And government is finding innovative ways to utilize these wireless devices and applications.

But integrating this wide variety of devices isn’t simple.

Wireless broadband has been growing steadily over the last few years, especially as the performance of wireless technologies has caught up with and surpassed traditional wired broadband infrastructure. One of the key enablers for this growth is the number of government grants available that can be utilized to fund wireless broadband initiatives. You may think that these grants are limited to certain types of organizations, or that they are too hard to apply for and secure to be worth the time. Fortunately, that's not true at all.

These more expensive hybrid cables will actually save operators money because they mitigate recurring monthly rental fees. MASTERLINE solutions require only one cable assembly and eliminate the need for distribution boxes. As with other HUBER+ SUHNER solutions, the hybrid cables plug-and-play set-up offers easy and reliable installation and over length management. The cables are ruggedized, easy to strip and color-coded for quick channel identification.

This wave is washing up on our shores now—and it’s already reconfiguring the politics of spectrum access, as well as the future architecture of broadband networks. Although unlicensed spectrum is typically associated with home and coffee shop Wi-Fi, as well as with embattled community networks promoted by nonprofits and some municipalities, increasingly the leading broadband carriers are waking up to the cost-effectiveness of sharing public spectrum.

Wireless connectivity solutions are vital in powering the next-generation of connectivity to be leveraged by mobile devices, 4G/LTE networks and communication applications. When supporting wireless connectivity solutions, it is vital that systems and components work together to provide high network performance at a cost-effective price.

A change in the certificate chain presented to UCSD-PROTECTED users took place Sept. 20, 2012. Some clients may complain that they are seeing an unverified certificate from "auth.ucsd.edu/AddTrust External CA Root" and that you should contact a system administrator.  You may accept this without concern of a man-in-the-middle attack, despite warnings from their device to the contrary. See your sysadmin if you want to verify the signature.

Wi-Fi is one of the most ubiquitous wireless communications technologies in use today, primarily because it is easy to install, easy to use and inexpensive. Wi-Fi was originally designed as a way of extending internet connections wirelessly within an enterprise. However people soon began installing Wi-Fi Access Points at home and in public Hotspots to give convenient internet access to laptops, which ended up with Wi-Fi chips installed as standard. Today there are hundreds of millions of devices which use Wi-Fi including tablets, smart phones, TVs and set tops. There are millions of public hotspots and many hundreds of millions of home and enterprise access points. The Wi-name Fi is reserved for the IEEE 802.11 standards – so far A, B, G and N, with more on the way, and use 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum bands, with more being considered up to 60 GHz. Wi-Fi today is managed and policed by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Wi-Fi reach varies with the power of the signal and the spectrum used, but will typically reach a few hundred feet and current generation devices will provide between 50 Mbps and a 100 Mbps shared between connected users.

This is especially true for wireless technologies: cellphones have, amongst other things, been predicted to improve healthcare access in rural areas, WiFi has been predicted to spawn a myriad of portable devices to be used on hospital wards, and Bluetooth promised to bring improved sensor devices to hospitals.

If the Windows operating system ever notifies you about a weak Wi-Fi signal, it probably means that your connection isn't as fast or as reliable as it could be. Worse, you might lose your connection entirely in some parts of your home. If you want to boost the signal for your wireless network (WLAN), try some of these tips for extending your wireless range and improving your wireless network speed and performance.