Adaptive data transmission in multimedia networks.
Abstract: This study suggests a method where the packet size of each source is adjusted according to the network bandwidth. A controller is used to trace the data transmission rate at the router. An algorithm is developed and coded in Tool Command Language. Simulation is performed on NS-2 using...

Gennum Rolls Out Repeater Solution, Demos at NAB.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-16 April 2008-Gennum Rolls Out Repeater Solution, Demos at NAB(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Gennum has introduced what is said is the industry's first re-timed repeater solution that integrates a clock and data recovery (CDR).The low power, four-channel GN1406 device supports PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 and...

Chinese Consumer Electronics Companies Form DIVA Consortium.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-30 April 2008-Chinese Consumer Electronics Companies Form DIVA Consortium(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com A group of Chinese consumer electronics (CE) companies announced the formation of an industry consortium whose mission is to build and drive the adoption of the next- generation interactive television and home CE...

Ingenico's Pay@Table solution Garners FTA Hospitality Award for Excellence - IT Innovation.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-21 April 2008-Ingenico's Pay@Table solution Garners FTA Hospitality Award for Excellence - IT Innovation(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Ingenico, a supplier of secure transactions and payment solutions, announced that it has received the Hospitality Award of Excellence - IT Innovation from Fred Tibbitts &...

Dreaming a new myth: listening may be the most profound and heroic activism of our time.
There's a natural connection between storytellers, environmental activists and scientists. The oral traditions of all three share the belief that we ignore the world's smallest voices at our grave peril. In every wondertale, the true wisdom comes from the little mouse on the road, or the unkempt vagabond, or...

Internet protocol television optical fibre home network.
Japan's Mitsubishi Rayon Co Ltd, in collaboration with Irish company Firecomms, has given a live demonstration of an internet protocol television (IPTV) home network that uses ultra-thin plastic optical fibre (POF). IPTV is a method of distributing television content over internet protocols, which enables a more customized...

Company Watch - OnAir.
Apr 7, 2008 Jazeera Airways announced, the Kuwait and Dubai based low cost airline, will provide its passengers with OnAir inflight mobile phone services, including voice, SMS and GPRS, starting in 2008. The OnAir service will enable Jazeera Airways passengers to use their mobile phones and BlackBerrytype...

Can anyone make wireless work? Cell-phone coverage in the United States may be the worst in the world, and data transmission is even more troubling. Yet insiders insist there's hope.
1 PETER SHINYEDA corporate vice president, Motorola 2 MARISA VIVEROS director, Worldwide Wireless e-business, IBM Global Services 3 ROBERT LUCKY former corporate vice president, applied research, Telcordia Technologies 4 ERIC HASELTINE former head of research, Walt Disney Imagineering 5 JAMES KARDACH...

Comparative study and techno-economic analysis of broadband backbone upgrading: a case study.
In this paper we compare and evaluate suitable methods Jot delivering broadband services at the metro and backbone level. In particular, the paper presents a techno-economic analysis of two key broadband technologies for metropolitan and backbone networks: The studies are based on a modelling methodology for network value analysis...

Reliability, availability and security of wireless networks in the community.
Wireless networking increases the flexibility in the home, work place and community to connect to the Internet without being tied to a single location. Wireless networking has rapidly increased in popularity over recent years. There has also been a change in the use of the internet by users. Home...