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Wireless Networks

GSMA: EU Undercuts Own 5G Action Plan

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GSMA: EU Undercuts Own 5G Action Plan

According to the GSMA, the European Commission (EC) has undercuts its own 5G Action Plan with the Connected Car Legislation-- specifically through the choice of outdated 802.11p wifi technology for connected vehicles.

The EU 5G Action Plan calls for “major terrestrial transport paths [to] have uninterrupted 5G coverage by 2025.” However, the Delegated Act on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) sticks with 802.11p, instead of encouraging the deployment of more advanced technologies, such as Cellular-V2X (C-V2X). According to the GSMA, C-V2X is a "key building block" in future 5G networks, and connected cars are one of the most important 5G use cases.

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Bluetooth Gets Direction Finding

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Bluetooth Gets Direction Finding

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announces a direction finding feature with the potential to "significantly" enhance Bluetooth location services by allowing devices to determine the location of a Bluetooth signal.

Bluetooth location services fall in 2 categories-- proximity solutions and positioning systems. Proximity solutions use Bluetooth to understand when 2 devices are near each other, and how far apart. The category includes item finding solutions such as personal property tags, as well as point-of-interest (PoI) information solutions like proximity marketing beacons. The direction finding solution can allow proximity solutions to not only let a user know if if a personal property tag is in the area, but also the direction, enhancing the user experience.

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More SMB Networking Products From Netgear

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More SMB Networking Products From Netgear

Netgear announces more networking products aimed at SMB customers, including the Smart Managed Pro S350 switch series, a streamlined satellite for the Orbi Pro mesh wifi system and an update on the Insight cloud management platform.

The Smart Managed Pro S350 is an IPV6-ready switch series consisting of 5 models-- including 8-, 24- and 48-port switches with 2 or 4 SFP ports for fibre uplinks. The 8- and 24-port models include PoE+ variants, and offer Layer 2 features for enhanced performance and ease of use. The switches are designed for environments with voice, video and data carried over a single network, and support L2/L3/L4 Access Control Lists (ACLs), Quality of Service (QoS), Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).

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Wifi Alliance Brings About Wifi 6

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Wifi Alliance Brings About Wifi 6

The Wifi Alliance announces a shakeup of wireless networking name conventions as it announces Wifi 6-- the next generation of wifi connectivity bringing about further capacity and performance, with lower power consumption.

Wifi 6 is what what we formerly known as the 802.11ax standard. Essentially the alliance realised the current wifi naming convention only leads to user confusion, bringing the need for simpler system. Thus, Wifi 1 is the very first version of the standard, 1999's 802.11b. It was followed by 802.11a, now known as Wifi 2. Wifi 3 is 802.11g, Wifi 4 is 802.11n and Wifi 5 is the version currently in use, 2014's 802.11ac.

The alliance plans to push the branding even in software, with devices showing which version of wifi they are currently connected to. As a result users can choose the superior wifi network, since it is obvious the network with a "5" is better than the one with a "4."

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WatchGuard Intros Trusted Wireless Environment Framework

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WatchGuard Intros Trusted Wireless Environment Framework

Network security solutions provider WatchGuard Technologies launches the Trusted Wireless Environment-- a framework allowing businesses and solution providers to build wifi services with "market-leading performance, scalable management and verified, comprehensive security capabilities."

According to the company, organisations with Trusted Wireless Environments can benefit from both performance and scalability, while ensuring protection against the most dangerous wifi attacks. Wifi networks are something of a low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals wanting to steal valuable information, since vendors and businesses tend to look at wifi security as an added benefit, not a primary feature.

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