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Economic Analysis of Networking Technologies for Rural Developing Regions

Providing network connectivity to rural regions in the developing world is an economically challenging problem especially given the low income levels and low population densities in such regions. Leveraging several emerging wireless technologies, this paper presents the case for economically viable networks in rural developing regions. Using the Akshaya Network...

Tags: Network, Networking Technology, Region, Analysis, Backhaul, Wireless LANs, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless

White papers 2005-09-16

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Deploying Mobile Backhaul - Ethernet Microwave Technology Choices for Lower OPEX

This paper focuses on methods for reducing OPeration EXpenditure OPEX enabled by the shift to advanced Ethernet microwave backhaul solutions. Microwave is the preferred backhaul technology by most of the world's mobile operators. Outside of the U.S.A., nearly 70% of all backhaul traffic travels over microwave links. Microwave is instant,...

Tags: Ethernet, Mobile, Microwave, Ceragon, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2008-06-01

Terrestrial Video Backhaul Over IP

Pacific Century Matrix PCM is a leading provider of television broadcast services covering Asia Pacific. In PCM's vision, its premium position as international gateway for broadcast programming from and to Asia Pacific demanded for a highly reliable but cost effective solution to aggregate and distribute programming from around the globe....

Tags: Gateway, IP, Video, Asia-Pacific, Programming, Path 1, Pacific Century Matrix, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Case studies 2008-05-30

Comcast Bill of Rights unnecessary in open source world

All the brouhaha concerning whether Comcast can create a "Bill of Rights and Responsibilities" for Internet users is misplaced. Like any small Wireless ISP, Comcast has the right, indeed the responsibility, to manage its network so every customer gets as much of it as practical. ...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Market, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-16

(Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)

(Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Physical CompressionWe see the diameter of the cable at the surface. What diameter is it when it reaches the depth of 3 miles?RE: (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Always amazes me what one will do to get High Speed Internet to have that High Speed Porn.RE:...

Tags: Network technology, cable, Internet, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

FCC hearings: Comcast versus Vuze

The FCC held its hearing on Comcast's Network Management practices at Harvard University yesterday.  Vuze executive Gilles BianRosa whose company filed one of the two FCC complaints against Comcast reportedly told the FCC yesterday that BitTorrent does not hog bandwidth.  Since most Internet experts would dispute that claim, I generated the...

Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Broadband Provider, Broadband, Vuze, Congestion Problem, Free Press, Broadband Internet, Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Why Satellite Internet service is so slow

Why Satellite Internet service is so slowReal world is worse.Ping statistics for 75.104.128.61: Packets: Sent = 25, Received = 22, Lost = 3 (12% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 626ms, Maximum = 3690ms, Average = 1385msThis is the nameserver within WildBlue's...

Tags: Network technology, Real World, Embarq, satellite, Satellite Internet Service, satellite Internet, latency

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

In the Coal Fields of Wyoming, wi4 Mesh Solutions Are Mining Enhanced Efficiency, Productivity and Profitability

Over more than 200 miles of windswept, desolate mining country, the company needed to connect hundreds and hundreds of assets in real-time. These include mega-sized haul trucks with half million-pound payloads, bulldozers, drilling equipment and the 110-car trains (with each car carrying 100 tons of coal) that leave the sites...

Tags: Coal, Motorola Inc., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Case studies 2008-02-13

Google does not need a carrier partner

Google does not need a carrier partner...well...Perhaps Google doesn't "need" a carrier partner from a perspective of operations, but they do "need" a carrier partner from a perspective of the bid. In other words, if Google bids 4.6 billion dollars for the spectrum, Verizon will bid 5 billion. ...

Tags: Business structures, Google Inc., carrier partner, spectrum

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

In the Shadows of the Windy City, Landmark Hotel Improves Guest Services With wi4 Indoor Solutions

The Hilton Oak Lawn hotel and conference center is strategically located three miles from Chicago's Midway Airport and 15 miles from Downtown Chicago. The challenge was to provide complimentary high-speed, superior broadband service to all guest rooms within the multi-story building. Hilton Oak Lawn selected Foresite Wireless of Barrington, Illinois,...

