Cover Story Wireless Sensors Streamline Data Distribution
By Tod Riedel, Sokwoo Rhee, and Sheng Liu
With applications ranging from home automation and remote meter reading to industrial sensor networks, low-power, low-cost wireless devices are set to reshape the control and data-distribution landscape.
Features Blast Through the Barriers to Ethernet in the Metro
By Dave Dubois and Mark Fauber
To deliver truly 'carrier-worthy' Ethernet over Sonet/SDH, aggregation techniques must be combined with adequate flow control.
Advanced Telecom Platforms Find Common Ground
By Chuck Hill
Similarities in function and architecture greatly simplify the task of migrating technology between AdvancedTCA and CompactTCA.
Grasp the Ins and Outs of High-Speed I/O
By Herman Eiliya
While serial I/O would seem to solve the interconnect dilemma facing high-speed designs, parallel interfaces still have their place.