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Move to a 'Human' Semantic Enabled Network: Part I
Here's an overview of the Semantic Enabled Network, its architectural components, characteristics, and practical applications to unlock new opportunities as organizations migrate toward the human network.
January 31, 2007
Testing Security and Association for Certified Wireless USB
Comprehensive authentication and security support within the MAC layer of the wireless USB protocol has been mandated. Here are a few valuable tips on how to test to ensure your product qualifies.
January 30, 2007
Rollout: Cingular's 8525 PDA Phone
The first UMTS/HSDPA PDA phone to debut in the United States, Cingular's standards-friendly 8525 should lure customers with high-speed wireless WAN access and its expansive feature set.
January 30, 2007
The New Software Defined Radio Development Process
Learn how the software communications architecture-based software defined radio flows and what you need to know about each phase including requirements and tools that enable each phase.
January 29, 2007
Teardown: LG's VX8300 Flip-Phone
Weighing less that 4 ounces, the VX8300 has two bright displays, Bluetooth, and a slot for a microSD memory card.
January 29, 2007
RuBee Seen As Alternative Protocol To RFID
You have got used to ZigBee, are pondering the benefits of WiBree, so start getting used to yet another wireless networking protocol —- RuBee, also known as IEEE 1902.1. The emerging standard is expected to give retailers and manufacturers an alternative to RFID for many applications.
January 26, 2007
Q&A: Smartphone Platform Leader Outlines What's Ahead
Development work spans new microprocessor architectures, more applications, and embedded databases, says Symbian CEO.
January 22, 2007
Practical Apps In Works for Wireless Energy Transfer
A technology that uses wireless energy transfer to power small devices or recharge batteries could be headed to market this year.
January 22, 2007
Teardown: RIM BlackBerry
Though RIM's Blackberry 8100 "Pearl" delivers a petite EDGE-capable terminal that stays true to RIM's email focus, the addition of a camera and multicore processor brings the design much more in line with a traditional consumer phone.
January 22, 2007
Analysis: How Smartphone Platforms Compare
Business-technology buyer's guide to the BlackBerry, Linux, Mac OS X, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile platforms.
January 20, 2007
Direct Memory Access In Media-based Embedded Apps: Part 2
In the second of a four part series, David Katz and Rick Gentile, authors of "Embedded Media Processing," discuss DMA data flow structures " register-based and descriptor-based " and when to use each type.
January 17, 2007
Is A Closed iPhone Doomed To Fail?
Apple made a closed system work for the iPod. Can it do the same with wireless phones?
January 11, 2007
H.264 Codec: Video Compression for Consumer Applications
As the transition from analog to digital content continues in the AV (audio-visual) world, the number of new consumer devices supporting digital audio and video processing, including TV-sets, and DVD players, continues its rapid climb. As a result, it became one of the most widely adopted compression standard in the consumer space. H.264 is now poised to replace MPEG-2 as the new compression technology with better quality at lower transmission bitrate and storage requirements.
January 10, 2007
Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Co-existence
Adopting highly integrated solutions with proprietary techniques speeds design time.
January 9, 2007
Managing Data Distributed Over Multiple Mobile and Embedded Devices
Embeddable object-oriented DMBSes should have wide application not only in consumer devices, but assembly robots medical imaging devices, and coordination between sensors and their ground stations and servers.
January 9, 2007
Multi-antenna Software to Optimize Mobile WiMAX Performance
Multi-antenna signal processing (MAS) software provides more control over the spatial distribution of radio energy, yielding well-proven order-of-magnitude performance improvements.
January 9, 2007
Create: A New Kid on the Mobile Robot Block
Colin Angle discusses "Create," iRobot's new mobile robot that features 32 built-in sensors, 4 wheels, and is controllable through an open interface serial protocol
January 8, 2007
Basics of Software Radio: Part 4
The final article in this series covers digital receiver applications, including a tracking receiver system, signal intelligence receiver, direction finding system, radar signal processing system, and wireless cellular development system.
January 5, 2007
RFID: A Tale of Four Continents
RFID is being adopted worldwide but with great differences of emphasis
January 3, 2007
Local Device Search
Malcolm Colton talks about the need for device-level search, with examples of search-enabled device applications and how to integrate a data manager into a device application.
January 3, 2007
Security In 2007: Trouble Ahead
Attackers, insiders, phishers Look out in 2007.
January 2, 2007
Creating an Executable Specification for the WiMAX Standard
The scope and complexity of the 802.16 standard makes it difficult to ensure that WiMAX designs are standard-compliant. This article explains how to build a Simulink model that enables continuous test and verification throughout the development process.
January 1, 2007
Handset Makes Use of Good Design Practices
This design shows that it's possible to cut costs and board area without making compromises.
January 1, 2007


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