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- Smartphone makers, mobile operators still baffled by iPhone
- A report about a panel session on mobile user experience at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress shows that only Apple "gets it." And if the industry's experience with the iPod is anything to go by, this situation will only get worse for the competition. According to an EE...
- Tags: apple iphone, adobe systems inc., patent, apple ipod, mobile, wireless communication, apple inc., smartphone, advertising & promotion, wi-fi, wireless, marketing, david morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Capturing ambient intelligence
- According to Wikipedia, 'ambient intelligence AmI refers to electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people.' In 'Ambient intelligence: snowboarding to the new frontier,' ICT Results reports that ambient intelligence is a key component for future beyond 3G mobile and wireless communication systems. This is why...
- Tags: network, environment, wireless communication, intelligence, e-sense, sensei, wi-fi, wireless, networking, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Understanding Mobility: Secure Wireless Communications
- The attendee of this webcast will learn about the advances in technology that can enable organization and workforce to be mobile. This webcast will outline the critical technologies including i.e. wireless security, integrated firewall and access points which can allow the organization to embrace a mobile working culture and receive...
- Tags: webcast, wireless communication, mobility, cisco systems inc., wi-fi, wireless
- Webcasts 2007-12-01
- Mobile Cell Video Converter (exe)
- Put Your Videos on cell phone, MP4 Player with new Mobile Cell Video Converter! Supports RMVB, RM,DVD, MP4, MOV 7, M4V video, DIVX AVI, almost all videos and many other features. Mobile Cell Video Converter strengthens the commitment to Windows OS with a full support for Vista. Other significant new...
- Tags: mobile, wireless communication, video, cell, mobile cell video converter, corporate communications, microsoft windows, advertising & promotion, wi-fi, wireless, marketing, operating systems, software
- Software downloads 2007-10-15
- BlackBerry Patent app describes tethered BlackBerry user alarms
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application describes technology that would wirelessly tether one BlackBerry to another- and would devise a way for the first BlackBerry to "alert" the second if it is disabled somehow.The Patent application is entitled, Plural wirelessly connected devices with user alarm if wireless connection is lost...
- Tags: security, news, blackberry patents
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Vocera Communications Cuts RMA Rate in Half
- Headquartered in Cupertino, CA, Vocera Communications, Inc., has developed a wireless voice communication system to enhance customer service, productivity, and teamwork at hospitals, retail stores, hotels, and service organizations. The company needed a flexible testing solution to help engineers develop wearable, voice-controlled wireless communication solutions. The challenge was to build...
- Tags: wireless communication, vocera communications, wi-fi, wireless, wireless lans, lans, networking
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- C-MAC: A Cognitive MAC Protocol for Multi-Channel Wireless Networks
- A number of algorithmic and protocol assumptions taken for granted in the design of existing wireless communication technologies need to be revisited in extending their scope to the new Cognitive Radio CR paradigm. The fact that channel availability can rapidly change over time and the need for coordinated quiet periods...
- Tags: mac, network, wireless communication, wireless network, wi-fi, wireless
- White papers 2007-02-16
- Wireless Communications Technology Poster (zip)
- A comprehensive wireless communications technology guide for network and telecom professionals. An easy to use training reference for telecom and wireless technology students to get an overall picture of WLAN, WPAN, WMAN, WWAN and Mobile technologies. A unique marketing tool for telecom and wireless hardware, software and services vendors for...
- Tags: wireless communication, javvin, telephony, wi-fi, wireless, telecom & utilities, telecommunications, networking
- Software downloads 2006-11-14
- Prototyping a Novel Platform for the Free-Trade of Digital Content
- The widespread use of mobile, personal computing devices, together with recent advances in wireless communication technologies, poses a myriad of new opportunities for leveraging the commerce of digital goods. The paper envision a novel platform for the free-trade of digital content where ordinary users are allowed to market and resell...
- Tags: wireless communication, use case, digital content, wi-fi, wireless
- White papers 2006-09-26
- TechRepublic's Wireless Communications Policy
- Wireless networks are becoming more and more popular. They're also an easy way for hackers and competitors to hack your network if improperly configured or used. This policy's purpose is to help determe if, how, and when employees may use wireless networking. It includes a policy you can customize...
- Tags: risk assessment, techrepublic inc., network, wireless communication, policy, tools & techniques, wi-fi, wireless, strategy, security, management
- Download resources 2006-06-21
- District of Columbia's Citywide Messaging Program Relies on Good Mobile Messaging for Secure, Reliable Wireless Communications
- Government of the District of Columbia wanted to meet the new administration's mandate to modernize, consolidate and unify disparate technologies across all of the District of Columbia's mayoral agencies. The challenge was to provide an emerging yet proven wireless messaging technology for the district's citywide messaging program. Government of the...
