BROWSING: mesh networks

Short-range wireless technologies such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), notably, are suited for widespread sensor networks for monitoring all sorts of processes. The chips are cheap and robust, their battery life is excellent, and it is easy to link them together into networks. Plus, the...

Mesh networking provides secure communications for rail industry Provider of mobile wireless mesh networks, Rajant, has entered into a partnership with the Wabtech Corporation to accelerate growth in the rail industry. The two companies are looking to usher in the next wave of innovation for...

Mesh networks are essential ingredients in almost every IoT platform, as they use short-range wireless standards to communicate with each other and send their data to the “outside world.” So, it’s important to understand how they differ from their counterparts, and why their characteristics...

There have been recently a lot of announcements around improving the residential Wi-Fi play. These innovations are happening on two fronts. The first is better coverage through mesh networks or easier-to-add access nodes. The second is by offering network based services such as security...

Bluetooth mesh networking is expected to boost industrial IoT applications The Bluetooth Special Interest Group this week released its new standard for supporting Bluetooth mesh network capabilities, enabling "many-to-many" device communications that Bluetooth SIG says is "ideally suited for building automation, sensor networks and other...

As consumers add more devices to home networks, Wi-Fi networks could struggle to keep up. To address this problem, as well as the frustration association with Wi-Fi dead spots, Netgear is launching a new product designed to tackle the problem by creating a mesh...

AirTies creates mesh Wi-Fi networks to spread coverage and capacity throughout your home In-home Wi-Fi equipment provider AirTies is looking to use multiple access points to bolster the performance of Wi-Fi networks. AirTies is using multiple access points placed around the home in a move...

Wi-Fi router comes in three-pack and covers whole home The new Eero router seeks to create small-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks by foregoing the traditional one-router home setup for a base kit of three routers available on pre-order for $309. The easy-to-install network is run from a...

Many building owners today are dealing with higher utility bills, old equipment systems and disparate controls that have been pieced together. One solution is the use of wireless networks to cost-effectively upgrade and replace antiquated controls.

The Freeport, Texas, Police Department is in the process of installing video-surveillance cameras in a project with ADT Security Services and Motorola Solutions Inc. The project underscores how wireless technology can be used to increase security for the nation's first responders. Police...

The Freeport, Texas, Police Department is in the process of installing video-surveillance cameras in a project with ADT Security Services and Motorola Solutions Inc. The project underscores how wireless technology can be used to increase security for the nation's first responders.Police Chief Ty Morrow...

PHOENIX – Up in the northernmost corner of Michigan is a group of IT executives who built a WiMAX network for their university and seemed to have a blast doing it. Northern Michigan University sits in Marquette, Mich., population about 22,000.It's a rural community...

With multiple technologies promising all the bells and whistles required of next-generation networks, infrastructure developers and operators are clamoring for their place as they determine which wireless technology to put their capital heft behind. Not only must these companies choose when to pull the...

For the young social networking addicts of the world, one of the last vestiges of computer-deficient spaces-the moving vehicle-may soon be MySpace-enabled through Wi-Fi. Backseat elbowing could be replaced with the tip-tapping of fingers on a keyboard. Mobile hot spots essentially use a Wi-Fi...

Five years ago no one used the term homeland security. Five years ago, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 had yet to happen. Five years ago, Katrina was just a girl's name-not a deadly hurricane.Today, all that has changed. Five years after the 9/11...

Tropos Networks Inc. launched a new line of smart-routing, multi-band MetroMesh routers. The company's first such product, the dual-band 5320 outdoor unit, sports 802.11a and 802.11b radios, and can create multi-band paths through a mesh network. Tropos said both radios in the 5320 can...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Tropos Networks Inc. launched a new line of smart-routing, multi-band MetroMesh routers. The company’s first such product, the dual-band 5320 outdoor unit, sports 802.11a and 802.11b radios, and can create multi-band paths through a mesh network, Tropos said. Tropos said both radios in...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Tackling the No. 1 problem reported by users of municipal Wi-Fi networks—poor or nonexistent connections—mesh equipment maker Tropos Networks Inc. said it launched new software designed to help deliver better Wi-Fi connections to end users, which the company said results in fewer customer...

WASHINGTON-Six senators are asking the Bush administration to develop guidelines for a new public-safety interoperable communications grant program to allow for the use of Internet Protocol-based technologies instead of the wholesale replacement of current equipment. "The administration should seriously consider grant proposals to purchase...

WASHINGTON—Six senators are asking the Bush administration to develop guidelines for a new public-safety interoperable communications grant program to allow for the use of Internet Protocol-based technologies instead of the wholesale replacement of current equipment. "The administration should seriously consider grant proposals to purchase...

The chief executives of nine of the nation's high-profile, high-tech firms are calling for a complete review of national spectrum policy in order to foster what they characterize as the resource's highest and best use. Through their public-advocacy group, the Technology CEO Council, these...

The chief executives of nine of the nation’s high-profile, high-tech firms are calling for a complete review of national spectrum policy in order to foster what they characterize as the resource’s highest and best use. Through their public-advocacy group, the Technology CEO Council, these...

Siemens AG, one of Europe's largest employers, announced it will cut 2,400 jobs in Germany during the next two years as the company sets in motion its Fit4More restructuring plan for sustainable, profitable growth. The company said major changes will take place in three...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Siemens Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Siemens AG, is investing in metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks supplier Tropos Networks Inc., and said it plans to accelerate Tropos' MetroMesh systems in markets around the world."Mesh techniques represent the next logical step in development of Wi-Fi...