A military technology called Ultra Wide Band seems to be gaining steam. The new commercial name is WiMedia. This system pulses signals across a wide range of frequencies (3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz) at low power. Target speeds exceed 500 Mbs on a LAN (or "personal area wireless network"). In my view, this seems like a natural technology for a MESH network.
Items to watch: 1) The FCC will investigate lifting the power restrictions it impossed on WiMedia next April (this will set limits on the commercial applications of the technology). 2) Who ships products, and how much do they cost. 3) How this technology will reconcile with existing 802.11b/g devices that are shipping. 4) Adoption of this technology, without power restrictions, in other countries.
New companies to watch in this space include: Time Domain, Appairent Technologies, and XtremeSpectrum. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
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