RAWCON2000 LEADS INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO WIRELESS.The 2000 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Radio and Wireless Conference (RAWCON RAWCON Radio and Wireless Conference 2000), co-sponsored by NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. for the fifth time, again brought a large multinational crowd to Denver, CO in September 2000. RAWCON continued to forge new ground in the interdisciplinary areas of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. . Several hundred people enjoyed a technical program of 65 oral and poster papers, all accompanied by a technical exhibition. Workshops covered ultrawideband communications and wireless networking, and panel sessions explored the wireless Internet and the role of universities in wireless. In conjunction with the conference, the IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards held a week-long meeting of about l40 people to further its standardization efforts. The influential trade magazine EE Times once again featured a cover story on RAWCON. |
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