Jeff Goldman

This week, scientists from IBM Research announced the creation of a chipset solution which makes use of unlicensed spectrum from 57-64 GHz. The chipset, which promises speeds of well over one gigabit per second (Gbps), is designed to work within the evolving millimeter-wave or “mmWave” 802.15.3c specification for wireless personal area networks (WPAN). 802.15.3c itself […]

At CES 2006 this week in Las Vegas, ultrawideband (UWB) technology is making its mark, with demonstrations by a number of different companies showcasing a wide range of product concepts that make use of the technology. Earlier this week, both Alereon and Pulse~LINK made a series of announcements regarding their plans for the show. Alereon […]

This week, BridgePort Networks made two announcements regarding the increasing functionality of its voice over IP (VoIP) offerings as they transition towards using the IP Multimedia Subsystem, or IMS, to facilitate seamless handover of calls between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Sanjay Jhawar, BridgePort’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, says the company has […]

This week, Wisair announced the release of its Wireless USB hub reference design, created to help manufacturers build Wireless USB hubs for universal serial bus devices. Together with the Wisair USB host dongle that the company announced in August of this year, the design provides an end-to-end solution for Wireless USB. Wisair was founded in […]

This week, WiQuest Communications announced the availability of its WQST110 and WQST101 two-chip solution, supporting wireless transmission at speeds of up to one gigabit per second – the WQST110 contains the MAC and PHY, while the WQST101 has the RF transceiver. The product is based on the specifications of the WiMedia Alliance, of which WiQuest […]

A recent white paper from Senza Fili Consulting entitled The Evolution of WiMax Certification clarifies the process of certification for both fixed and mobile WiMax. The paper, available as a PDF download from Senza Fili’s Web site, breaks the process down into five anticipated waves of certification, and looks at the ways in which various […]

This week, Focus Enhancements set forward its ultrawideband (UWB) product timeline, targeting release of ultrawideband (UWB) evaluation kits towards the end of year with the intention of seeing products in the marketplace in early 2006. “We’ll be taping out the chip, which is a combined MAC/baseband chip, in September,” says Tom Hamilton, General Manager of […]

When the WiMax Forum launched its certification process at Spain’s Cetecom Labs in mid-July, a number of companies quickly took the opportunity to announce that their equipment had been shipped to Spain to participate – but one company was notably missing from the list: Alvarion. Some media reports have suggested that this may be an […]

Earlier this week, the WiMedia Alliance announced that it had begun working with the Geneva-based nonprofit industry association Ecma International to establish WiMedia’s multiband orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) ultrawideband (UWB) technology as the global UWB standard. In the past, Ecma International has successfully promoted standards for DVD interchange and Near Field Communication, among others. The […]

Last week, ultrawideband (UWB) solutions developer Wisair announced that its UWB chipset development system had received certification approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). While a number of other UWB developers have already received similar approval for their technology, this announcement makes Wisair the first MultiBand OFDM-based member of the WiMedia Alliance to receive FCC […]

The WiMax Forum’s certification process at Cetecom Labs in Malaga, Spain officially launched in early July, and in the time since then, companies have begun to ship their equipment to Spain for the Forum’s certification process. “Multiple vendors already have equipment in the lab,” says Mo Shakouri, the WiMax Forum’s Vice President of Marketing. Because […]

Before actual WiMAX networks have even been deployed, some of the companies involved with the technology have already begun looking at its potential to provide services reaching beyond citywide deployments and other wide area networks. Last week at the WiMAX Forum Plenary in Vancouver, satellite provider PanAmSat demonstrated transmission of live video to handheld devices […]