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Wireless LAN braintrust defecting to UWB as shakeout looms
By Patrick Mannion
EE Times
Jan 30, 2004
MANHASSET, N.Y. — Calling ultrawideband technology "the next frontier of wireless," Matthew Shoemake is leaving his post as chair of the nascent IEEE 802.11n high-rate wireless LAN task group to head the latest UWB startup, WiQuest.
Shoemake's move, reflecting his view that the standards group is bogged down, follows the lead of Jim Lansford, another longtime WLAN proponent. Lansford jumped from his position as chief technology officer at Mobilian Corp. to take the same post at Time Domain UWB spinoff Alereon Inc. Mobilian specialized in wireless LAN and Bluetooth coexistence, and Lansford jumped just as Intel was completiing its acquisition of the company.
Both WiQuest and Alereon are among a growing list of small startups to join the Multiband-OFDM Alliance (MBOA), which currently includes more than 50 companies.
Wireless LAN braintrust defecting to UWB as shakeout looms
By Patrick Mannion
EE Times
Jan 30, 2004
MANHASSET, N.Y. — Calling ultrawideband technology "the next frontier of wireless," Matthew Shoemake is leaving his post as chair of the nascent IEEE 802.11n high-rate wireless LAN task group to head the latest UWB startup, WiQuest.
Shoemake's move, reflecting his view that the standards group is bogged down, follows the lead of Jim Lansford, another longtime WLAN proponent. Lansford jumped from his position as chief technology officer at Mobilian Corp. to take the same post at Time Domain UWB spinoff Alereon Inc. Mobilian specialized in wireless LAN and Bluetooth coexistence, and Lansford jumped just as Intel was completiing its acquisition of the company.
Both WiQuest and Alereon are among a growing list of small startups to join the Multiband-OFDM Alliance (MBOA), which currently includes more than 50 companies.
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