What is ZigBee? ZigBee is a low-power wireless local area network (WLAN) specification that was designed to provide small amounts of data using very little power, with most connected devices running off of a battery. Because of this, the open …
Aruba’s sole supplier of electricity turns to RPMA N.V. Elmar (or, in Dutch, Naamloze Vennootschap Electriciteit-Maatschappij Aruba), the sole provider of electricity to Aruba, turned to Ingenu to help deploy an RPMA-based network capable of creating a smart grid across the …
Cisco fog applications provide factory maintenance Machine tool provider Mazak teamed with Cisco to increase its manufacturing line availability and improve machine utilization through the use of fog applications. Mazak required a common, standards-based method to securely connect and receive value …
A fight against the living room Stadiums are in trouble. In a 1998 ESPN poll, 54% of sports fans said they’d rather watch a game at the stadium than at home. By 2011, only 29% of respondents to the same …
A fight against the living room Stadiums are in trouble. In a 1998 ESPN poll, 54% of sports fans said they’d rather watch a game at the stadium than at home. By 2011, only 29% of respondents to the same …
The need for better connectivity In a 2012 Cisco study, 44% of fans said connectivity is very important to their experience at a sports stadium. That number likely will continue to grow given the increasing demand for mobile phones, a market …
LoRaWAN is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) specification created for wireless, battery-operated devices. LoRa is already deployed in millions of sensors, according to the LoRa-Alliance. Some of the main components that serve as the foundation for the specification are bi-directional communication, …
The fuel to IIoT: LPWAN Low-power, wide-area networks (LPWAN) are the response to the need for reliable, efficient, easy to deploy connectivity to help unlock the potential of the internet of things. According to Ingenu, which licenses RPMA, 86% of all current IoT …
Comcast has announced the launch of a Chicago-area trial for a new internet service that delivers speeds up to 1 gigabit per second to customers. The service will use DOCSIS 3.1 technology to deliver these speeds over the company’s existing network …
IIoT security: critical importance, under-addressed The industrial internet of things presents a cybersecurity concern of a scale we have never before seen. Its premise alone – making every “thing” around us connected to a network – is enough to spur …
IIoT at the construction site The industrial internet of things has the potential to disrupt nearly every enterprise domain in existence. While the prospect of smart cities, automated vehicles and energy management spark the interest of consumers and entrepreneurs alike, …
AT&T teams with industry leaders for 5G AT&T announced it will be working with a number of technology companies and operators to expedite the deployment of “5G” technology. The telecom company says preliminary discussions on the project are underway with China …
A talk about the smart city with Ericsson’s Beverly Rider AUSTIN, Texas–In a big-picture talk about the smart city on Monday, Beverly Rider, vice president of enterprise IoT and smart cities for Ericsson, spoke to RCR Wireless News at Galvanize in …
American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable: Overcoming barriers to progress in cancer research The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable met in Austin yesterday to speak about overcoming barriers to progress in cancer research. Panel member …
The need for a managed Wi-Fi solution According to Cisco?s Visual Networking Index, more than half of all monthly traffic from mobile-connected devices will be offloaded to the fixed network by means of Wi-Fi and other solutions by 2018. But …
The need for a managed Wi-Fi solution According to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index, more than half of all monthly traffic from mobile-connected devices will be offloaded to the fixed network by means of Wi-Fi and other solutions by 2018. But …
The dangers of an insecure IIoT system Wired detailed the frightening consequences of vulnerable computer-based systems in its 2008 article Industrial control systems killed once, and will again, experts warn. With the expansion of “smart devices” into the automobile and …
Straight to millimeter wave? Not so fast It is becoming increasingly accepted that millimeter wave spectrum, the frequencies between 30 GHz and 300 GHz, will define “5G” networks. But there are still problems to be solved with mm wave before …
‘Extremely high frequency’ means extremely fast 5G speeds Millimeter wave spectrum is the band of spectrum between 30 GHz and 300 GHz. Wedged between microwave and infrared waves, this spectrum can be used for high-speed wireless communications as seen with the latest …
Straight to mmWave? Not so fast It is becoming increasingly accepted that mmWave (extremely high frequency), the frequencies in the spectrum between 30 Ghz and 300 Ghz, will define 5G networks. But there are still problems to be solved with …
“Extremely high frequency” means extremely fast 5G speeds Millimeter wave (mmWave), also known as extremely high frequency (EHF), is the band of spectrum between 30 gigahertz (GHz) and 300 GHz. Wedged between microwave and infrared waves, this spectrum can be used for …
Drone flys using 5G connection Ericsson and China Mobile announced the successful trial for the first ever 5G-enabled drone prototype. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KTdMypaopo The trial was held in Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu province, where a drone was flown using the operator’s cellular network with …
Challenges and considerations of IoT testing Internet of things (IoT) vulnerabilities and their potentially catastrophic results make it imperative that IoT devices go through rigorous testing before seeing the light of day. But testing the security, performance, connectivity, and a number …
5G network testing There are several major players in the push to make 5G a reality: standards bodies, telecom operators and other organizations and enterprises are all testing aspects of the next-generation network in preparation for its 2020 standardization. Here are several …
Energy management use cases Our current energy management systems are inadequate. Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are estimated to reach almost 685 parts per million (ppm) by 2050, well above the concentration level of 450 ppm required to have at …
