SMART HOME
Distributed Wi-Fi: How a Pod in Every Room Enables Connected Smart Homes
A distributed Wi-Fi indoor infrastructure — the next generation of Wi-Fi mesh — could change our vision of how we consider the smart home and its...
Cees Links
Cees Links founded GreenPeak Technologies, now part of Qorvo, and earlier led the team that developed the first wireless LANs. He pioneered access points, home networking routers and hotspot base stations, helped establish the IEEE 802.11 committee and the Wi-Fi Alliance, and holds degrees in applied mathematics and electrical engineering from Twente University of Technology.
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HOMETOYS
Wi-Fi Data Rates, Channels and Capacity
Considerable confusion exists about the performance that Wi-Fi at 5 GHz and at 60 GHz (WiGig) actually deliver. The cause of this confusion stems...
SMART HOME
Wi-Fi 802.11AX What’s It All About?
Is Wi-Fi Running Out of Steam? Despite the fact that nobody could keep track of the array of acronyms underlying Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b, .11a/g, .11n...
SMART HOME
What Is the Real Value of IoT?
How the IoT will make our lives better Is the Internet of Things just another new technology fad? If you ask tech industry professionals, consumers...
SMART HOME
What Do Iot And Smart Home Device Makers Need To Know In Order To Connect Their Devices To The Web
Worldwide, thousands of technology companies are viewing the Internet of Things and the Smart Home as the Holy Grail for their products and profits...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Why is the so-called Smart World still So Stupid
Have you heard? The Smart Home will change everything. The Smart Home will revolutionize how the electronic and technology industries function in the...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Wireless Communication Standards for the Internet of Things
For the sake of argument and to keep it simple, I have left out the cellular standards, although we do recognize that they do play an important role...
HOMETOYS
Zigbee and the “Really Smart” Home
What is ZigBee? How does it compare to WiFi and Bluetooth? ZigBee can be best understood as low-power WiFi. ZigBee is a low-power standard protocol...
HOMETOYS
Why are Cable Companies Adopting ZigBee RF4CE for Consumers
Cable companies are in a tough battle. They are fighting to keep their customers when many are deciding “to cut the cord” and rely on the Internet...
HOMETOYS
Interview – What is ZigBee RF4CE?
What is ZigBee RF4CE? Where did it come from and why? ZigBee RF4CE is an ultra low power network that has its roots in the CE world (Consumer...