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The iPhone 4′s Weakest Link: the Network
Steve Jobs is a master at showmanship–not just in his presentations, but with the products his company, Apple, creates. A goal that was seen in the original Macintosh but taken to near completion with the iPhone and iPad, Apple has sought to completely own the user experience, integrating various parts together into a seamless package [...]
Grading the WLAN Spectrum Analysis Architectures
With the recent series of announcements by enterprise WLAN vendors about including spectrum analysis into their products, let’s dig a little deeper into spectrum analysis and see what matters and how things add up. First off, the basics. Spectrum analyzers that are built into Wi-Fi networks are designed to detect the presence of—and identify—sources of [...]
Gigabit Wi-Fi? Really?
There has been a fair amount of recent news coverage of a faster version of Wi-Fi coming, called WiGig and capable of greater than 1Gbps. WiGig is an IEEE 802.11 amendment, specifically 802.11ad, for 60GHz operation at greater than a gigabit speed. The high-frequency spectrum used prevents the network from reaching through walls or around [...]
