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FierceWiFi November 9, 2005
- Nortel pushes mesh in Canada, elsewhere
- Trend: Questions about viability of fixed WiMax persist
- Netgear shows new MIMO AP
- Avery aggressively promotes RFID plan
- New maritime navigation aid
- SPOTLIGHT: CSR eying Bluetooth-UWB amalgamation
- ALSO NOTED: Nintendo launches WiFi gaming service site; ITC launches WiMax service in Saudi Arabia; and much more...
Nortel pushes mesh in Canada, elsewhere
Mesh networking technology is picking up after dropping the ball two or three years ago (it faced problems of security and scalability). Cisco is about to release a mesh product, and now Nortel is teaming up with service provider SimplySurf Wireless Network to offer wireless broadband through a mesh network in rural Ontario. The firm will add other networks in and around Ottawa over time.
Nortel is demonstrating another rural mesh network in the small Canadian town of Chapleau. As …
Trend: Questions about viability of fixed WiMax persist
Where is WiMax heading? This was the question at the recent WiMax World conference in Boston. There were two points of tension which were articulated in different ways by many of the speakers. The first market in which WiMax has made inroads is the fixed wireless market, but most of the large carriers are eagerly awaiting the arrival of mobile WiMax. The choice between fixed and mobile is important, since transition between the two will be difficult because of the incompatibility of …
Netgear shows new MIMO AP
Netgear is releasing a new wireless AP, the RangeMax 240, which it claims can reach speeds of up to 240 Mbps--faster than the 100 Mbps of wired networks (improvements in Ethernet wired networks, though, can push speeds up to 1 Gbps and faster). The actual speeds of the new AP will likely be slower, especially as more devices are added to the network. Speeds of 100 Mbps, or even a bit slower, would be suitable for streaming music and video and HDTV. Note that in order to achieve these high …
Avery aggressively promotes RFID plan
Large retailers such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy and government departments such as the Department of Defense have mandated that their suppliers should use RFID tags in order to simplify and make more accurate the tracking of the millions of items coming in their doors. The deadlines for the RFID mandate are coming soon, so Avery Dennison's RFID business division has just launched a partnership program for qualified companies facing various 2006 mandates to affix RFID tags on cases or …
New maritime navigation aid
What with last week's attempt by pirates to hijack a cruise ship off coast of the Philippines, this new device may be of interest. WiFi Wireless has just unveiled its WF205 System, a streamlined, solid-state stabilization navigational aid. The system uses laser gyro controlled platforms and, unlike similar systems, it has no moving parts. It offers accurate pitch, roll and rate of turns on three axis. The nav-aid device is completely wireless and does not require much power (only 24Volts …
SPOTLIGHT: CSR eying Bluetooth-UWB amalgamation
Cambridge, UK-based CSR, a leading Bluetooth player, is continuing to develop its Bluetooth technology with an eye to combining it with other wireless technologies. The company will emphasize the amalgamation of digital signal processing of Bluetooth into different solutions. Specifically, CSR wants to combine Bluetooth with UWB in products ready for the second half of 2007, when the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is expected to ratify the technology's standard. "It's a …
ALSO NOTED: Nintendo launches WiFi gaming service site; ITC launches WiMax service in Saudi Arabia; and much more...
> Nintendo launches WiFi gaming service site. Report
> ITC begins WiMax service in Saudi Arabia. Article
> Fujitsu shows WiMax reference design at a China event. Article
> iRiver prepares to launch WiMax game player. …