February 2004 -- Welcome to my Mentoring section on Wireless Home Networking, which covers technologies that enable the integration of data, voice, entertainment, and control applications without the cost and complexity of running wires, and with the freedom of moving about.  I look forward to your comments.


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Wayne Caswell
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ZigBee Technology
Ultra-wideband
Public Hotspots

Wired or Wireless Home N/W
Wireless Home Automation
Low Cost / Power RF-IC Solutions
Wireless Internet
Don't be Afraid. Try Wi-Fi
Wireless Networking Choices for the Broadband Internet Home
Wireless networking goes to 22Mbps
Another Wireless Standard?
IEEE 802.11g
802.11g Wireless Networking
RF Interference Immunity
Quality of Service
802.11 vs. Bluetooth Revisited
Bluetooth Making an Impact
Ultra Wideband
 802.15.3 High Rate WPAN
MMDS: Next Beast of Broadband

Press Releases
(about Market, not Products)
Single-Chip ZigBee Solution
D-Link Wireless Multimedia
Integrated APs find Audience
Ultra Wideband and CE Industry
ABI on Wireless Home Entertainment
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Products Near 700
Wi-Fi Certifies  802.11G Products
Wi-Fi Alliance Praises Senators
Wi-Fi Alliance announces Wi-Fi Zone
Wi-Fi IC Shipments top Expectations
WLAN Future - Titans Enter Market
Breakthrough IEEE 802.11a/b/g

Wi-Fi to Replace WEP Security
Allied - UWB Must Standardize
i-Fi Certifies 5GHz 802.11a Products
Ultra Wideband & Home Networking
Microsoft - Wireless Broadband
Verizon wireless high-speed Internet
AT&T Offers Home Networking
 Wi-Fi Growth Amazing

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Sound Solutions for Wireless Woes 

January is a good time to reflect back on wireless developments of the past year and ponder the impact of wireless work in progress, especially as these emerging technologies relate to homeowners, builders, equipment manufacturers, and service providers. That's the focus of this month's report, "Sound Solutions for Wireless Woes."

The emerging wireless technologies discussed in this report will have a compounding effect that greatly extends the reach of wireless networks and improves performance by as much as 10,000 times the speed of dial-up 56 Kbps modems. Topics include:

  • IEEE Standards, including 802.11 (WLAN), 802.15 (WPAN), 802.15 & 802.20 (WWAN)

  • Multimode Radios offer Flexibility

  • Mesh Topologies extend Range and improve Performance & Security

  • More Spectrum leads to more Capacity

  • Better Digital Compression lets us send More Exciting Content

  • Smarter Antennas extend Range, conserve Power, and improve Security

  • Number Portability increases Competition and talks of Consolidation

  • Wireless Networks Future-proof Homes

About Wireless Home Networking – Wireless home networking is liberating.  It sets you free from phone wires and Ethernet cables so you can move about the house and yard and still remain connected.  With a wireless home network, you can read your personalized Wall Street Journal using a notebook PC on the kitchen table during breakfast, play along with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with your Web tablet on the sofa, and shop with a PDA from the patio or car. 

You’ll soon be able to access an automotive shop manual with streaming video from the garage, use a cordless phone to access PC and Internet applications, and stream Internet music and video from a service provider through a home gateway to a stereo or TV. 

While wireless is convenient and arguably best for mobile, battery-operated devices, it also solves some difficult home networking problems by eliminating the cost and complexity of running wires.  That’s why wireless networks have been installed in 11 million U.S. homes (per Gartner Group) and makes up over 90% of no-new-wires home networking solutions (per Synergy Research Group).

Wayne's Archives
August 2003 – Wireless LAN Buyers Guide
June 2003 - Reviving the FORGOTTEN Information Superhighway
March 2003 - Wireless in 2003: CES Shows Consumers the Way
August 2002 - Bandwidth: How Much is Needed, and How Much is it Worth?
June 2002 - Wireless Wars - Wireless Weddings
December 2001 - The Role and Challenges of Wireless Entertainment
August 2001 – Telephony Unplugged: Next Generation Home Phone Systems
August 2001 - Wireless Tower of Babel 
June 2001 - Wireless Networking Choices for the Broadband Internet Home
January 2001 - Social & Economic Trends affect Home Networking
December 2000 – Market & Consumer Trends affect Home Networking
September 2000 – Science & Technology Trends affect Home Networking
June 2000 – Powerline Home Networks: Plug into the Internet
April 2000 - Wireless Home Networks: Disconnected Connectivity
March 2000 – Future Proofing your House: Is it Possible?

Wayne's BIO - Longtime HomeToys wireless mentor Wayne Caswell is looking for new ways to fulfill a vision of “Consumers with Easy access to Services, and Service Providers with Equal access to Consumers.” He’s even ready to give up his CAZITech Consulting practice for the right full-time employment opportunity. Please contact him if you know of growing companies that need someone with his industry and marketing background. FULL BIO & RESUME