December 2000
Volume 6, Number 12

Building Blocks
A Brighter Future, Part 1.

Programming & Design
Imaginary Infrastructure

Getting a Grip on Bluetooth Testing
By Peter Can and Alistair Mill
With Bluetooth technology finally moving out of R&D mode, designers must come to grips with testing techniques that will not only make their designs work, but will enable cost-effective and efficient end-user products.

Opening Doors to Media Gateway Design
By Brian Carr
Replicating the voice quality of current circuit-switched networks on a packet-based infrastructure is no easy task. By turning to open standards, designers can open the door to high quality voice-over-packet gateway designs.

High-Availability Systems Made Easy: Part 2
By Chuck Hill
Continuing last month1s foray into high-availability design, this month1s article tackles the software, focusing especially on the software restart model, implemented in high-availability networks.

Boosting Network System Designs with CAMs
By Mike Ichiriu and Chris O'Reilly
High-speed networking designs are becoming increasingly complicated. By employing content addressable memories (CAMs), designers free up precious processor resources.

HomePlug Standard Brings Networking to the Home
By Steve Gardner, Brian Markwalter, and Larry Yonge
Advances in ASIC technology are overcoming interference issues on home power lines, enabling the HomePlug Standard to bring networking into the home.

Mixing it up with OC-192 Transceivers
By Michael Green, Andrew Shapiro, and Armond Hairapetian
To achieve the desired port-densities for today1s high-frequency fiber-optic networks, there are some new transceiver architectures promising increased integration and lower power.