- Tags: mobile messaging, mobile, wireless communication, messaging, district of columbia, government, groupware, wi-fi, wireless, enterprise software, software
- Case studies 2006-06-14
- Wireless Communication Using Real-Time Extensions to the Linux Network Subsystem
- This paper describes real-time extensions to the Linux operating system to provide real-time guarantees at the device driver level. As per the author's knowledge, they are the first to implement a real-time ORiNOCO driver for real-time Linux. In addition the authors provide a low-level evaluation of the timeliness of packet...
- Tags: network, wireless communication, linux, unix, operating systems, open source, wi-fi, wireless, software
- White papers 2006-05-19
- Flack + Kurtz Grows Business and Speeds Time to Market for Customer Projects With Good Technology
- Consistently ranked as one of the world's top engineering firms by World Architecture magazine, Flack + Kurtz Inc. is a leading provider of multi-faceted building engineering services. With worldwide clients and a specialized mobile workforce, existing wireless communications devices were not adequate. Flack + Kurtz wanted to provide a higher...
- Tags: good technology inc., wireless communication, workforce, wi-fi, wireless
- Case studies 2006-05-15
- Performance of Cooperative Time-Reversal Communication in a Mobile Wireless Environment
- This paper studies the performance of a technique called time reversal for cooperative communication in a mobile wireless environment. To put the work in context, a brief introduction to Time-Reversal Communication TRC in general and cooperative TRC in particular is presented. Performance of a proposed cooperative TRC scheme is evaluated...
- Tags: university of houston, performance, mobile, environment, wireless communication, performance management, wi-fi, wireless, human resources, workforce management
- White papers 2006-04-07
- Mobile Wireless Communication System Antennas for 260 MHz-Band
- Automotive mounted antennae are often vertically orientated 1/4 wave antennae because the body of the car can be used as an effective reflective infinite ground plane. The 1/4 wave antenna has a low cost and is also compact in size. This compact quality is important in automobile mounted antennae because...
- Tags: mobile, wireless communication, antennae, antenna, wi-fi, wireless, advertising & promotion, marketing
- White papers 2006-03-26
- The Ubiquitous Web, UPnP and Smart Homes
- UPnP is a distributed computing framework based on Web technologies that is intended for use in local area networks - especially home networks. Over the years, valuable lessons have been learned from the efforts of various companies to develop and deploy products based on this technology. The essence of this...
- Tags: web, nokia corp., wireless communication, vision, distributed computing, upnp, wi-fi, network technology, wireless, networking
- White papers 2006-02-14
- An Autonomous Robotic Fish for Mobile Sensing
- In this paper an innovative approach to robotics education is reported, where hands-on learning is integrated with cutting-edge research in the development of an autonomous, biomimetic robotic fish. The project aims to develop an energy-efficient, noiseless, untethered swimming robot for mobile sensing purposes. The robot is propelled by an Ionic...
- Tags: robotics, mobile, wireless communication, michigan state university, robots, gps, wi-fi, wireless, emerging technologies, consumer electronics, personal technology
- White papers 2006-02-14
- TCP Performance for Future IP-Based Wireless Networks
- In recent years, many extensive studies have been performed that have attempted to improve the performance of TCP for wireless networks. The common assumptions made by TCP for wired networks definitely do not hold for wireless networks. TCP with its semantics such as end-to-end flow control, a congestion control mechanism...
- Tags: network, wireless communication, ip, tcp, wireless network, tcp/ip, networking, wi-fi, wireless
- White papers 2006-01-16
- An Energy-Efficient Reconfigurable Baseband Processor for Wireless Communications
- The popularity of wireless communication leads to the proliferation of many air interface standards such as the IEEE 802 families and the 3G families. This evolution of standardization continues in an accelerated manner. Most existing techniques for reconfigurable processors focus on the computation model. This paper focuses on increasing the...
- Tags: university of illinois, granularity, wireless communication, wi-fi, wireless
- White papers 2006-01-14
- The Quest for Low Cost, Ultra Low Power Wireless Networks for Smart Environments
- Sensors and control devices, that can measure anything from temperature to air flows, have found their way into a wide range of applications, such as environmental monitoring, agriculture, security and in factories. However, the high cost of designing, installing, wiring, and maintaining the network to connect these devices has inhibited...
- Tags: network, environment, wireless communication, wireless network, mesh networking, wi-fi, wireless, networking
- White papers 2006-01-05
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