Personal Area Network (PAN)

A personal area network (PAN) is a computer network used for communication among computer devices (including telephones and personal digital assistants) close to one's person. The devices may or may not belong to the person in question. The reach of a PAN is typically a few meters. PANs can be used for communication among the personal devices themselves (intrapersonal communication), or for connecting to a higher level network and the Internet (an uplink). Personal area networks may be wired with computer buses such as USB and FireWire. A wireless personal area network (WPAN) can also be made possible with network technologies such as IrDA, Bluetooth, UWB, Z-Wave and ZigBee.

Internet 2

Internet2 is an advanced networking consortium led by the research and education community. The not-for-profit partnership includes leaders from research, academia, industry and government. In 2009, Internet2 member rolls included over 200 higher education institutions, over 40 members from industry, over 30 research and education network and connector organizations, and over 50 affiliate members. Internet2 operates the Internet2 Network, a next-generation Internet Protocol and optical network that delivers production network services to meet the high-performance demands of research and education, and provides a secure network testing and research environment. The Internet2 Network, through its regional network and connector members, connects over 60,000 U.S. educational, research, government and "community anchor" institutions, from primary and secondary schools to community colleges and universities, public libraries and museums to healthcare organizations.

Sanyo Announces LP-WXU700 World’s Fastest WiFi 802.11n Projector

Nowadays consumer products are being integrated with much more powerful wireless chip such as 802.11n wireless module so that they can be connected easily without hard wires crossing all over in the home or office place. Similarly, Sanyo has just announced its latest series of WXGA video projector that being equipped with 802.11n wireless connectivity. Named as LP-WXU700, it is claimed to be the world’s fastest wireless projector targeted for enterprise use.

Sprint Announces Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot Device

The well-known telecommunications company, Sprint has announced the new Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot device, which allows users to connect to the Internet by bridging WiFi-enabled devices to EVDO Rev A Sprint Mobile Broadband Network, aiming to enhance your multimedia experience.

NI RF/Communications Lab Bundle (PXI Platform)

The NI RF/Communications Lab Bundle (PXI Platform) offers students and researchers the ability to apply LabVIEW graphical programming and PXI-based hardware to transmit and receive live RF and communications signals from DC to 2.7 GHz with up to 20 MHz of real-time bandwidth.

Wireless Communications 2009

Wireless communications is a rapidly growing segment of the communications industry, with the potential to provide high-speed high-quality information exchange between portable devices located anywhere in the world. Potential applications enabled by this technology include multimedia Internet-enabled cell phones, smart homes and appliances, automated highway systems, video teleconferencing and distance learning, and autonomous sensor networks, to name just a few. However, supporting these applications using wireless techniques poses a significant technical challenge. This course will cover advanced topics in wireless communications for voice, data, and multimedia. We begin with a brief overview of current wireless systems and standards. We then characterize the wireless channel, including path loss for different environments, random log-normal shadowing due to signal attenuation, and the flat and frequency-selective properties of multipath fading. Next we examine the fundamental capacity limits of wireless channels and the characteristics of the capacity-achieving transmission strategies. These strategies are typically not practical. Thus, our next focus will be on practical digital modulation techniques and their performance under wireless channel impairments, including flat and frequency selective fading. The next part of the course is spent investigating techniques to improve the speed and performance of wireless links. We will investigate the design and performance of adaptive modulation and diversity techniques to compensate for flat-fading. Three techniques to combat frequency-selective fading are then examined: adaptive equalization, multicarrier modulation, and spread spectrum. We will also study the multiple access capabilities of spread spectrum with multiuser detection. The course concludes with a brief overview of wireless networks, including multiple and random access techniques, WLANs, cellular system design, and ad-hoc network design. Applications for these systems, including the evolution of cell phones and PDAs, smart homes and appliances, sensor networks, and automated highways and skyways, will also be discussed.

Mvix Nubbin Smallest 802.11n Wireless Dongle

Nowadays 802.11n wireless technology has been widely deployed and integrated into some networked devices as a preferred wireless module over existing 802.11a/b/g especially for bandwidth-hungry applications. In view of higher demand, Mvix USA has just unveiled a new miniature wireless 802.11n compliant module suitable for mobile market. Named as Mvix Nubbin MS-811n, it is claimed to be the world’s smallest USB2.0 802.11n adapter that can offer significant higher data transmission rate as compared to current solution.

Huawei E583X Wireless Modem

The emergence of those tiny, portable and flash drive shaped HSDPA modems do give frequent travelers and businessmen a lot of convenience to access internet when they are oin the move. The reputable networking and telecommunications equipment manufacturer, Huawei, introduced the small portable modem by showcasing its E583X wireless modem at CommunicAsia 2009.

NTT DoCoMO

NTT DoCoMo has just unveiled the new development of its femtocell base station for consumer market. Femtocell, or better known as Access Point Base Station has been deployed in both hot spots and home to extend the capability of 3G access using existing home broadband service. By having this new technology in place, users will be able to enjoy seamless connectivity of voice and data transmission from service provider even in the home environment without limited by environment condition and obstacles.

Television Network

A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks. Many early television networks (e.g. the BBC, NBC or CBS) evolved from earlier radio networks. In countries where most networks broadcast identical, centrally originated content to all their stations and where most individual transmitters therefore operate only as large "repeater stations", the terms television network, television channel and television station have become interchangeable in everyday language, with only professionals in TV-related occupations continuing to make a difference between them. Within the industry, a tiering is sometimes created among groups of networks based on whether their programming is simultaneously originated from a central point, and whether the network master control has the technical and administrative capability to take over the programming of their affiliates in real-time when it deems this necessary—the most common example being breaking national news events.

Telecommunication Network

A "Telecommunications Network" is a network of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. Telecommunications network links (including their endpoints or "nodes") may in turn be built out of hierarchical transmission systems.

Examples of telecommunications networks are:

* Computer network
* the Internet Network- The internet network is a global ‘network of networks’. The internet is connected via an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and then becomes part of a network. This network then connects to a larger corporate network that interconnects with several other similar networks through Network Access Points (NAPs).
* the Public switched telephone network
* the global Telex network
* the aeronautical ACARS network