Tags: Broadband, Motorola Inc., Foresite, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking

Case studies 2007-10-03

Why OLPC mesh wireless networking won't work

One of the touted features of the $200 OLPC laptop is the peer-to-peer mesh topology networking feature that can theoretically bring an Internet infrastructure where there is no network infrastructure. The problem is that peer-to-peer wireless LAN mesh topology sounds better than it actually works and there's a good reason...

Tags: Network, Problem, Topology, Radio, Wireless Networking, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Wi-Fi, Wireless, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-25

Kabel Deutschland Provides Bundled Digital Communications Services

Kabel Deutschland KDG is in the process of evolving from a cable network operator to a comprehensive provider of communication and TV services. This evolution is being realised through the transformation of its legacy television infrastructure into a Cisco IP Next-Generation Network IP NGN. More than one million customers are...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Cable Network, Kabel Deutschland, KDG, Cisco IP NGN, Cable, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking

Case studies 2007-09-21

Optimizing Cellular Backhaul Networks With Optical Multiservice Platforms

Mobile carriers are incorporating more packet-based services than ever before to support emerging voice-over-IP VoIP and mobile data applications. As mobile users increasingly adopt IP-based music, video, and data services, cellular bandwidth requirements are growing exponentially - especially in the cellular backhaul network. Unfortunately, the design of most of today's...

Tags: Mobile, Network, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

White papers 2007-08-01

Motorola Point-to-Point Solutions and WiMAX: Reliable, High-Throughput Backhaul for WiMAX Networks

WiMAX Wireless interoperability for Microwave Access is a broadband wireless access technology that gives users an alternative to access broadband services - specifically high-speed internet access. WiMAX is an international standard for delivering voice, video and data over microwave RF Radio Frequency spectrum to stationary or moving users - thereby...

Tags: Broadband Wireless, Broadband, Motorola Inc., WiMAX, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-07-05

Cisco Offers IP RAN Optimization Congestion Management for GSM and UMTS

The Cisco IP RAN Optimization solution introduces IP to the RAN network that has traditionally been TDM. Cellular providers have been using TDM based networks to backhaul the traffic from the cell site to the Mobile Telephone Switching Office MTSO since deploying their networks for the first time. The first...

Tags: UMTS, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., GSM, Cisco IP RAN Optimization Solution

White papers 2007-07-01

AT&T quietly bumping EDGE network speed

AT&T quietly bumping EDGE network speedSpeed TestsJason,You have to be careful with those speed tests.If you are connecting via isp.cingular APN, the tests would be legit. If you connect through wap.cingular APN they would not. Through wap, the speed results are from the test server to the AT&T server. Not...

Tags: Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., EVDO, EDGE, 3G, network, EVDO Rev-A

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Is muni Wi-Fi dead? Microsoft is wondering

Is muni Wi-Fi dead? Microsoft is wonderingNot dead yetFrom the origional, "...European cities as are examples of successes. "The U.S. is very far behind Europe and cities there," she said. In one example, Vos said that Amsterdam is beginning to install sensors on large trash receptacles that can communicate over...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, NETWORKING, municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, city government, network, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-08

UMTS/HSDPA Backhaul Bandwidth Dimensioning

This paper presents a simulation-aided approach for the dimensioning of the ATM-based iub interface in UMTS/HSDPA networks. Besides considering different user applications, as well as the peculiarities of the radio protocols above and within the backhaul transport infrastructure to estimate Iub utilization, this paper also provides insights in to the...

Tags: UMTS, HSDPA, Bandwidth, Radio, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

White papers 2007-05-18

Providing Radio Spectrum for Broadband Wireless Access Services

Broadband Wireless Access BWA is a technology aimed at providing high-speed access, using wireless means, to networks for users over a wide area. In addition to deployment in customer access networks such as broadband wireless local loops for fixed customers or direct access networks for fixed or mobile customers, the...

Tags: Mobile, Network, Broadband Wireless, Radio, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless Access, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2007-05-11

Converged WiMax-Cellular Backhaul Networks Exploiting Wireless Ethernet Mesh Technology

With the migration to high bandwidth IP-based services in the cellular access market, operators are increasingly considering WiMax technology as an access technology which can support this new paradigm in mobile services. WiMax provides high bandwidth data services and the promise of a highly standardized, cost effective implement implementation with...

Tags: Ethernet, Mobile, Network, Wireless Ethernet, DragonWave, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless

White papers 2007-05-01