The US Federal Communication Commission has agreed to open the 6GHz band to wearable low power devices. It is a decision that will foster the use of XR devices both inside shop floors and outside in the field. Of course it will also be good for mass market use of …
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Enabling the Industrial Metaverse – Connectivity structure I already addressed the crucial technologies that are needed in the operation of the Industrial Metaverse. Let me now take a more system wide perspective, starting with the connectivity structure of the Metaverse. Although we already have several concrete examples of industrial Metaverse …
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7. 5G/6G A metaverse would be of no use, and to all purposes it will be non-existent, if you cannot access it. Communication to, from and within the metaverse(s) is crucial. We accessed SecondLife using landline connectivity and, partly, 3G wireless system. Nowadays the access has to be wireless to …
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The Metaverse is a (fuzzy) word embracing many business aspects, areas that can benefit from an uptake of the Metaverse and that, conversely, can foster its adoption as represented in the graphic: The Infrastructure and its basic components are an essential part of the Metaverse. The communication fabric, 5G and …
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As I pointed out in previous posts this year the Metaverse is still shrouded in hype. The crucial issue is an economic one: can the Metaverse generate money and specifically can it generate MORE money than what is now generated by the “classic” Internet? Before addressing this question one should …
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I have been asked to provide a few (personal( thoughts on the Future of Internet. I am glad to share them with you seeking for comments…. Internet development trends Ø From an infrastructure point of view the big backbones are future proof, at least for the coming two decades. New …
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In the previous post on this series I considered a few technology areas that support the “operation” of Industry 5.0 (noting that these are already applied in Industry 4.0). Let’s now move on to take a look at technologies that are likely to “foster” the transition from Industry 4.0 to …
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Technology is a tool, it has always been a tool. However, there have been some technologies that have shaped evolution and actually prompted evolution. The very first technologies (stone cutting -extracting and shaping-, bronze smelting, and iron/steel production) gave the name to entire epochs. More recently we have had use …
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Apple recent announcement of the iPhone 14 capability to relay an emergency message using satellites is not a novelty in the sense that no-one has thought about it. Actually companies like T-Mobile and Verizon announced they were working to enable this feature. What is new is that the iPhone 14 …
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The 5G network is increasing the already complex 4G network monitoring and management. Introducing more flexibility and eventually deferring some operation and management aspects to third parties (users) through network slicing (a user can customise 5G by creating a sort of personalised network within the network) increases overall complexity. Operators …
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