Archive | March, 2006

Bluetooth goes UWB

After years of discussions, the Bluetooth SIG now announced its selection of the WiMedia Alliance Multiband OFDM (MB-OFDM) version of ultra-wideband (UWB) for integration with current Bluetooth wireless technology. The new version, utilizing unlicensed radio spectrum above 6 GHz, is expected to support datarates up to 100 Mbps which is over 100 times faster than [...]

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Mobile TV

The buzz around mobile TV has been growing steadily. Following the launch of mobile TV via streaming technology over (3G) point-to-point connections, operators are now forming their plans for broadcast/multicast networks – necessary for cost effective delivery of video content on large-market scale. Dozens of trials have told the mobile communications sector that consumers enjoy [...]

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Add a Bluetooth text protocol to J2ME apps"> Add a Bluetooth text protocol to J2ME apps

Learn how to allow embedded devices to share information and events across a Bluetooth PAN.

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Welcome to SIP, Cisco!"> Welcome to SIP, Cisco!

Cisco have finally embraced SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). The platform for doing so will be Cisco Unified CallManager5.0, the call-processing component of the Cisco Unified Communications system.

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GERAN evolution in 3GPP R7

On its latest GERAN plenary meeting in Brussels in January, 3GPP updated the R7 feasibility study TR 45.912 to version 0.4.0. It is an encribly interesting read. 3GPP R7 has the following performance objectives. The spectrum efficiency/capacity in an interference limited scenario should be 50% better (measured in kbps/MHz/cell for data and Erl/MHz/cell for speech) [...]

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