Video Tutorial: Synchronization and Timing for LTE-Advanced

 Martin Nuss, CTO of Vitesse Semiconductor, provides an overview of Synchronization and Timing for LTE-Advanced http://youtu.be/PikErOZ8xyg Part 2 - What are the key differences between LTE FDD and TDD, and LTE-Advanced? http://youtu.be/dqZC6bx-iHo Part 3 - Do operators need to run their backhaul networks differently for LTE FCC, TDD and LTE-Advanced? http://youtu.be/Aw9fkJEkFdM Part 4 - Why are mobile operators looking for GPS alternatives? http://youtu.be/G-_erWLBnZk Part...

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VMware Releases Software-defined Virtual SAN

VMware officially released its first software-defined storage product. VMware Virtual SAN, which is built directly into the VMware vSphere kernel, provides a new tier of hypervisor-converged storage. The software abstracts and pools internal magnetic disks and flash devices from industry-standard x86 servers to produce a high-performance and resilient shared datastore for virtual machines (VMs). "Today VMware changes the way that storage has...

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NEC Delivers 100G for Colombia's INTERNEXA

NEC has delivered a 100Gbps transponder to Internexa, a newregional carrier in South America which has already started commercial operation in Colombia. Internexa, which is as an affiliate of the ISA, is building a wholesale transmission network spanning 28,000 km connection Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil using terrestrial fiber primarily mounted on electrical infrastructure.  The transponder that NEC delivered...

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NTT and Mitsubishi Develop Authenticated Encryption Technique

Researchers at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and the University of Fukui have jointly developed an authenticated encryption algorithm offering robust resistance to multiple misuse, thereby helping to ensure confidentiality and integrity.  NTT said the technique could prove very useful in knowing that large-volume data has not been tampered with.  The new algorithm accepts messages longer than...

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