1) Mifi 2) FemoToCell MiFi Routers allow you to create an Internet Hotspot for Wi-Fi for up to 5 users. Currently
Sprint and Verizon offer MiFi Routers.
MiFi Routers are small and compact - they can typically fit in a pocket. They provide 3G speeds and allow you to carry your WiFi Hotspot with you. CellPhone Routers (Femto cells) are low-cost 3G access points that connect to an operator’s core network over the consumer’s broadband IP connection – enable wireless service providers to provide a home phone solution. Consumers will be able to easily install femto cells at home and use them to
access the service provider’s voice and data services using standard 3G handsets.
Cellphone Routers will allow service providers to offer lower or flat-rate tariffs for
calls made from home because they utilize consumer-supplied backhaul, power, and real estate. In addition, Cellphone Routers will offload the macro-cellular network because an estimated 35% of all calls on today’s macro-cellular networks are made from home. This network offload will allow operators to add subscribers to their network without purchasing additional macro-cellular equipment or new spectrum.
Consumers who use Cellphone Routers will benefit from lower-cost calling at home from their preferred mobile devices. They do not need to sign up with a new service provider or get a new telephone number just to reduce the cost of calls made from home. They can also now use their handset to download and upload multimedia content using their home’s high-speed data connection. Additionally, installing a Cellular Phone Router at home ensures that the consumer has excellent coverage and voice quality.
Cell Phone Routers News
Trapeze WLAN location appliance adds firewall
Trapeze has a released an enhanced version of its wireless location-tracking appliance, now incorporating what had been a separate firewall product.
Before you deploy APs, use these tools for coverage and capacity planning
The pre-installation site survey has long been a core element of wireless-LAN deployments. The concept is simple: set up an access point, and, running a site-survey application on a mobile computer, walk around, noting signal strength in various locations in order to build a coverage map.
AirMagnet Survey Pro: A site survey powerhouse
AirMagnet's robust site-survey product, Survey (sometimes in the documentation called Surveyor) offers an optional Planner Module that results in a combined predictive/analytical powerhouse.
BVS Swarm: A complete, well-integrated set of apps
BVS's Swarm (most of their product names have an insect theme) is actually a set of applications that implement a fairly complete site survey tool. The first, Projector, imports and scales floor plans, and also places walls, windows, doors, and APs, among other radio and passive objects, in the model.
EkahauWireless Site Survey: Strong analytical capabilities
Ekahau is best known for their real-time location and tracking (RTLS) products, but they're also in the site-survey business – in fact, one of the key applications for Ekahau Wireless Site Survey is to assist in planning and deploying an RTLS installation, which requires precise calibration for optimal accuracy.
Motorola LANPlanner: Feature-rich hybrid tool
LANPlanner is a direct descendent of one of the original WLAN predictive tools from RF modeling pioneer Wireless Valley, acquired by Motorola. This is a very robust product, and, like all planning tools, perhaps a bit intimidating to non-engineers. Operation, however, is straightforward, and includes both predictive and analytical capabilities.
Psiber RF3D WiFiPlanner: Covers the basics
It's easy to import building floor plans in .jpg, .bmp, or .png format into RF3D WiFiPlanner, and, similarly, it's easy to correct for rotation or skewing and to align floors on top of each other. One then defines the properties of floors and ceilings, supporting (typically, load-bearing) and other walls, place APs in the model, and observe the result of simulated 3D radio-wave propagation.
How we tested the site survey tools
Products were installed on standard Windows XP-based PCs. As it would be impossible given the scope of this project to evaluate the accuracy of a given predictive tool (which would involve building a model for a reasonably large building and then testing the results via an actual installation), we decided instead to examine key features of each product and assemble a list of features (see Table 1). We did actively test some features of the analytical tools by walking around, using a small number of APs, and again assembling a list of features, also listed in the Table.
What WLAN site survey tools to use when
Deciding which class of tool to use can be a challenge, and there is no easy way, unfortunately, to simplify this selection. All of the site-survey tools discussed in this review are quite capable of meeting the needs of most WLAN system planners and installers.
MiFi Routers allow you to create an Internet Hotspot for Wi-Fi for up to 5 users. Currently
Sprint and Verizon offer MiFi Routers.
calls made from home because they utilize consumer-supplied backhaul, power, and real estate. In addition, Cellphone Routers will offload the macro-cellular network because an estimated 35% of all calls on today’s macro-cellular networks are made from home. This network offload will allow operators to add subscribers to their network without purchasing additional macro-cellular equipment or new spectrum.