
How to rapidly deploy an LPWA network for IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLPWA: low cost, fast expansion DALLAS–Dave Kjendal, CTO and vice president of engineering at Senet, a LoRaWAN network provider, gave a talk titled “Enabling rapid IoT network deployment to capture …

Keeping Denmark’s milk cold with IoT monitoring solutions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailKeeping things cool with IoT monitoring Every time the door to a milk cooler or freezer does not close properly, an alarm goes off on a computer screen in a …

Network topology guide for the internet of things
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNetwork topology guide for IoT A network topology is how computers, printers and other devices are connected, and describes the layout of wires, devices and routing paths on a network. …

These are the elements required to deploy an IoT solution
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBack in August we wrote an article answering the question on everyone’s mind: What is the internet of things? We spoke about some of the embedded systems used in IoT, …

Microsoft unveils Nokia 216, potential swan song to iconic brand name
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhen Microsoft bought Nokia in 2014, it brought a dying captain onto a burning ship (or should we say, platform.) Nokia, once the leader in mobile phone sales, was on …

What is Zigbee and where does it fit into the IoT?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhat is ZigBee? ZigBee is a low-power wireless local area network (WLAN) specification that was designed to provide small amounts of data using very little power, with most connected devices …

What is RPMA and what role does it play in IIoT?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe fuel to IIoT: LPWAN Low-power, wide-area networks (LPWAN) are the response to the need for reliable, efficient, easy to deploy connectivity to help unlock the potential of the internet of things. According …

5G in the sub-6 Ghz spectrum bands
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailStraight to mmWave? Not so fast It is becoming increasingly accepted that mmWave (extremely high frequency), the frequencies in the spectrum between 30 Ghz and 300 Ghz, will define 5G …

What is blockchain and what does it mean for IIoT?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailJust about everyone is familiar with Bitcoin, or at least knows of its controversial history. Behind the most popular and polarizing cryptocurrency in existence is blockchain, a framework that could …

How to become a telecommunications engineer
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSteps to becoming a telecommunications engineer With 5G standards in the works and an estimated 20.8 billion connected IoT devices in use by 2020, telecommunications engineers have never been needed …