The second phase of 802.11ac equipment, also referred to as Wave 2, is set to hit the shelves early next year and will undoubtedly give networks a performance boost that will force networks to invest in upgrades. According to Tech Blogger Gina Narcisi, “Gigabit Ethernet edge switches can handle the flows produced by Wave 1 […]
Have you ever wondered exactly what goes behind the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE’s) standardization process and why it’s important? Standards set the protocols that helps keep bleeding edge technology within similar parameters so that final products remain interoperable with equipment manufactured by other brands. The 6 Steps That Leads to Finalization IEEE […]
Cisco predicts there will be 50 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020. In the meantime, the Institute of Electrical Engineers, also known as the IEEE, prepares for the bandwidth overload by projecting future needs and specifying the standards that will optimize core networks and Local Area Networks (LAN). This community of scientists and engineers […]
The first wave of 802.11ac routers currently available on the market are based on earlier drafts of the 802.11ac standard and will no longer be the fastest standard on the market. The second wave of 802.11ac devices are based on the final ratified standard and are set to include new features that better optimize wireless […]
In the near-future, you may find yourself looking for the nearest LED light to connect the internet. Researcher Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh has made it possible to transform LED light into an electrical signal that can provide high-speed data streaming. This means that pedestrians walking down a street illuminated with LED […]
IEEE recently held a plenary this month in San Antonia, Texas that resulted in the addition of two more study groups–Enterprise Access BASE-T and 25GBASE-T for 25GE server connections. Out of 131 members who attended the plenary, 97 voted to move forward with the project and only 1 voted against it while 23 abstained to […]
Elon Musk, oftentimes compared to the real life version of Tony Stark and more popularly known as the CEO of Tesla, took to twitter to announce that his latest star-studded venture includes setting internet satellites into orbit. The spaceflight company, SpaceX is a $1 billion investment aiming at bringing “unfettered internet access for the […]
Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) will have an opportunity to bring their customers faster internet speeds with G Fast chipsets. The DSL chips deliver Gigabit speeds to the last 250 meters over existing copper wires. Because speeds attenuate after about 300 meters, G Fast will work optimally in hybrid broadband network architectures with Fiber-To-The-Node (FTTN) applications. This makes it possible […]
Landlines have not yet become obsolete. But businesses are implementing VoIP more than ever because it is a scalable solution that eliminates the electrical costs of installing additional telephone circuits. With power and data delivered via an Ethernet cable, businesses are making the upgrade at an increasing rate.
Last Week, the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Ca housed The Ethernet Alliance’s Technology Exploration Forum which discussed some of the latest developments in Ethernet technology. Discussion topics ranged from the future of data center speeds, to the possibility of having 50Gbs Ethernet function as the unifying per lane rate, and Google even […]
