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Wireless in 2014: The Industry at Mid-Year

In giugno 26, 2014 in IoT, RF di Barry Manz

As members of the RF and microwave industry make their annual pilgrimage to IMS 2014 (this year in Tampa), I offer my opinion on the industry’s overall health at mid-year. Fortunately, it appears that it’s going to be hot in Tampa in more ways than one. Just how hot depends on many factors, many of them company-specific, so there’s no single answer to “How’s business?” Nevertheless, a realistic approach with this blog is to look at key markets in the wireless industry.

Tagged With: IMS, IoT, LTE, microwave, RF, Wi-Fi, wireless

5G: Coming Sooner than Later

In aprile 11, 2014 in RF di Barry Manz

Now that most of us have smartphones with LTE capability, life is good. Video streams nicely, downloads are quick, and if you happen to be standing next to a base station data rates can be truly impressive. It won’t be long before LTE Advanced shoves LTE aside with data rates 10 times faster, which means we will be able to download HD movies very quickly and do virtually anything else almost instantly. That however, is apparently not enough for the wireless industry, if developments in South Korea and the European Union are any indication.

Tagged With: 5G, LTE, RF, Samsung, smartphones

The “Death of the Downconverter”? Not Just Yet

In aprile 2, 2014 in RF di Barry Manz

The impact of converting analog signals to digital form is one of the greatest advances the electronics industry has ever achieved. Although today almost every consumer, industrial, commercial, and military system depends on this capability, one of the last remaining outliers is directly converting analog signals at microwave frequencies into digital data streams without using large amounts of intervening microwave hardware (i.e., downconverters).

Tagged With: digital signal, direct-to-digital, downconverters, DSP, microwave, RF

When All Else Fails, Ham Radio Shines

In marzo 10, 2014 in RF di Barry Manz

Let’s face it: When it comes to communicating, we’re spoiled. We can talk, text, or e-mail nearly anyone we want whenever we want, by simply picking up the phone -- be it wired or wireless. But ham radio can work when nothing else can get through.

Tagged With: Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, RF, Transceiver

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