Wireless

Global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies, u-blox, has announced that it is expanding its connectivity software offering. In addition to the established u connectXpress, previously known as u-blox connectivity software, the offering now also includes u-connectScript. 

British designer and manufacturer of wireless connectivity and test products, Siretta, has announced that METRIC Group, Global Specialist in Parking Management Systems, has chosen SNYPER cellular analysers to help find the most reliable networks for collecting and sharing data between parking machines and central office.

It has been announced that the SKY85716-11, a fully-integrated five gigahertz 802.11ac front-end solution that supports connectivity for nominal power applications including access points, routers and gateways, has been introduced by Skyworks, specialist in innovative wireless networking solutions.

The first results of the collaboration between NGMN and Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) to drive the convergence of multi-technology RANs and core networks has been published. The report identifies a number of emerging opportunities and use cases that the industry can benefit from through the convergence of 3GPP’s 5G and WiFi, driven by the capabilities of licenced and unlicensed technologies.

Wind River announced that Telefónica has completed their validation in their NFV Reference Lab of Wind River Titanium Cloud as a Virtualised Infrastructure Manager (VIM) for NFV workloads, in line with the multi VIM paradigm of their UNICA initiative. Titanium Cloud is an ultrareliable, deployment-ready virtualisation software platform, fully compatible with open standards such the Open Source MANO (OSM) orchestration project.

Specialist in the global intelligent systems market, Advantech B+B SmartWorx, is expanding its range of wireless products with the launch of LoRaWAN wireless solutions. LoRa solutions from Advantech help users have better control and management for applications in remote areas, for example flood monitoring, and in harsh environments including extreme temperatures and high humidity.

At the SPS IPC Drives trade show in Nuremberg, Phoenix Contact brought the new variants from the TC Mobile I/O X200 product range to the market. Users will be able to alert and switch relays via 4G (LTE) mobile networks. The TC Mobile I/O X200-4G and TC Mobile I/O X200-4G AC devices for the European market include a 4G mobile engine (LTE CAT1) with 2G fall back (GSM/GPRS/EDGE). 

Boréas Technologies, developer of ultra-low-power haptic semiconductor technologies, has introduced its SmartClik technology, a proof of concept for future buttonless smartphone designs. Using Boréas’ ultra-low-power piezoelectric driver integrated circuit, the BOS1901 - which provides high definition haptic feedback for the two piezo actuators next to the frame - SmartClik replaces the smartphone’s mechanical volume and power buttons, satisfying growing user demand for more sophisticated HD tactile feedback over staid push-button user interfaces.

Digi International has unveiled the Digi WR54, an extremely reliable, secure, high-performance wireless router for complex mobile and industrial environments. With dual cellular interfaces, Digi WR54 provides immediate carrier failover for near-constant uptime and continuous connectivity, especially as vehicles move throughout a city or for locations with marginal cellular coverage. 

All extender paths and devices can be easily monitored remotely using a single managed device via IP address with Phoenix Contact TC extenders. In the case of unexpected events such as a weakening of the path, this information is available via SNMP trap (Simple Network Management Protocol) and can be issued as a warning to one or more freely selectable network devices.