Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

Author: Alan Weissberger

  • Silicon Valley Power’s Smart Grid Network & Free WiFi in Santa Clara

    That’s the title of the Dec 14 IEEE ComsocSCV Meeting in Santa Clara, CA. In addition to two presentations and a spirited panel discussion, there will be a short award ceremony preceding the talks. Here’s a brief description of each talk: 1. Fiber enables Santa Clara’s “Smart” Wireless WAN Larry Owens of Silicon Valley Power…

  • Engineering Our Wireless Future at the UC Berkeley Global Leadership Conference, November 18, 2011

    Abstract With more than 5 billion users of mobile devices, the world has gone wireless in a big way. Wireless technologies are transforming communications, commerce, healthcare, energy use and other domains at an unprecedented rate. At this mini conference, two very high profile wireless industry leaders (Paul Jacobs and Arun Sarin) described the ubiquitous, reliable,…

  • WCA Panel: Mobile Gaming, Payments & Location Are In; Wireless Infrastructure Is Out!

    Introduction WCA (Wireless Communications Alliance) held their 12th annual “What’s Hot (and What’s Not) in Mobility 2011” event on November 16th in Santa Clara, CA. A panel of venture capitalists shared their opinions and offered predictions on a wide range of topics and issues decided by the moderator.  The emphasis was clearly on the consumer…

  • MIT President on How to Improve America’s Innovation Economy

    MIT President on How to Improve America’s Innovation Economy

    Introduction and Overview Susan Hockfield, President of MIT, spoke to a sold out crowd at the November 9, 2011 Commonwealth Club meeting in Santa Clara, CA.  The topic discussed is very dear to this author:  “Revving Up America’s Innovation Engine.” Ms. Hockfield is a noted neuroscientist whose research has focused on the development of the…

  • Nov 9 IEEE ComSocSCV meeting: on Video Distribution in the Home!

    Our Nov 9th meeting in Santa Clara, CA  will feature 3 speakers, a panel discussion and a DiiVA demo during our networking session from 6pm to 6:30pm.   A few years ago many (including this author) thought that IEEE 802.11n would dominate home networking, including video transport within the home.  That clearly has not happened and a lot…

  • Sprint to use Clearwire’s TDD-LTE to augment its own LTE network

    Sprint to use Clearwire’s TDD-LTE to augment its own LTE network

    The squabbles, break ups and make ups between Sprint and Clearwire have become worthy of a prime time soap opera.  Sprint has been reselling Clearwire’s mobile WiMAX network (CLEAR) and offering its own branded “4G” smart phones along with a Samsung tablet that works on CLEAR and Sprint’s 3G network.  But earlier this month, Sprint announced it wouldn’t be supporting…