White Space Technology Makes Strides
Standards are advancing in the TV white spaces segment, leading to the first prototypes for IEEE 802.22 and an award for the M2M Weightless standard.
Submarine-Cable Capacity Has Potential To Double
To lengthen the commercial life of cable in the face of aggressive increases in Internet demand, Soft Decision Forward Error Correction (SD-FEC) has been trialed in concert with a proprietary super channel technology.
SIGs Emerge To Ease NFC Market Entry
New special interest groups (SIGs) leverage the NFC Forum’s alliance partnerships to bring together experts, member companies, and NFC solutions developers.
Software Simplifies Antenna Design
Antenna software can provide a catalog of antennas with documentation, design algorithms, and export models, allowing an engineer to quickly explore various antenna options during the early design stages.
Master Testing Of IEEE 802.11ad PHY
At the MAC or data-link layer, IEEE 802.11ad is compatible with the other IEEE 802.11x standards. Yet is PHY characteristics set it apart—and complicate testing.
Inkjet-Printed Antennas Cover Beyond 10 GHz
With the complete characterization of an inkjet printing process using metallic nanoparticle inks on a paper substrate, researchers have demonstrated how inkjet printing can be applied to low cost, high gain, and wideband antenna design.
Charging Mats Wirelessly Power Military Devices
New reference designs should help solar cell based wireless charging mats become more widely available in the military segment, although their reach can extend to commercial, automotive, and industrial applications.
RFID Tag Antenna Can Read Beyond 9 m
Using a new design process and matching mechanism for a dual dipole antenna, an RFID tag antenna has been developed for toll roads and museum exhibition tags.
Back When Cars Just Drove
The Internet of Things will soon be a reality for the automotive industry, creating a safer and more enjoyable driving experience while improving traffic flow.
Infrastructure Adaptation Enables UAS Tracking
Using Raytheon’s ASR-11, the STARS automation system, and its surveillance data processor (repurposed for GBSAA), pilots and controllers were given alerts of intruding airborne objects near surrogate UASs and were able to keep them safely separated.
