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IEEE Spectrum
February 2007
Roy Rubenstein |
Radios Get Smart But can they be trusted to roam the spectrum and not interfere with existing users? Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before cognitive radios get into the commercial arena, because the economics are compelling.   |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
Ariel Bleicher |
Peaceful Coexistence on the Radio Spectrum The trials of a small team of engineers who set out to reanimate paralyzed limbs demonstrate the virtues of dynamic spectrum sharing |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Mitchell Lazarus |
When Spectrum Auctions Fail For some microwave links, cooperation beats competition as a way to share the air |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Mitchell Lazarus |
The Great Radio Spectrum Famine Mobile broadband is consuming the available radio spectrum. Serving up more won't be easy |
National Defense
October 2014
Stew Magnuson |
DoD Relinquishes Spectrum to Sate Wireless Industry Demands The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration were asked to free up 500 megahertz of federal and non-federal spectrum by 2020 in order to make it available for fixed and mobile wireless communications. |
Wired
May 2002
Chris Anderson |
Winner's Curse The 3G auctions for mobile-telecommunications spectrum were the last party of an old regime... |
BusinessWeek
July 31, 2006
Mark Gimein |
WiFi Eyes the Empty Airwaves The white space - unused spectrum between TV channels - could be key to new wireless services, but big telcos say it's a threat |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
Jean Kumagai |
Radio Revolutionaries A cellphone based on software-defined radio would be lighter, smaller, cheaper, and more power efficient. What's more, it would be better at making calls. |
Wired
February 2004
John Geirland |
The Quiet Zone Cell phones, pagers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth -- the wireless revolution is everywhere. Except here, a site in rural West Virginia virtually free of man-made electromagnetic pollution, the perfect place for studying radio waves from space. But it's a tough job keeping the spectrum quiet. |
National Defense
January 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Military Expected To Share Airwaves As Wireless Market Explodes As the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Commerce begin a desperate search to free up airwaves, U.S. military officials concede that they are going to have to relinquish exclusive control over some of the frequency bands in which the services currently operate. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Koch & Prasad |
The Universal Handset Software-defined radio will let cellphones speak Wi-Fi, 3G, WiMax, and more. |
InternetNews
June 25, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Critics Seeking to Debunk Spectrum Scarcity Advocates of spectrum reform look to end the fixed-band licensing regime to meet the demands of the explosion in mobile computing. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2011
K.J. Ray Liu |
Cognitive Radio and Game Theory As our radios get smarter, they'll be competing for overcrowded airwaves. Game theory can make them cooperate. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2012
Alexander Hellemans |
A New Twist on Radio Waves Using the angular momentum of light could make one radio channel into two, three, or more. But many wireless experts are skeptical |
National Defense
September 2014
Christina Munnell |
DARPA Program Aims to Reduce Cost of Electronic Antenna Systems A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program is seeking to sharply reduce the cost and years it takes to develop electronically scanned array antennas. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2006
Billy Brackenridge |
Ultrawideband Upset WiMedia, the next generation of wireless connectivity, is raising some interesting questions about privacy. Will ultrashort-range radio have far-reaching legal consequences? |
PC Magazine
May 16, 2007
Sascha Segan |
Give Me Some Air Space! Freeing the old UHF TV frequencies could spark a thousand new wireless ideas. I'm not entirely sure what they'd be, but then, I'm not some brilliant tech entrepreneur. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2007
Spencer E. Ante |
The Spectrum Showdown What is telecom "spectrum," and why is it being auctioned? |
Reason
December 2001
Jesse Walker |
Spectrum Shortage? Make the military -- and government agencies generally -- pay to use the radio band, just like everyone else does... |
National Defense
July 2006
Grace Jean |
Light Source Offers Alternative to Radio Under a Navy contract and with corporate funds, Torrey Pines Logic has developed a tiny transmitter and receiver system utilizing prisms that, when engineered into an attachment that fits eyepieces of optical devices allows users to beam infrared light pulses and, in the process, exchange voice or digital data. |
InternetNews
March 13, 2008 |
Gates: Free Up More Spectrum For Wi-Fi Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates urged U.S. communications regulators on Thursday to allow more vacant television airwaves to be used for wireless services such as broadband Internet access. |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Amy Thomson |
Antennas: Jobs Was Right. They're Still a Challenge As phones continue to shrink, fitting antennas in and making them work correctly often comes down to trial and error. |
Wired
January 2002
Brent Hurtig |
Broadband Cowboy As Beltway bureaucrats keep America in the wireless Dark Ages, a spectrum revolt is brewing in the heart of Indian country... |
InternetNews
October 16, 2008
Judy Mottl |
Jeers, Cheers Over FCC White Space Report Tech and wireless players giddy about spectrum report as opponents mull findings. Broadcasters say something's fishy. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
Schneider & Ross |
Antennas for the New Airwaves This month's planned shutdown of analog broadcast TV in the United States will bring antenna technology back into the spotlight. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2008
Behzad Razavi |
Gadgets Gab at 60 GHz Cheap silicon transceivers broadcasting in this still-unlicensed band may usher in the hi-def wireless home |
National Defense
