Wi-Fi News
Wi-Fi is one of the most ubiquitous wireless communications technologies in use today, primarily because it is easy to install, easy to use and inexpensive. Wi-Fi was originally designed as a way of extending internet connections wirelessly within an enterprise. However people soon began installing Wi-Fi Access Points at home and in public Hotspots to give convenient internet access to laptops, which ended up with Wi-Fi chips installed as standard. Today there are hundreds of millions of devices which use Wi-Fi including tablets, smart phones, TVs and set tops. There are millions of public hotspots and many hundreds of millions of home and enterprise access points. The Wi-name Fi is reserved for the IEEE 802.11 standards – so far A, B, G and N, with more on the way, and use 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum bands, with more being considered up to 60 GHz. Wi-Fi today is managed and policed by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Wi-Fi reach varies with the power of the signal and the spectrum used, but will typically reach a few hundred feet and current generation devices will provide between 50 Mbps and a 100 Mbps shared between connected users.
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Ericsson hasn't exactly led the charge towards modern cellular network approaches such as Wi-Fi integration and small cells. But the Swedish vendor knows it will have to support these key trends, desp ...
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InterDigital signs two white spaces partners
13 February, 2012
Patents giant may have failed to sell its IPR portfolio, but it is looking to emerging wireless bands to boost its technology reach
TI and STMicro address internet of things
18 January, 2012
Texas Instruments adapts Wi-Fi for very simple embedded devices while ST creates wireless smart energy nodes
Hybrid home networking standard approved
16 January, 2012
IEEE latest creates seamless connectivity over Wi-Fi and various wireline links, certification will start soon
Broadcom debuts gigabit Wi-Fi platform
5 January, 2012
Announces family of chips supporting the new 802.11ac standard, supporting superfast video in 5GHz spectrum
LG supports Intel's WiDi multiscreen link
19 December, 2011
Proprietary system to share content between mobile devices and large displays is gaining ground while Wi-Fi Direct remains slow
Redpine pushes 11ac fast Wi-Fi into handsets
14 December, 2011
Its latest Quali-Fi technology can be licensed to integrate with app processors or combo chips in tablets and phones
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