables. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the Institute of...
[April 13, 2007, 1:01]
System-Level Model for OFDM WiMAX Transceiver in Radiation Environment
White Papers WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), an evolving standard for point-to-multipoint wireless networking, works for the "last mile" connections for replacing optical fiber technology network but with no need for adding more infra...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]
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]
Performance Evaluation of the IEEE 802.16a Physical Layer Using Simulation
White Papers Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) is a technology that offers high-speed voice, video and data services for the "last mile," which is presently dominated by the cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies.
[January 21, 2005, 2:00]
Planning a WiMAX Network With ICS Telecom nG
White Papers This standard is designed as a wireless 'last-mile' technology to support fixed residential and business customers. The term WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) has become synonymous with the IEEE 802.16 Wireless Metropolitan...
[January 31, 2009, 7:57]
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) in Converged Application Platforms: Enabling Improved Utilization, Change Management, and Cost Reduction Through Hardware Assisted Virtualization
White Papers Over the years, the high speed last mile services have broadened their reach in tandem with wireless technology such as 3G and Wi-Fi, and end users are beginning to experience richer multimedia services in which video, voice, and data are...
[February 24, 2007, 0:00]
Understanding Wi-Fi and WiMAX as Metro-Access Solutions
White Papers The paper compares current 802.11 single hop and 802.11 mesh networks with 802.16, a new technology that solves many of the difficulties in last-mile implementations. This paper provides incumbent wireless Internet service providers (WISPs), new...
[April 11, 2008, 4:17]
Overview of WiMAX
White Papers WiMAX can be used for a number of applications, including "last mile" broadband connections, hotspots and high-speed connectivity for business customers. WiMAX is a standard-based wireless technology that provides high throughput broadband...
[January 17, 2005, 2:00]
Inside Mobile WiMAX Technology
White Papers Mobile WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access)-IEEE-802.16e-2005 standard is a 'last mile' IP based broadband wireless solution that enables convergence of mobile and fixed broadband networks through a radio access technology known...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]