November 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Laser Communications to Thwart Jamming, Interception Laser communications, also known as free space opticals, hold the promise of giving the military a means to transmit high amounts of data and voice that is hard to detect and an alternative to traditional radio frequencies. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller |
Navy Looks to Software-Defined Radio to Supplement or Replace Satellite Communications Raytheon engineers will investigate new modular, software-defined digital radio architectures to improve data link performance with high-throughput waveforms in all frequency bands. |
BusinessWeek
May 16, 2005
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Wi-Fi: Pumping Up The Volume New technology called MIMO extends the range throughout your house. |
National Defense
January 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Rise of Smartphones May Sound Death Knell for Old Push-to-Talk Radios Handing an infantryman a device the size and shape of a brick that can only perform one task, voice communications, may soon be akin to issuing him a musket. |
InternetNews
March 24, 2008 |
Google Unveils 'White Space' Airwaves Plans Even after the end of the FCC's C Block spectrum auction, search leader Google still has national wireless Internet access on its agenda. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Catherine Yang et al. |
Everybody Wants A Piece Of The Air TV broadcasters may finally give up spectrum. Freeing up the spectrum could improve the chances of wireless emerging as a third broadband competitor to the Bells. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2010
David Schneider |
Home-Built Radio Rules The FCC's treatment of home-built devices could stand an update |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006
Monte Ross |
The New Search for E.T. If extraterrestrials are trying to communicate with us, they're probably using lasers, not radio waves. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2010
David Hambling |
New Magnetic Tech Could Help Coal Mine Rescue Workers Talk Underground At least 25 people died in an explosion at a West Virginia coal mine on Monday. A new magnetic communicator could help first responders contact victims in these underground disasters. Here's how the device works. |
InternetNews
August 27, 2007
Roy Mark |
Beyond The FCC's 700 MHz Outside of the much anticipated January 700 MHz auction, the Federal Communications Commission isn't planning on selling anymore spectrum at this time. Tech hopes to change that with several proposals now pending before the agency. |
National Defense
April 2011
Stew Magnuson |
New Multi-Band Radio Key to Interoperable Communications, But Concerns Are Raised About Price A world where police, fire, and emergency services can seamlessly communicate with each other over the airwaves has been a dream of the Department of Homeland Security since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina four years later. |
National Defense
April 2008
Grace V. Jean |
A Makeover for Top-Heavy Navy Ships? If the work of Office of Naval Research scientists comes to fruition, antennas on the tops of ships might one day disappear as radio frequency apertures are integrated into the hulls and superstructures of the ships themselves. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2006
John Keller |
A COTS response to the IED threat U.S. Marine Corps personnel in Iraq are using commercial off-the-shelf handheld spectrum analyzers to sniff out, pinpoint, and retaliate against those triggering IEDs with cell phones, garage-door openers or other RF devices. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006
Stephen Cass |
Hardware for Your Software Radio What's going to be the next big thing in wireless technology? One bet is software-defined radio, and thanks to a piece of hardware called the Universal Software Radio Peripheral, or USRP, you can get right to the bleeding edge today. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2009
John McHale |
SDR: A Spectrum of Possibilities Whether it is called a disruptive technology or a paradigm shift in communications, the proliferation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology is changing the way the military and other industries view radio communications. |
Wired
February 23, 2009
Mathew Honan |
Hide the Antenna Inside the Cell Phone The constraint: Tuck a 7-inch antenna inside the case without adding bulk. |
National Defense
April 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Despite Green Light, First Responder Network Could Take Years to Develop Interoperable radios -- along with robust airwaves that are dedicated to firefighters and police communications -- have been a longstanding goal in the public safety community. |
National Defense
January 2006
David C. Walsh |
Inter-Agency Communications Systems Remain Uncoordinated Hurricane Katrina revealed many failures in the government's communications capabilities. But replacing old analog systems with interoperable transmission equipment, special gear and redundant systems is an expensive, operationally complex proposition. |
InternetNews
May 13, 2004
Roy Mark |
FCC Seeks TV 'White Space' Spectrum for Wi-Fi The Federal Communications Commission wants to let wireless Internet service providers operate in unused spectrum space currently occupied by TV broadcasters. The proposal is aimed at giving consumers an alternative to cable and telecom broadband providers. |
National Defense
January 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Software Improves Connections to Robots Troops who rely on robots for various missions are increasingly being handicapped by limited radio ranges and airwaves jamming. |
InternetNews
October 21, 2009 |
Greeting the World's First White Spaces Network Experimental license enables proof-of-concept network that supporters say could be the answer to the digital divide. |
Wired
September 22, 2008
Steven Leckart |
Ram Shriram: Open Up the Airwaves In the face of terrorism, global warming, and economic stagnation, spectrum policy may not seem like a top presidential priority. But it ought to be according to venture capitalist Ram Shriram. |
Home Theater
March 2003
Peter H. Putman |
Got HDTV? Home Theater's guide to using indoor and outdoor antennas to pick up digital TV broadcasts |
InternetNews
March 8, 2004
Michael Singer |
Wireless Enterprises Pole Position for Spectrum Intel and Microsoft are among the major players looking to curry favor with the FCC, NTIA, and NIST for more spectrum, the so-called 'rocket fuel that'll drive innovation.' Goverment agencies are contimplating their policies on spectrum. |
