NTT Develops 60 GHz Transceivers Delivering 15 Gbps

Researchers at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) announced the world’s smallest wireless transceivers that cover all four of the channels*1 allocated in the 60-GHz band. The 60 GHz transceivers have a maximum transmission rate of 3.8 Gbps per channel. Simultaneous four channel transmissions makes the transmission rate about 15 Gbps.NTT said the 60 GHz technology could be used in kiosks located in public venues that would wirelessly...

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Crossbeam and Spirent Emulate More Than 1 Million Mobile Users

In tests conducted by EANTC, Crossbeam and Spirent Communications were able to emulate more than a million simultaneous mobile subscribers using their smartphones and tablets. The significance of the test is that the companies were able to simulate the effectiveness of network security devices and how they perform under real-world conditions. Specifically, the test replicate the traffic loads that carriers experience at the mobile Internet gateway...

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Avago Releases High-Gain Linear Power Amplifier for LTE

Avago Technologies introduced a high-gain, high-linearity power amplifier for high-data-rate applications found in 700-800 MHz cellular infrastructure equipment. The new MGA-43128 amplifier features low distortion and high power added efficiency (PAE) that help reduce power consumption. RF input is fully matched while the output includes integrated pre-match circuitry for matching and application simplicity. An integrated bypass switch controlled attenuator provides up to 18.0 dB attenuation, and the device also has a temperature-compensated...

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NASA Kennedy Space Center Implements Ciena's OTN

Ciena, in partnership with Abacus Technology Corporation, has been selected to upgrade the expansive campus IT network at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The upgrade will use Optical Transport Network (OTN) technology from Ciena to consolidate the Center’s Ethernet, video and legacy ATM and TDM traffic. The new network is using Ciena’s 4200 Advanced Services Platform. Abacus Technology, which is contracted to provide support for all information management and communications services related to launch operations at KSC, is leading the...

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IPv6 Goals Set for 06-June-2012

Major Internet service providers (ISPs), home networking equipment manufacturers, and websites have set a goal of having at least 1% of wireline Internet traffic using IPv6 as the standard default to reach major websites by 06-June-2012. ISPs who have signed on include AT&T, Comcast, Free Telecom, Internode, KDDI, Time Warner Cable, and XS4ALL. Websites who have agreed to enable IPv6 on their main portals permanently beginning 6 June 2012 include...

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ADTRAN Posts Quarterly Sales of $175 Million

ADTRAN reported Q4 2011 revenue of $175,286,000 compared to $165,329,000 for the fourth quarter of 2010. Net income was $31,163,000 for the quarter compared to $35,960,000 for the fourth quarter of 2010. Earnings per share, assuming dilution, were $0.48 for the quarter compared to $0.56 for the fourth quarter of 2010. For the year, sales increased to a record $717,229,000 compared to $605,674,000 for the year 2010. Net income increased to $138,577,000 for the year compared to $113,989,000 for the year 2010. Earnings per share, assuming dilution,...

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SOPA Internet Strike -- January 18th

A collection of websites, including Wikipedia's English language pages, Mozilla, TwitPic, BoingBoing, and Reddit, are conducting a one-day blackout to voice their opposition to the proposed "Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act," which is under consideration by the U.S. Congress. Organizers argue that SOPA imposes unwarranted restrictions on free speech across the Internet and that it will enable major corporations to...

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China Mobile and Clearwire to Hold Joint TD-LTE Device Testing

China Mobile and Clearwire, in conjunction with the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI), announced an agreement on common test specifications and joint interoperability testing (IOT) for TD-LTE devices in the global band configurations, including 2.3GHz to 2.7GHz. Plans call for establishment of 4G mobile broadband labs featuring a joint test platform and IOT environment for TD-LTE devices. The labs will allow for the evaluation and qualification of commercial...

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Procera Launches 100G Intelligent Policy Enforcement

Procera Networks launched its new 100GE-capable Intelligent Policy Enforcement (IPE) platform.The PacketLogic 20000 boasts a capacity of 320Gbps per system and up to 5 Tbps per cluster, with support for up to 72 ports of 10GE and four ports of 100GE interfaces. The PL20000 is a 14/15RU AC/DC combination system.It supports up to 10 million active subscribers and 120 million active flows, with the ability to enforce services and collect charging information...

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Sensory Networks introduces DPI Software for Low-end Device Market

Sensory Networks has extended and optimized its "HyperScan" pattern matching and deep packet inspection (DPI) acceleration software to provide high-speed content inspection on a range of low-cost, low-power processors used in networking and security products. The HyperScan pattern matching software has now been optimized for Intel Atom, Broadcom MIPS and ARM architectures. The DPI technology can now be extended to SMB and SOHO products that include...

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