Wireless IoT Presentation at Wi-Co Montreal On August 2024, I spoke about wireless IoT technologies focusing on Wi-Fi HaLow at the 2024 Wi-Co event in Montréal. Comparison IoT technologies, including BLE, Zigbee, and LoRaWAN were briefly described and then HaLow was showcased. The talk was not recorded, but you can download the slide deck from the Wi-Co presentation here or…
HPE Aruba Networks Launches Wi-Fi 7 AP with external directional antennas for high density & manufacturing applications Today, HPE Aruba Networks launched its newest Wi-Fi 7 APs, the AP-735 and AP-734. With support for external antenna options, the AP-734 makes it easy to design and deliver great 6 GHz Wi-Fi services everywhere—particularly in high-density environments…
WLPC Phoenix 2024 Recap This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Wireless LAN Professional Conference (#WLPC). The inaugural conference occurred at a convention Center in Austin, TX, close to the Airport. Keith Parsons took a massive leap of faith, laying down a deposit for a conference venue, hoping people would sign up to cover that deposit.…
MCS Index Table, Modulation and Coding Scheme Index 11ah (HaLow) This table is also a tab of a more extensive set of Wi-Fi MCS values at MCSINDEX.net.
WLPC EU 2023 Prague Conference Recap Before the main WLPC conference officially starts, boot camps run for 3 days; they are a different animal. What would typically be a 4-day course is packed into 3 days of learning. It really is drinking from the firehose. The following boot camps ran in 2023 with an interesting…
Near Field Communication (NFC) Overview Near Field Communication (NFC) technology has become an integral part of our daily lives, enabling seamless communication and data exchange between electronic devices in very close proximity. NFC operates within a short-range wireless communication standard, allowing devices to establish a connection without the need for complex setups or pairing processes.…
Cisco Live 2023 Session List Here is a list of sessions that I am planning to sit on or have favourited to watch the recording (because there just isn’t enough time to get to every session). Session Bias Notice This is a self-confession that I am most excited about mobility, IoT, and Private 5G, complemented…
Cisco expands LoRaWAN Portfolio With the Cisco Mining Summit 2023 and CiscoLive Amsterdam 2023 recently wrapping up, there have been some exciting announcements from Cisco in the Industrial IoT space. This blog focuses on the new LoRaWAN tech from Cisco. What is LoRaWAN? LoRaWAN is a wireless protocol for IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT) devices. If you weren’t…
On the heels of WLPC Phoenix 2023 First, a few initial thoughts before jumping into sessions’ sound bites… WLPC 2023 introduced 20-min talks, giving speakers more time to go deeper into their topic and share more data. As all talks were voted on by the community, there was already a hunger to hear more about these…
LoRaWAN Mapper – using Helium Console This blog is part 4 of a 4-part series on LoRaWAN field mappers. For related information checkout the following posts: LoRaWAN Mapper Overview LoRaWAN Mapper – RAK10701-H LoRaWAN Mapper – using WisToolBox (iOS) LoRaWAN Mapper – using Helium Console Overview This blog explains how to configure the Helium console to…
