November 2000
Volume 6, Number 11

• Features
• Columns
• Departments

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Departments

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Uplink
A Necessary Face lift

Upfront

Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet market pushes past $24 billion by 2004

WAP dominates Asia/Pacific mobile market

Let the smart phone games begin

Technical News

Network technology unleashed

Anadigics unveils RF partnership

emWare releases net protocol specs

Open source technology deal

E-messaging forum inaugurated

Top Ten
Specifying Enclosures for Comunication Apps.

Product Spotlights

Tuner Module Targets Cable Modem Designs

Multiprocessor Powers Networking, Optical Designs

New Products
The latest in ICs, components, subsystems, test and measurement, design tools, and software and intellectual property.

Constructing H.323 Stacks for VoIP Designs
By Brian Krejcarek and Jonathan Shaw
To tackle today's hot VoIP applications, designers need to understand H.323 stack development. It's no easy task - be sure to read up on these H.323 basics before taking the plunge

Cutting Bluetooth Costs with RF CMOS
By Michael McCullagh
Before Bluetooth applications can be reached a critical mass, Bluetooth radio costs need to come down. Improving RF CMOS process technology is a good option for achieving these cost demands.

High-Availability Systems Made Easy: Part 1
By Chuck Hill
High availability is a must for today's demanding telecom systems. Here are some methods that allow designers to bypass established practices in order to achieve five-9s availability.

Changing the Network-Processor Mindset for OC-192
By Greg Kahlert
While network processors are revolutionizing the networking market, programmability is the key to reaching the OC-192 plateau. By turning to IP cores, designers can gain some of that much-needed programmability.

DSP Boards: A Buyer's Guide
By Henry Davis
Preconfigured and customizable DSP boards are allowing comm engineers to focus on application differentiation, rather than reinventing the wheel.

Emerging Technologies Series #4: Going Long-Haul with 1300-nm VCSELs
By Andrew Jackson
Designers can save big on tomorrow's WAN/MAN fiber-optic communication systems, thanks to the economic advantages of a new, novel composition of long-wavelength VCSELs.