The Federal Communications Commission is asking communications service providers to give the agency a progress update on how they are refurbishing their networks to prevent spies and cybercriminals ...

The Internet of Things promises a world of computers woven into our physical world. A common need for these devices is low-power, wireless communication. The goal of this course is to introduce ...

Two similar wireless protocols—WirelessHART, promulgated by the HART Communication Foundation (www.hartcomm.org) and ISA 100.11a, promulgated by the International Society of Automation ...

In the race for time-to-market in the Internet of Things (IoT), proper security is inconvenient because it adds development and component cost and design complexity. While many traditional industries ...

Wireless protocols and technology are constantly changing -- increasingly affecting how we communicate. Wireless deployments are currently just one of many parts of an enterprise's network. As the ...

Testing wireless communications is getting far more difficult as more markets begin adding wireless communications and standards groups push to improve the speed, power and security of existing ...

The design of wearable electronics presents developers with a complex problem. Not only do these computer systems integrated into clothing and everyday objects have to be small, they must also be ...

Find out how WPA and WPA2 improve upon WEP's encryption methods for better wireless security. The previous tip in this series on wireless encryption methods explained how WEP works. By 2001, hacker ...

Amazing technology crammed in Apple’s AirPods may have made the so-called courageous plan to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 much easier. The earphones haven’t shipped yet. It’s still ...

While a variety of methods can be used to reduce the power consumption of wireless LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth applications, most of these methods must be implemented at the chip level, and their ...