Beacon acts as a tiny radio transmitter for Bluetooth. This hardware component is either driven by batteries or Is USB powered. The device incessantly transmits Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals which are visible to the other smart devices. This device falls under the category of Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) device which is capable of broadcasting […]
Trials/ Deployment/ Roll out MTN SA Launches C-band 5G Trial with Huawei South African mobile operator MTN, together with Huawei launched their C-band 5G trial as part of the operator’s network evolution plan towards 5G C-band, the so-called ‘golden band’ for 5G spectrum, is a valuable slice of spectrum and comprises of a frequency range […]
[This article is part 2 of two-part series of articles on URLLC. This part covers ultra-low latency technologies in 5G , top IP players and important patents in URLLC. Please read part 1 which covers ultra-reliability here] Recap from the previous article: URLLC is one of the different types of technologies that are supported by […]
Safety is of critical importance in automotive IC design in the automotive industry, and that makes safety verification very crucial in SoC designs for critical automotive applications. Regulation of safety practices and importance of safety for automotive industry led to adoption of ISO 26262 which was derived from IEC 61508, safety standard for electrical and […]
Trials/ Deployment/ Roll out China officially launches 5G networks on November 1 All the three state-backed telecom operators, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom officially launched 5G services in the world’s largest market on November 1, but the coverage remains limited only to major Chinese cities and key areas in lower-tier cities for the […]
[This article is part 1 of two-part series of articles on URLLC focusses on 5G technologies related to Ultra reliability. Part 2 covers Low latency will be the next article coming up] To meet the requirements of a high data rate with very quick and errorless response 5G has come with new and improved technologies […]
The automotive industry is going through a major change with more than 270 ambitious startups revving up the electric vehicle industry. There were more than 43 confirmed model launches in 2019 – 25 battery EVs (BEVs) and 18 plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). Electric mobility options are becoming more prominent in ride-sharing and micro-mobility solutions. In […]
This is the era of databases involving a lot of transactions. Often a database administrator is involved in routine management tasks, security, backups, updates, database tuning, managing ETL tools, monitoring disk utilization, troubleshooting errors, creating schemas and managing, scheduling and applying patches, etc. These tasks are automated using the decades of database automation, automating database [...]
Partnership/ Deals KDDI names trio of 5G suppliers KDDI, the second largest mobile operator in Japan, selected Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung as its main 5G equipment suppliers, as it gears up to launch commercial 5G service in March 2020. In March 2018, KDDI and Samsung completed a 5G field trial at a baseball stadium in […]
Non Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) is proposed technology for future wireless communication. In the evaluation of telecommunication technologies there were different multiple access techniques implemented. In previous generation of wireless technologies time, frequency and coding scheme is used as source of multiple access technique. Time division multiple access (TDMA) implemented in second generation of communication […]