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Home > Wireless > WiFi Wi-Fi, also, WiFi, Wi-fi or wifi, is a brand originally licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the underlying technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802.11 specifications. Wi-Fi was developed to be used for mobile computing devices, such as laptops, in LANs, but is now increasingly used for more applications, including Internet and VoIP phone access, gaming, and basic connectivity of consumer electronics such as televisions and DVD players, or digital cameras. Results 1 - 24 of 24 matches Sort Results By : Published Date | Title | Company name A Comprehensive WiMAX Operator Business Case Process By : WiMAX 20/20 Published Date: Nov 19, 2007 Developing a WiMAX business case could be a complex and time-consuming process. Yet the need to determine the CapEx, OpEx and ROI is critical to any deployment. Promptly analyzing over 250 input variables, easily modifying these variables, testing key assumptions, and instantly visualizing their impact on a WiMAX business plan are invaluable capabilities. Download Now Advances in Wireless LAN Architecture: The Aerohive Cooperative Control Architecture By : Aerohive Published Date: May 05, 2007 Craig Mathias, Principal of the Farpoint Group, explores the advent of cooperative control, an innovative new class of wireless infrastructure from Aerohive Networks. Aerohive’s cooperative control architecture gives you all of the benefits of autonomous access points and controller-based infrastructures, without the high OPEX or CAPEX associated with either approach. Cooperative control architecture represents an innovative approach to wireless LAN systems, one that incorporates a number of interesting features and corresponding benefits. Download Now Completing the 4G Vision: Gateways for Mobile WiMAX By : WiChorus Published Date: Sep 11, 2007 Wireless technologies are migrating from complex hierarchical voice-oriented architectures to flatter, low latency, all-IP based designs – reducing cost and complexity for service providers while efficiently supporting real time IP services. Coupled with this trend is the migration to higher performance OFDMA air links with MIMO and AAS, providing much greater bandwidth with improved interference characteristics. Download Now Convergence or Confusion: The Challenge of Telecoms Service Provision By : Quocirca Published Date: Aug 08, 2007 Companies are faced with increasing pressures on the communications capabilities they offer their employees.  More employees are mobile, working from home or in other remote locations with a growing need to talk and share information with their colleagues.  This cuts across fixed and mobile communications, but businesses still want the flexibility of mobile, and the costs, predictability, quality and service models of fixed. Download Now Download The Wi-Fi Technical Poster By : Xirrus Published Date: May 02, 2007 Get a technical foundation for deploying a high performance Wi-Fi network. Learn the details of how they work/compete, where they complement and where they're most effective. Download Now Exploding the Myth that Unlicensed Spectrum Means Unreliable Service By : Motorola Good Technology Published Date: Sep 10, 2007 For many wireless broadband network operators, the term "unlicensed reliability" is seen as an oxymoron. For many, the idea of building a high-speed network in the unlicensed band isn't a good one. A great deal has been said about crowded frequencies, self-interference and costly network rips. About how microwaving popcorn can cause interference. About disgruntled and perplexed customers. And ex-customers. Download Now Finance and IT’s Views on the Cost of Mobile Working By : Fiberlink Published Date: Oct 12, 2005 This research study, led by CFO Research in collaboration with Fiberlink provides valuable insight into how organizations are dealing with sustained growth in the number of mobile workers and the costs associated with managing them. Download Now Fixed Mobile Convergence - A Carrier Avenue to Profits, Growth and Competitive Differentiation By : HP Procurve Published Date: Nov 14, 2008 Following a long period of development, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) appears ready to arrive in the form of real carrier services for enterprises. The concept of FMC—the ability to access multimedia applications from a variety of end-user devices while roaming across a range of fixed-line and mobile networks—has broad appeal. Enterprises see FMC as a way to improve employee efficiency which may also help reduce telecom costs. Carriers look to FMC to help them survive and grow in a world where profits from providing mere connectivity and transport for voice and data are rapidly dwindling. Download Now Going Mobile: Developing an Application Mobilization Plan For Your Business By : BlackBerry Published Date: Jun 10, 2008 To compete in today's marketplace, it's not enough to be efficient on your home turf. Successful enterprises understand that knowledge workers must be able to do their jobs from more than one location. Going mobile - which encompasses much more than just mobile email access - can improve productivity, reduce costs and boost your bottom line. Download Now Going, Going, Gone Wireless? A Survival Guide By : CopiaTECH Published Date: Sep 04, 2007 Wireless networking is no more a new name to computer users these days than iPod is to music lovers. This technology is one of the most popular, inexpensive and simple modes of connecting computers to the internet or a network. Both home users, work users and laptop/mobile users, who want to stay connected, even while on the move, are adopting this technology. Download this paper to read about all the threats that come with wireless connections and ways to