Dean Anthony GrattonMay 44 minBluetooth: Its Incredible JourneyBluetooth wireless technology has been with us for over 20 years. It has become the de facto connection technology for exchanging data...
Dean Anthony GrattonAug 10, 20214 minThe Smart Home: A “Matter” of SimplicityThe smart home, as a concept, has endured a rollercoaster ride for over half-a-century – yes, smart home technology has been touted as...
Dean Anthony GrattonJul 29, 20214 minLi-Fi: Turn on the LightsAt first, you might be mistaken to read it as Wi-Fi, but no, this is not a typo. Li-Fi is, in fact, a wireless communications technology,...
Dean Anthony GrattonJul 20, 20214 minWith 5G Does Wi-Fi Have a Future?With the excitement and furore surrounding 5G, the next generation of cellular technology, some are now doubting the future of Wi-Fi,...
Dean Anthony GrattonApr 16, 20214 minIt’s Been a Short-range RF WinterI have this strange and peculiar feeling that the short-range radio frequency (RF) domain might have reached its plateau and, perhaps,...
Dean Anthony GrattonJul 3, 20204 minFrom Modern to Medieval: A Journey in ConnectivityWi-Fi has greatly improved over the years and last year we celebrated20 years of the technology in 20 years of Wi-Fi: What did we ever do...
Dean Anthony GrattonMay 26, 20204 minpost-Covid19: The Magic of the Unlicensed AirwavesIn my last year’s column, “20 Years of Wi-Fi: What did we ever do without it?” we celebrated 20 years of Wi-Fi and I talked about the new...
Dean Anthony GrattonMay 12, 20203 minpost-Covid19: A Fresh Perspective on the FutureWe are still in some sort of lockdown with a new set of “flexible rules” that have been recently introduced by the British government. In...
Dean Anthony GrattonApr 7, 20204 minCovid19: The Infection in our InfrastructureWe are in the strangest of times. The Coronavirus or Covid-19 has presented many new challenges for humanity: Both for us individually...
Dean Anthony GrattonMar 26, 20204 minAchieving true Wireless Broadband with CellularIt was all quite unexpected! You see, I have become familiar with more traditional backhaul technologies such as Ethernet, xDSL, fiber...
Dean Anthony GrattonOct 4, 20194 min20 years of Wi-Fi: What did we ever do without it? What happened? Did I blink too fast or has 20 years indeed passed since the first 802.11b standard was introduced in 1999? Those...
Dean Anthony GrattonFeb 5, 20194 minIntroducing High-efficiency Wireless with Wi-Fi 6It’s become second nature – an instinctive behavioral modern-day trait, if you like. Wi-Fi isn't the Internet Yes, we seek ‘Wi-Fi’. Admit...
Dean Anthony GrattonNov 25, 20163 minPowerline: Gigabit home networking with g.hnNowadays, Powerline Communications (PLC) has become a well-understood and established technology that enables data transfer over your...
Dean Anthony GrattonAug 25, 20153 minHold that flight, I’ve got Skype!I remember it well: That crowded airport, the hustle, the bustle, the constant announcements broken occasionally by the sound of frantic...
Dean Anthony GrattonAug 5, 20154 min5G: Satisfaction Guaranteed or Just a Case of Premature Exaggeration?“But some of us haven’t even got 4G yet!” – were the first words spoken by my wife when I mentioned this article topic to her. Of course...
Dean Anthony GrattonApr 21, 20154 minIt’s all about the ‘cell’In last month’s feature, I mentioned that I planned to speak with ip.access and, as promised, I did catch up with Nick Johnson, Chief...
Dean Anthony GrattonJan 20, 20155 minA belated look ahead at 2015Okay, so I haven’t been ‘first to press’ with my ‘tech radar’ intuition, and other industry pundits have certainly pipped me to the post...
Dean Anthony GrattonNov 4, 20145 minMy Life without Wi-FiI know, the title sounds grandiose, doesn’t it? ‘My Life without Wi-Fi,’ and I also know it’s a first world problem, but I wanted to...
Dean Anthony GrattonAug 14, 20144 minWhere are we with white space radio?This is the first of a two article feature. Initially, I want to reminisce about white space radio before looking at the current state of...