Faux G: New "4G"

Faux G: New "4G" indicator on iPhone 4S is the tip of a standards iceberg (Updated)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/14/faux-g-ios-5-1s-4g-indicator-is-the-tip-of-a-standards-icebe/

IPhone cell channels

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)

Model A1549 (CDMA)*
Model A1522 (CDMA)*

CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)

Model A1586 (GSM)*
Model A1524 (GSM)*

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)

TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)

Model A1586 (CDMA)*
Model A1524 (CDMA)*

CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)

TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)

Blockchain and the distributed future

Check this out:
Blockchain and the distributed future

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-distributed-future-azeem-azhar

You've heard of bitcoin. Underpinning the bitcoin is the blockchain, the distributed database that keeps track of every transaction involving bitcoin. Important as bitcoin might be, the signs are the blockchain is the truly revolutionary technology. 

The Internet's key design object was to survive nuclear attack. The need for resilience is what led to the distributed design pattern. But certain core features, like the IP address space and DNS lookups were never truly decentralised.

Americans’ Internet Access:2000-2015

Check this out:
Americans' Internet Access:
2000-2015

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/06/26/americans-internet-access-2000-2015/?utm_content=buffer95b6e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Lightning Connector - The iPhone Wiki

https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Lightning_Connector

Lightning is the "new" connector supported by iPhone 5 and newer, iPad mini 1G and newer, iPad 4 and newer, and iPod touch 5G. (For the old connector, see 30-pin Connector.) It was presented by Tim Cook at an Apple Special Event on September 12, 2012. According to Apple, it as an all-digital connector and "features an adaptive interface that uses only the signals that each accessory requires and also is 80% smaller as well as orientation independent."

• Lightning is adaptive.
• All 8 pins are used for signals, and all or most can be switched to be used for power.
• The outer plug shell is used as ground reference and connected to the device shell.
• At least one (probably at most two) of the pins is used for detecting what sort of plug is plugged in.
• All plugs have to contain a controller/driver chip to implement the "adaptive" thing.
• The device watches for a momentary short on all pins (by the leading edge of the plug) to detect plug insertion/removal.
• The pins on the plug are deactivated until after the plug is fully inserted, when a wake-up signal on one of the pins cues the chip inside the plug. This avoids any shorting hazard while the plug isn't inside the connector.
• The controller/driver chip tells the device what type it is, and for cases like the Lightning-to-USB cable whether a charger (that sends power) or a device (that needs power) is on the other end.
• The device can then switch the other pins between the SoC's data lines or the power circuitry, as needed in each case.
• Once everything is properly set up, the controller/driver chip gets digital signals from the SoC and converts them – via serial/parallel, ADC/DAC, differential drivers or whatever – to whatever is needed by the interface on the other end of the adapter or cable. It could even re-encode these signals to some other format to use fewer wires, gain noise-immunity or whatever, and re-decode them on the other end; it's all flexible. It could even convert to optical.

About us - Step Two

http://www.steptwo.com.au/about/

Step Two Designs is the global thought-leader on intranets. For over fifteen years, we've worked with organisations of every type to help deliver better intranets. We've published the books, reports and articles that intranet teams across the globe rely on to guide their planning and design decisions.

PepperSpot - OpenSource IPv4/IPv6 captive portal | Main / HomePage

http://pepperspot.sourceforge.net/

PepperSpot is a captive portal or wireless LAN access point controller which support the IPv6 protocol. It supports web based login and it supports Wireless Protected Access (WPA). Authentication is handled by your favorite radius server (over IPv4/IPv6)


Sent from my iPhone

Captive portal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal


Sent from my iPhone

Wireless node location mechanism using antenna pattern diversity to enhance accuracy of location estimates

Patent # 7,260,408 (issued August 21, 2007)

http://www.google.co.ug/patents/US7260408

 

Wireless node location mechanism using antenna pattern diversity to enhance accuracy of location estimates 
US 7260408 B2

Abstract

A wireless node RF Fingerprinting location mechanism that uses multiple antenna patterns to enhance the accuracy of wireless node location in an RF environment. In one implementation, substantially non-overlapping antenna pattern diversity is used to provide a degree of sectorization in computing the estimated location of a wireless node.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides methods, apparatuses and systems directed to a wireless node RF Fingerprinting location mechanism that uses multiple antenna patterns to enhance the accuracy of wireless node location in an RF environment. In one implementation, substantially non-overlapping antenna pattern diversity is used to provide a degree of sectorization in computing the estimated location of a wireless node. As discussed in more detail below, the wireless node location mechanism can be incorporated into wireless network environments, such as 802.11 networks, to estimate the location of mobile stations, rogue access points and other wireless nodes.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application makes reference to the following commonly owned U.S. patent applications and/or patents, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for all purposes:

• • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/155,938 in the name of Patrice R. Calhoun, Robert B. O'Hara, Jr. and Robert J. Friday, entitled "Method and System for Hierarchical Processing of Protocol Information in a Wireless LAN;"
  • U.S. application Ser. No. 10/183,704 in the name of Robert J. Friday, Patrice R. Calhoun, Robert B. O'Hara, Jr., Alexander H. Hills and Paul F. Dietrich, and entitled "Method and System for Dynamically Assigning Channels Across Multiple Radios in a Wireless LAN;"
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/407,357 in the name of Patrice R. Calhoun, Robert B. O'Hara, Jr. and Robert J. Friday, entitled "Method and System for Hierarchical Processing of Protocol Information in a Wireless LAN;"
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/407,370 in the name of Patrice R. Calhoun, Robert B. O'Hara, Jr. and David A. Frascone, entitled "Wireless Network System Including Integrated Rogue Access Point Detection;"
  • U.S. application Ser. No. 10/447,735 in the name of Robert B. O'Hara, Jr., Robert J. Friday, Patrice R. Calhoun, and Paul F. Dietrich and entitled "Wireless Network Infrastructure including Wireless Discovery and Communication Mechanism;" and
  • U.S. application Ser. No. 10/611,522 in the name of Robert J. Friday and entitled "Non-Overlapping Antenna Pattern Diversity In Wireless Network Environments."

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to location of wireless nodes in wireless network environments and, more particularly, to a wireless node location mechanism employing antenna pattern diversity to enhance the accuracy of estimating the location of wireless nodes.

Ken Zakreski

ken.zakreski@gmail.com