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Interoperable RFID under discussion
Fuelled by a new spirit of cooperation between European and Chinese technology experts, a Plugtests interoperability testing event has helped to ensure the effective worldwide application of RFID in postal applications.
[ + ]IP development driving trends
The ACMA’s 2009 update of developments in technology, Trends in Communications and Media Technology, Applications and Use, has identified five key developments that are placing pressure on media and communications regulation.
[ + ]Application: Wireless traffic monitors
The real-time images allow operators to see what the problem is and ultimately will help the centre in assessing the kind of response that may be needed.
[ + ]RFID tags go underground
Confidex, a company with expertise in RFID design, manufacturing and engineering, has supplied more than 10,000 of its Ironside UHF Gen2 hard tags to the London Underground.
[ + ]Radio, phone and data links
Ergon Energy of Queensland, one of Australia’s largest electricity companies, has partnered with Zetron to develop and implement a new, integrated, customised communications system for the utility.
[ + ]Insource for a better future
At what point did it become fashionable and corporately clever to outsource communication projects to global organisations rather than lead with courage and vision to support and build these radio communication systems and foster Aussie innovators.
[ + ]Averting spectrum saturation
Mobile users want better video calls, streaming television and faster downloads, placing more demands on the limited radio spectrum available to operators. Could handsets that intelligently sense their radio environment and opportunistically grab free bandwidth be a solution?
[ + ]Cognitive radio allows spectrum sharing
In the event of a disaster, the emergency services have to be able to trust communication networks. But what happens if the network is overloaded or even off the air as a result of the disaster?
[ + ]Integrated communications system improving centralisation, management and execution
Two companies have created a solution that takes into account the needs and goals of a variety of system users as well as management.
[ + ]Speeding up public transport
A Nebula TETRA solution supplied by Teltronic to Transmilenio is helping to transform the Colombian capital’s public transport system and reduce traffic congestion by providing reliable, secure voice, data and slow data services to its entire fleet of buses.
[ + ]Body sensors signal 'new wave' healthcare
High-tech systems that allow doctors to monitor illnesses and injuries remotely are a step closer thanks to latest research. It could have a massive effect on the future of this field of healthcare.
[ + ]Dealing with forest fires
Melbourne-based HVP, an Australian private timber plantation company, has vehicles fitted with mobile radios optioned with GPS serial boards.
[ + ]Random antenna arrays boost emergency communications
According to NIST, radio communications could be boosted at a disaster site by setting out four extra transmitters in a random arrangement to significantly increase the signal power at the receiver.
[ + ]Spectrum use updated
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released an Australian radiofrequency spectrum plan.
[ + ]Opening up the last part of the spectrum
European research on the last, hidden part of the electromagnetic spectrum could enable applications that include quality control in semiconductor and pharmaceutical factories, as well as smart security scanners.
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