Topics covered include the use of ultrafast laser pulses to create more powerful optical communications technologies, the use of femtocells to increase the bandwidth of 3G cellular technologies, the use of wireless technologies to control beachfront access, and a new approach to passing information among multiple cores that increases data rates and decreases energy consumption.
Index Terms:
optical communications, femtocells, 3G cellular technologies, multicore chips
Citation:
Linda Dailey Paulson, "News Briefs," Computer, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 17-20, Oct. 2007, doi:10.1109/MC.2007.359