BAN standardization takes a big step forward
Feb 1, 2008
Ashok Bindra, Editor As the aging population across the globe increases, the worldwide demand for better heathcare, real-time patient monitoring and faster recovery, and consumer...
Femtocells or 3G access points are homeward bound
Nov 1, 2007
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director We all know that cell phone usage at home continues to surge while landline usage is declining. With more functions and features continuously being added...
Extending wireless technologies to the disabled
Aug 1, 2007
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director In this column in June, the focus was on in-body and on-body communications made possible by implantable radio transceiver chips developed by IC suppliers...
Medical ICT, the next frontier for advanced wireless communications
Jun 1, 2007
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director In Honolulu, Hawaii at the 2007 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, the keynote talk by Professor Ryuji Kohno of Yokohama National University signaled a new direction for advanced wireless communications....
Implantable ultralow-power radio chip facilitates in-body communications
Jun 1, 2007
By Peter D. Bradley Targeting implantable applications like pacemakers, nerve stimulators, drug
pumps, and other such medical devices, an ultralow-power RF transceiver
chip has been developed that delivers high data rates, low power consumption
and unique wake-up circuitry. This article discusses the design of an in-body
communication system....
Meeting the testing challenges of Wi-Fi-enabled devices
Jan 1, 2007
By Charles Wright and Jeff Abramowitz Familiarity with the guidelines and methodology of the standardized approach used by the Wi-Fi Alliance test engine for the certification of Wi-Fi-enabled application-specific
devices (ASDs) can streamline the certification process and
facilitate the performance testing of these wireless designs....
Focus on Universal Serial Bus hardware design
Dec 1, 2006
By Guo Yang Bin, Senior Engineer, USB transceivers, NXP Semiconductors This paper provides an overview of all the USB standards, and is intended to help designers quickly see which USB standard is available for their design....
