Ed Hightower will be one of several interesting minds to speak at this year’s CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technical Symposium. You can read about all the details here.
IoT – IEEE Updates as of Sept 2014
Ed Hightower was asked by the IEEE-CVT Dallas Chapter to give an update to the presentation he originally gave in April 2013. There’s been a lot exciting developments since then but there were 3 main focuses: 1) improvements in remote devices, 2) new networks like Low…
Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) for M2M/IoT: What are they?
Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) are wireless networks optimized for Internet of Things machine-to-machine communications. There are several technologies being employed and many players moving into this space. They all share the same characteristics: low power transmission, long range and long battery life for the remote terminals. Very interesting…
M2M + White Space + Weightless
The Weightless standard is a game changer in the M2M or Internet of Things (IoT) world. The Weightless standard is a set of protocols that effectively utilizes the White Space UHF TV channels recently allocated by the FCC for unlicensed use in the US. These free frequencies combined with…
Weightless Evangelist Spreads the Word in Texan Telecom Corridor
On April 16, 2013 Ed Hightower, representing the Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG), spoke to the IEEE Communications and Vehicular Technology (IEEE-CVT) Dallas Chapter on the topic of Machineto-Machine (M2M) communications and the new Weightless standard (www.weightless.org). The meeting is held monthly in the Telecom Corridor located in Richardson on…