Archive | January, 2006

First Skype wireless standalone mobile telephone"> First Skype wireless standalone mobile telephone

Netgear and Skype announced they are working on a family of innovative new products, including the world’s first Skype wireless mobile telephone (on 802.11 WiFi bearer) and a router equipped to optimize Skype. From http://del.icio.us/johan.kuypers tagged 802.x telecom voip URI: http://www.netgear.com/pressroom/press_releasesdetail.php?id…

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Ericsson’s new WCDMA base station

Ericsson has started rolling out RBS 3107, its latest WCDMA/HSDPA base station, to Vodafone UK. RBS 3107 is a weatherproof outdoor base station with compact dimensions, particularly narrow depth and low height which should facilitate site acquisition and even allows it to be used as a street cabinet.

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Mobile IP for mobile ad hoc networks

Ericsson received a U.S. patent for modifications made to the procedures of Mobile IP for ad hoc networking, to overcome restrictions in ordinary Mobile IP requiring link-layer connectivity between the foreign agent and a visiting node which is not guaranteed on an ad hoc network. Mobile IP for mobile ad hoc networks (MIPMANET [pdf]) is [...]

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Option and Samsung announce HSDPA terminals

Option and Samsung announced High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) terminals. Option’s PCI Express Mini Card (GTM351E) can serve as embedded wireless module in laptops and is capable of 1.8 Mbps downlink (3GPP R5 Category 12 UE, QPSK, 1.8 Mbps peak rate) and a PS RAB with up to 1.8 Mbps downlink and up to [...]

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