Password Magazine 22: User-focused research

Wireless connectivity spurs
Sense and Simplicity

Communication and interaction are basic human needs built into our genetic code. So too is the inquisitiveness that gives us a seemingly insatiable thirst for information. Bringing people together so that they can share experiences, and delivering the right information to the right place at the right time, are two of the central themes in Philips’ vision of the connected consumer. This article takes a look at how advances in wireless connectivity will help to bring sense and simplicity to connected consumer environments.

 

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+ Wireless connectivity spurs Sense and Simplicity

 

Useful links

+ The BASUMA Project
+ Software Defined Radio (Paper) (PDF; 231 KB)
+ Software Defined Radio (Slides) (PDF; 486 KB)

Paper and poster presented at the 2004 Software Defined Radio Technical Conference, 16-18 Nov. 2004, Scottsdale, Arizona

+ Cognitive Radio (PDF; 515 KB)
 
 

For more information
 

• Dr Tobias Helbig, Head of the Wireless group at Philips Research Redhill, UK.
  E-mail: tobias.helbig@philips.com
   
• Dr Martin Elixmann, Head of the Connectivity Systems group at Philips Research Aachen, Germany.
  E-mail: martin.elixmann@philips.com
   
• Dr Yonggang Du, Head of the Wireless group at Philips Research East Asia, Shanghai, China.
  E-mail: yonggang.du@philips.com
   
• Dr Narciso Tan, Department Head, Wireless Communications and Networking at Philips Research USA.
  E-mail: narciso.tan@philips.com