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5G Networks Getting Closer
As expected, 5G was one of the main topics of discussion during Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year. Several companies had prototypes showing significant advances on the path to standardization and...
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The CWNP: An Overview
The wireless networking space is an interesting dichotomy of time-proven RF physics and ever-evolving feature sets that can be difficult to keep up with. Solid training is the key to career survival...
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Cisco Extends NFV To The Enterprise
Network functions virtualization has been mostly a service provider concept, but Cisco today launched a software package designed to extend NFV to enterprise networks.NFV has focused on making it...
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Performing Wireless Site Surveys
In my previous article on ways to improve WiFi performance, I listed wireless surveys as the second step. Wireless site surveys are important for planning and validating proper WLAN operation. They...
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Aruba Affirms Identity With Integrated Portfolio
When HP announced its plans to buy Aruba Networks a year ago, some networking pros were anxious about how the tech giant would handle the $3 billion acquisition of a top WLAN vendor. After all,...
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White-Fi And HaLow Offer IoT Support
While 5G promises the possibility of fast low-cost connections and the ability to support of 100x more devices, the IoT industry can’t wait until those new 5G networks are ready and operating worldwide...
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Caption This & Win A Free Interop Pass
cartoon-contest_0.jpeg March is upon us, and here at Network Computing that means the countdown has begun for Interop Las Vegas 2106, our sister event. This year marks Interop's 30th anniversary, and...
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More Cloud-Managed WiFi Choices For SMBs
Cloud-managed networking is hardly news these days, but those of us in the enterprise wireless space may not be aware of how deep an impact the cloud is having on the SMB end of the WLAN spectrum....
View ArticleImproving Mobile Networks
Is the mobile web ever going to live up to our expectations? As soon as we got “super-fast” 4G on our phones, we realized that raw speed alone wasn’t all that we wanted. Yes, average download speeds...
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Passive WiFi Could Advance IoT
WiFi is a communication technology that enables the modern economy. It connects laptops, smartphones and devices to the network. It’s also a limiting factor that is holding back the creation of...
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T-Mobile And Verizon Ask For 5G Trial Licenses
The race to launch the first high-speed fifth generation (5G) cellular service in the United States heated up when two of the nationwide cellular carriers recently asked the Federal Communications...
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WiFi Spectrum Analysis: Uncovering RF Interference
One of the key steps that a WLAN engineer can take to improve WiFi performance is to conduct spectrum analysis, which is a method for visualizing the radio frequency in a surveyed area and determining...
View ArticleBrocade Snaps Up Ruckus Wireless
Brocade announced Monday that it plans to buy Ruckus Wireless in a cash and stock deal valued at about $1.2 billion. The announcement marks yet another M&A deal in the rapidly changing WLAN...
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7 Keys To Better Enterprise WiFi
Managing a poorly designed and maintained wireless WLAN is a frustrating and time-consuming task. Employees get irritated, work processes suffer, and there’s an overall sense of dissatisfaction...
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The WLAN Battle Over RRM
There is something of a religious war raging in the WLAN practitioner community. At the center of the debate is whether or not radio resource management ought to be used, and whether it can be trusted...
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12 WiFi Vendors To Keep An Eye On
The wireless LAN has transitioned from a “nice to have” secondary connection to the primary mechanism used to connect end-user devices. As reliance on enterprise WiFi continues to grow, numerous WLAN...
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Deploying WiFi In The Real World
Over the last decade, the proliferation of WiFi has been tremendous. However, this proliferation is fueled by one major misconception: Deploying Wi-Fi is EASY! How difficult can it be to go to your...
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