guard against them. Download Now How Internet Protocol technologies are used in business By : Optus Published Date: Jul 29, 2008 The Optus IP Index is an annual survey that tracks the evolution and application of IP technologies in the Australian corporate sector. It provides an important perspective on business and technology trends. Now in its sixth year, the Optus IP Index is designed to help business customers understand and learn from the experiences of other IP-enabled businesses. Download Now Is Your WLAN Helping You Comply with Security Guidelines of the PCI Standard? By : HP Procurve Published Date: Nov 05, 2008 This white paper provides an overview of security threats in a wireless LAN (WLAN) environment, many of which go unnoticed. It discusses how HP ProCurve can help you deploy a secure and managed Wi-Fi infrastructure that can defend itself against wireless threats and help you comply with PCI guidelines. Download Now Monitoring and Troubleshooting VoIP Networks with a Network Analyzer By : TamoSoft Published Date: Jan 26, 2008 This white paper covers the VoIP basics, deployment and usage of a VoIP solution over both wireless (Wi-Fi) and wired (Ethernet) network infrastructures, guidelines on efficient monitoring and analyzing VoIP network traffic, troubleshooting various VoIP problems, etc. Download Now Physical Security in Mission Critical Facilities By : APC-MGE Published Date: Feb 07, 2005 Before investing in equipment, IT managers must carefully evaluate their specific security needs and determine the most appropriate and cost-effective physical security measures for their facility. This paper presents an overview of the principles of personnel identification and describes the basic elements and procedures used in security systems. Download Now Promiscuous Monitoring in Ethernet and Wi-Fi Networks By : TamoSoft Published Date: Dec 21, 2005 This white paper examines the problems related to the deployment and usage of software-based network monitoring solutions, methods of achieving network traffic visibility in various network configurations that include hubs, switches, routers, etc. Download Now Reducing the Cost to Serve the First WiMAX Subscribers By : WiMAX 20/20 Published Date: Sep 27, 2007 This white paper presents how a radically consolidated, scalable core network architecture based on multi-core processor technology can significantly reduce the cost of the core network and thereby reducing the cost to serve the first WIMAX subscribers. Download Now Remote Office Security: An Integrated, Preemptive System from Gateway to Desktop By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Dec 13, 2005 Mobile and remote workers of all types need high-quality connections to the Internet and to their corporate networks. They need connections from branch offices, homes, airports, hotels and other locations around the world. This truly becomes a security challenge as network managers scramble to meet these needs. Download Now Revolutionizing Wireless LAN Deployment Economics with the Meru Networks Radio Switch By : Meru Networks Published Date: Nov 21, 2005 This white paper is for the enterprise IT administrator tasked with deploying a wireless LAN (WLAN) of any scale, the significant investment in equipment, time and resources to properly plan and install the deployment is daunting. Download Now Risk-Free Travel: A Look At Swiss Re By : Pointsec Published Date: Nov 01, 2005 Critical data is best protected against misuse on business trips complete encryption of notebook hard disks. If 4,500 notebooks are involved, as is the case for the Zurich firm Swiss Re, precise selection criteria and exact planning for the international rollout are important. Download Now Smart Mobile: Next-Generation WLAN Architecture for High Performance Networks By : Trapeze Networks Published Date: Dec 01, 2006 This paper identifies the requirements for next-generation WLANs, examines the limitations of existing approaches, and describes an innovative WLAN architecture from Trapeze Networks called Smart Mobile™, which overcomes those limitations. Download Now Sophos security threat report: 2009 By : Sophos Published Date: Dec 09, 2008 Predicting the future in such a rapidly evolving environment is near impossible. One only needs to count the rate at which new malware appears today compared to five years ago to see how quickly the threat has become more serious. Read our security threat report to read about the malware trends we predict will be at the forefront in 2009. Download Now The Access Service Network in WiMAX: The Role of ASN-GW By : WiChorus Published Date: Oct 29, 2007 Rising demand for multimedia applications and mobile usage requires new paradigm to shift voice-oriented cellular architecture into data-oriented networks in order to serve bandwidth hungry packet based applications which include but not limited to multimedia gaming, mobiTV, streaming media, P2P, etc. Data oriented network requires 20-fold fatter air link and backhaul as compared to typical voice communication. Download Now Virtual Cells: The Only Scalable Multi-Channel Deployment By : Meru Networks Published Date: Nov 21, 2005 As wireless LAN deployments and usage has increased, coupled with the near ubiquity of embedded Wi-Fi in laptops and smart phones, many enterprises are experiencing complaints from their users of slow or even dropped connections. Download Now Wireless LANs in Higher Education By : Meru Networks Published Date: Nov 21, 2005 Universities and colleges are among the most aggressive adopters of Wi-Fi technology. The trend toward more collaborative and open learning environments, fueled by the explosive adoption of mobile devices among students and faculty, makes higher education campuses fertile ground for wireless LANs. 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