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Optimizing Operation at 5 GHz
As the traditional 2.4 GHz operating band for IEEE 802.11-compliant Wi-Fi wireless local area networking becomes more crowded, network admin...
Understanding Range for RF Devices
Understanding how environmental factors can affect range is one of the key aspects to deploying a radio frequency (RF) solution. This paper ...
802.11n and Medical Devices
With throughput much greater than that available with previous wireless local area networking (WLAN) standards, the IEEE 802.11n standard ha...
Bluetooth Smart and Bluetooth Smart Ready
Present in nearly all wireless phones and an ever-growing number of wireless devices, Bluetooth technology has become an exceptional perform...
Testing Wi-Fi Functionality in Medical Devices
Hospitals present challenges to reliable Wi-Fi connectivity and many medical device applications require secure and persistent network conne...
5 GHz: Why you need it now
The number of wirelessly enabled devices has increased dramatically over the past few years. As a result, the single band, 2.4 GHz spectrum ...
Zigbee vs. 6LoWPAN for sensor networks
What is 6LoWPAN? Essentially, 6LoWPAN is ZigBee's competition, as it can utilize 802.15.4 — but even better, it can run on other PHYs, and i...
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Real World RF Range Testing
This paper outlines the procedure for a successful RF range test that provides quantitative data on how the RF link performs in its intended...
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Are you gaining what you should from your antenna?
A center-fed dipole antenna is presented as a design/simulation example. Measurement discussion includes reflection parameter measurements a...
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Wireless Products: SoC VS. SDR
Numerous technology solutions have been optimized in an all on one System-on-chip (SoC), while a Software Defined Radio (SDR) allows a great...
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How to Properly Implement Chip Antennas
Chip antennas offer small, compact solutions for wireless products. They often only need a few millimeters of space, and a little bit of gro...
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The Basics of Multiple Input Multiple Output Radio Systems
The presence of multiple reflections and multiple communication paths between two radio terminals cause signal fading impairments to a wirel...