Search Results for: Open RAN
LoRaWAN and Sigfox lead LPWANs; Interoperability via Compression
Backgrounder: The Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) market is focused on IoT WAN connectivity for devices (endpoints) that consume low power, send/receive short messages at low speeds, and have low duty cycles. There are two categories of LPWANs: 1] Cellular (e.g. NB-IoT and LTE Category M1) WANs using licensed spectrum. 2] Wireless WANs operating… Read more
Preview of Fog World Congress: October 30th to November 1st, Santa Clara, CA
The Fog World Congress (FWC), to be held October 30th to November 1st in Santa Clara, CA, provides an innovative forum for industry and academia in the field of fog computing and networking to define terms, discuss critical issues, formulate strategies and organize collaborative efforts to address the challenges. Also, to share and showcase research… Read more
Gartner’s Advice to use Multi-Vendor Network Architectures Contradicts Industry Trends, e.g. SD-WANs, NFV
Editor’s Note: Why Single Vendor Solutions Dominate New Networking Technologies There are no accredited standards for exposed interfaces or APIs* in SD-WANs, NFV “virtual appliances,” Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), and access to various cloud networking platforms (each cloud service provider has their own connectivity options and APIs). Those so called “open networking” technologies are in… Read more
Ericsson Survey: Network Operators Focus on New Markets for 5G Revenue
Survey Highlights: Most network operators say they’re ready for “5G” even if they don’t know what it will actually deliver (the RAN and other key functions haven’t even been discussed by ITU-R WP5D for IMT 2020, let alone agreed upon), Ericsson found in a survey of wireless network operators around the world (see References and hyper-links… Read more
Frost & Sullivan: 5G Connectivity to Disrupt Global Industries, Economies & Markets
Editor’s Note: There’s certainly no shortage of 5G reports predicting some combination of utopia and nirvana. The Frost & Sullivan report described here is one of them. Perhaps the reader should reflect on all the pie in the sky predictions for all optical networks in the 1998-2001 time frame which to this day have not… Read more
ABI Research: MIMO starting to realize its full potential in LTE Advanced networks
As LTE progresses to more advanced versions such as 3GPP standard LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro and the recently marketed Gigabit LTE, ABI Research expects that MIMO [1] will become an increasingly important part of mobile network operators’ options in their evolution to 5G (officially known as IMT 2020). While MIMO has not delivered on its promises so far,… Read more
Comparison of Telit, GCT Semiconductor & Sequans IoT Multi-Mode Network Chips
Telit, an Israeli based semiconductor company specializing in Internet of Things (IoT) silicon, today announced that its LE910B1-NA, LE910B1-SA, LTE Category 1 (Cat 1) and LE910B4-NA, LTE Category 4 (Cat 4) received certification for operation on AT&T’s LTE nationwide network. The aforementioned modules also support Voice over LTE (VoLTE). Telit also received certification for its… Read more
CignalAI: Cloud/Colo Spending Unexpectedly Drops in 1st Half 2017
by Andrew Schmitt, CignalAI Cloud and colocation providers significantly cut back spending on optical transport equipment, according to Cignal AI’s Optical Customer Markets Report, which covers the first half of 2017. Issued on October 5th, the report foreshadowed the startling forecast warnings given this week by Juniper and Applied Optoelectronics. We attribute the unexpected drop in year-over-year… Read more
5G Roundup: No standards but it will come faster than expected?
The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), an industry association of mobile carriers, has defined requirements for 5G including data rates, transmission speeds, spectral efficiency and latency. Illustration courtesy of NGMN ……………………………………………….. So has ITU-R WP 5D- the only real standards body for 5G (AKA IMT 2020). However, the wireless networking industry has yet to… Read more
Frost & Sullivan: 5G is Expected to Increase Need for Network Testing
A tremendous increase in global mobile data traffic due to the use of video and other applications on smartphones is causing network capacity overloads. Smartphone users spend nearly 80 percent of their daily device use time on non-voice activities, rendering traditional capacity expansion inadequate. Wireless network testing is witnessing a resurgence due to high demand… Read more