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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Software-based radio, 21st century edition
The chip industry has talked about and researched software-based radio for years, but for different reasons it's never been deployed in commercial devices (at least not to public knowledge). This technology potentially makes devices more long-lived than if using fixed hardware radio technologies, but they could also become more expensive in the short term due to more need for horse power. Also, arguably, it would make manufacturers sell less phones, which would affect their revenue. In the long run though I think/hope this will be used generally, as it e.g. enables easy upgrades of phone functionality (bugs and needs for other changes could appear also on the radio level as technologies get more and more advanced).
It's now dusted off by CTVR and will be tested in real use. This technology enables switching between e.g. 3G and Wi-Fi without having two radio units and two antennas in the device. The antenna part I don't quite understand, as 3G and Wi-Fi are in two different spectrums.
Worth watching - Yahoo! News
CTVR: Home
It's now dusted off by CTVR and will be tested in real use. This technology enables switching between e.g. 3G and Wi-Fi without having two radio units and two antennas in the device. The antenna part I don't quite understand, as 3G and Wi-Fi are in two different spectrums.
Worth watching - Yahoo! News
CTVR: Home
