Latest Wireless Communication Articles and Videos

Categories

Stay-at-Home Orders are Overburdening Data Centers. Micron’s New NAND Tech May Help

With classes and work moving online, people are spending more time at home gobbling up bandwidth—pushing data centers to their brink.

About 19 hours ago by Gary Elinoff

What Is Open RAN Technology? And What Does It Mean for 5G?

Openness and intelligence are the names of the game at the O-RAN Alliance.

March 25, 2020 by Matthew Innes

A New Era of Upgraded T&M Equipment Helps Designers Vault 5G Challenges

Sure, traditional test and measurement equipment do the job. But a new class of T&M solutions may be the way forward in the 5G universe.

March 12, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

What Distinguishes an MCU from a DSP? ST’s Microcontroller Straddles the Line

What does a chip have to do these days to qualify for the “digital signal processor” category?

March 05, 2020 by Robert Keim

Data Centers Are Overloaded. The Inventor of FPGAs Is Swooping In With a “Comprehensive” SmartNIC

The FPGA-based SmartNIC arena—including giants like Microsoft and Intel—just got more interesting. Enter the inventor of FPGAs.

March 04, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Three New ASICs Gear Up for 5G Applications

In this article, we'll assess a few examples of new ASICs on the market that may be of use to designers working with 5G-bound designs. 

February 28, 2020 by Robin Mitchell

New Wireless Charging IC from ST Designed to Amp Up Power Transfer

The STWLC68 integrates a high-power receiver and transmitter with a 32-bit Arm Cortex microcontroller core.

February 26, 2020 by Cabe Atwell

Laser Li-Fi May Far Outpace 5G Communications

Replacing radio waves with laser light – ‘Li-Fi’ – could soon be used to boost the speed and reach of communications far beyond the limits promised by 5G.

February 13, 2020 by Luke James

Analog Devices Unveils New Quad-channel 200MHz RF Transceiver

The ADRV9026 wideband RF transceiver supports 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular infrastructure applications.

November 22, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

New Wi-Fi 6, 5G, mm Wave Antennas Unveiled by Antenna Company at MCW19

A new 64 antenna 5G DRA covers 24-30 GHz frequency bands, MIMO device is aimed at Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax).

October 23, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

US-based Mobile World Conference 2019 Kicks off in Los Angeles, Doubles Down on 5G, AI, and IoT

MWC2019 Los Angeles begins today, giving us a chance to reflect on the past 10 months in connectivity.

October 22, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

IoT Roundup: New Wireless Protocols Extend Coverage and Memory

As smart technology grows, developers are looking for more flexible network protocols. Here are some ways companies are combining, developing, or expanding protocols to broaden IoT applications.

October 10, 2019 by Hannah DeTavis

The Benefits and Potential Drawbacks of the Switch to 5G Antennas

5G is the latest wireless technology for mobile devices and promises considerably higher data rates, lower latency, and increased number of instantaneous connections. But how will current infrastructure cope with the change and what will this mean to current 4G hardware?

July 15, 2019 by Robin Mitchell

New Mesh Networking Products Expand Use Cases for Connected Devices

Learn how mesh networking, with low power needs and fast deployment, may be crucial in IoT and automation.

March 13, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

Mobile World Congress Kicks Off in Barcelona with 5G at the Forefront

Mobile World Congress 2019 begins today in Barcelona with "Intelligent Connectivity" as its central theme.

February 25, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

Internet of Things, 5G, and Cybersecurity Dominate CES 2019

A quick look at the IoT developments from this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

January 10, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

What Is Bandwidth?

This article explores the surprisingly complicated details associated with a word that we frequently use but perhaps don’t fully understand.

November 26, 2018 by Robert Keim

The RF Platformization for the 5G and IoT Designs

New design resources are becoming available as RF front-ends enter into high gear amid the 5G and IoT take-off.

May 30, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad

Extending Bandwidth to Crush X-Band Frequencies Using a Track-and-Hold Sampling Amplifier and RF ADC

In this article, I show that designers can achieve 10 GHz bandwidth when using a THA in front of one of Analog Dialogue's RF market converters.

January 30, 2018 by Rob Reeder, Analog Devices

Wide-Area Wireless Platform Enables a New Wave of IoT systems

The next step of wide-area wireless connection is to bring the power of wireless to machine type communications (MTC). This will drive a revolution in services that will span sectors as diverse as manufacturing, city management, transportation, and energy.

October 17, 2017 by Emmanuel Gresset, CEVA