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Fiber to the Wireless Drop
Building a robust last mile is a challenge for broadband operators. In this interview, filmed at the 2011 IP Possibilities, Rob Riordan, EVP and director of corporate development for Nsight, an award-winning pioneer in the deployment of femtocell technology, advances an idea for using hardened femtocells at the pedestal to solve the drop part of the…
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Enabling Everything with Wireless
< The Wall Street Journal published an excellent article today on how wireless networking is being embedded in devices and used for activities that, until recently, wouldn’t be associated with wireless; things like slippers, bovine mating and pill bottles are all candidates for a wireless treatment. One of the people quoted in the article is Glenn Lurie,…
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Working White Spaces!
Darrin Mylet of Adaptrum demonstrates their white space solution at 2011 NAB. Using TDD OFDMA technology, tunable from 400 to 1,000 MHz, they were able to acheive 94% efficiency on a 6 MHz television channel with aggregated data rate of 11.1 Mbps. The equivalent transmitter output was less than 1 milliWatt and, using a 0…
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Broadband Provider Responsibilities & Wireless Impact
Jennifer Richter of the law firm of Patton Boggs discusses a number of topics from responsibilities of a broadband service provider to possible auction opportunities of the broadcast spectrum for new broadband. She points out that a big part of the on-going operations of an ISP is ensuring that it has policies in place that…
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Wireless Power – Not Just for Breakfast
This eye-catching demonstration of a flashing cereal box got my attention at the Pepcom event at CES 2011; Fulton Innovation demonstrated how their magnetic thin-film could potentially be applied to everyday products, such as dry goods. In addition to turning a cardboard box into a digital sign, their coupling device can read meta-data from the…
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Rabbit Ears Meet the Smart Phone
At CES 2011, LG demonstrated a prototype cellphone smartphone with an ATSC-M television tuner. Combining off-air reception with broadband wireless could be a new way for people to cut-the-cord.
