Comments on: One Antenna to Rule Them All http://gigaom.com/2008/02/04/one-antenna-to-rule-them-all/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Shah Ullah http://gigaom.com/2008/02/04/one-antenna-to-rule-them-all/#comment-862468 Shah Ullah Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:49:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11396#comment-862468 <p>Is there a way to create firmware for a multi-band/multi-antennae short-haul wireless chip that receives instructions and creates a protocol for communication on the fly? Something that can communicate under the guidelines of WiFi, Bluetooth, UWB, WirelessHD, whatever but the specs are not set in stone with some pre-existing standard? What if the applications that use the chip were to give a set of instructions to the chip on the fly and the chip would then use its multi-band/multi-antennae functionality to figure out how to best send/receive data depending on the short-haul application/bandwidth-intensity, etc. With a second layer of software, that may cause the chip to run up battery.</p> Is there a way to create firmware for a multi-band/multi-antennae short-haul wireless chip that receives instructions and creates a protocol for communication on the fly? Something that can communicate under the guidelines of WiFi, Bluetooth, UWB, WirelessHD, whatever but the specs are not set in stone with some pre-existing standard? What if the applications that use the chip were to give a set of instructions to the chip on the fly and the chip would then use its multi-band/multi-antennae functionality to figure out how to best send/receive data depending on the short-haul application/bandwidth-intensity, etc. With a second layer of software, that may cause the chip to run up battery.

]]> By: 60 GHz=60-Second HD Movie Downloads - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/02/04/one-antenna-to-rule-them-all/#comment-862387 60 GHz=60-Second HD Movie Downloads - GigaOM Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:00:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11396#comment-862387 <p>[...] from televisions to DVD players to camcorders, expect a CMOS innovation or a breakthrough in antennas. Share/Send Sphere Print Previous [...]</p> [...] from televisions to DVD players to camcorders, expect a CMOS innovation or a breakthrough in antennas. Share/Send Sphere Print Previous [...]

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]]> By: » Skycross single antenna can handle multiple frequencies - PMP Today http://gigaom.com/2008/02/04/one-antenna-to-rule-them-all/#comment-859953 » Skycross single antenna can handle multiple frequencies - PMP Today Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:24:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11396#comment-859953 <p>[...] [via gigaom] [...]</p> [...] [via gigaom] [...]

]]> By: Unlimited wireless services from a single antenna? Maybe | http://gigaom.com/2008/02/04/one-antenna-to-rule-them-all/#comment-859938 Unlimited wireless services from a single antenna? Maybe | Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:29:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11396#comment-859938 <p>[...] February 4, 2008Unlimited wireless services from a single antenna? Maybe Quite possibly, but right now 4 is considered a breakthrough if it works. Even if the transmission is digital, radio waves themselves are by nature analog, and efficient antennas are dimensionally tuned to the wavelength of the signal. Enable a bunch of wavelengths in a single device and you consume a bunch of space with antennas, until now. At the heart of all wireless communications lies an antenna, or in the case of today’s mobile phones and laptops that need to receive Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, EVDO, WiMax or DVB-H, sometimes two or three. Packing each of these antennas into a small form factor is expensive and can cause interference problems, so when I saw that SkyCross, an antenna company in Viera, Fla., had managed to receive several signals on one antenna, I thought that was pretty sweet. (from GigaOm) [...]</p> [...] February 4, 2008Unlimited wireless services from a single antenna? Maybe Quite possibly, but right now 4 is considered a breakthrough if it works. Even if the transmission is digital, radio waves themselves are by nature analog, and efficient antennas are dimensionally tuned to the wavelength of the signal. Enable a bunch of wavelengths in a single device and you consume a bunch of space with antennas, until now. At the heart of all wireless communications lies an antenna, or in the case of today’s mobile phones and laptops that need to receive Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, EVDO, WiMax or DVB-H, sometimes two or three. Packing each of these antennas into a small form factor is expensive and can cause interference problems, so when I saw that SkyCross, an antenna company in Viera, Fla., had managed to receive several signals on one antenna, I thought that was pretty sweet. (from GigaOm) [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2008/02/04/one-antenna-to-rule-them-all/#comment-859909 Jesse Kopelman Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:08:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11396#comment-859909 <p>Alan, if you were to take those outdoor multiband antennae apart, you would notice that underneath the radome is actually multiple discrete antennae, not a single multiband antenna.</p> Alan, if you were to take those outdoor multiband antennae apart, you would notice that underneath the radome is actually multiple discrete antennae, not a single multiband antenna.

]]> By: Alan Wilensky http://gigaom.com/2008/02/04/one-antenna-to-rule-them-all/#comment-859882 Alan Wilensky Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:42:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11396#comment-859882 <p>It's funny: mutliband antennas are all over the place in mobile commercial applications, commercial rooftop sites (Duplexors and triplexors), multi band di-poles and tripoles, etc.</p> <p>What took 'em so long to get the three bands into a compact embedded consumer application?</p> It’s funny: mutliband antennas are all over the place in mobile commercial applications, commercial rooftop sites (Duplexors and triplexors), multi band di-poles and tripoles, etc.

What took ‘em so long to get the three bands into a compact embedded consumer application?

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