Design
Small-Cell Base Stations Getting Traction
Small-cell base stations are finally getting traction, but mainly for improving indoor 4G LTE coverage in offices, while outdoor 5G…
Chipmakers Keep Acquiring Connectivity Chip Suppliers
Infineon Technologies has inked a deal to acquire Cypress Semiconductor for $10 billion, the latest in a series of acquisitions…
Cybersecurity: The Vulnerability of MEMS/Sensors
Over the past decade, cyber-savvy thieves have used hacked IoT devices in homes for pre-theft reconnaissance. Security researchers have demonstrated…
Putting Neural Networks Back to Analog
Aspinity, a Pittsburg-based startup founded in 2015, is launching Tuesday a Reconfigurable Analog Modular Processor platform, or RAMP. The ultra-low…
The Troubles Plaguing Licensing Standards
The latest codec for compressing video isn’t getting market traction because costs of licensing patents for it are unclear. That’s…
Iota, Anterix Plan Licensed Sub-Gigahertz Networks
Move over, LoRa and Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT); two new competitors see a space that you are missing. Iota Communications and…
Transceiver Chip Enables Systems Beyond 5G
A group of researchers have created a wireless transceiver chip enabling transmission of signals beyond 100 GHz at lower cost…
5G Will Prove Transformative for Enterprise
Mobile technology’s latest and most powerful connectivity tech, 5G, is being implemented worldwide at varying levels. According to LiveScience, the…
Combating Relay Car Theft Through UWB Technology
HAMBURG, Germany — NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Volkswagen have unveiled their first concept car utilizing ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, showing off…
AI Could Be the Answer to the Spectrum Squeeze
Next week, a winner will be declared in a DARPA challenge to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled radio networks. This is…