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Category: Communications

Communications and Networking

  • There was another company at Des

    There was another company at DesignWest doing something similar, but not exactly competitive. Nabto puts a tiny webserver into your mobile device or onto your…

  • Firewalls Everywhere

    We recently heard Netronome’s view on next-generation firewalls, and in particular, how they are migrating from the more traditional boundary protection to be distributed throughout…

  • Full Networking Offload

    Eight months ago, Atheros (now part of Qualcomm) released a WiFi offload chip, their AR4100. It’s part of a push to enable internet-of-things applications with…

  • A Self-Healing Radio on a Chip

    Continuing with the occasional note about interesting ISSCC presentations, there was an interesting talk about a self-healing radio-on-a-chip – in fact, probably the best actual…

  • New lower-power transceivers

    As the number of sensors and autonomous units of various flavors continues to increase, the need for them to communicate with as little power as…

  • Next Generation Firewall and Other Apps

    Netronome is building onto their flow-processing platform by layering software over the top. They just announced several “application kits”, including intrusion detection/prevention, SSL, IPsec, and…

  • In some countries the cell phone

    In some countries the cell phone carrier and the land line carrier is the same company. And it is these guys who are working hard…

  • Extending Macrocell Life

    One of the ways the mobile world is trying to expand its reach and bandwidth is by moving to femtocells. Unlike macro-, micro-, and picocells,…

  • Is the radio handover not alread

    Is the radio handover not already happening in the US? It is on FM in Europe. To quote the venerable BBC, “If you listen to…

  • Broadcast TV Lives… With Multiple Incarnations

    With the prevalence of cable in many parts of the world, you might think that broadcast TV is on the way out. For people dropping…