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Video is fast becoming a lynchpin in today’s communication mix and it is easy to get dogged down when trying to understand how streaming video works, given the numerous standards used for compression and the plethora of devices plus software. In recent posts the video compression contestants in the market, their solutions and patent strategies were reviewed. In this post I’ll highlight three

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Part II of “Video Rules - Codecs Engage” reviewed the next-generation video codec scenario and the potential, forward-looking success of its contestants and their solutions, namely the industry alliances MPEG LA, HEVC Advance and Alliance for Open Media (Google, Cisco, Amazon, Netflix, Intel, Microsoft and Mozilla). Here in Part III video market segmentation takes center stage, affording a

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In a recent post on high-resolution screens for smartphones I used the term 4K for describing the resolution of mobile screens with 3840 x 2160 pixels and was quickly and rightly reprimanded by an observant reader paying attention to detail. Indeed, I had fallen prey to marketing lingo. Strictly speaking 4K is a standard defined by industry consortium DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives) that

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New video codecs are mushrooming of late to address the enormous market opportunity. The focus of my last blog was on long codec development cycles and the resulting labyrinth of patents from technology providers. Let’s look at the current state of affairs in this market now.   To date the video codec H.264, also known as AVC (Advanced Video Codec), has dominated the industry in all market

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By the time we reach 2019, almost 90 % of all traffic on global networks will be of the type video. That’s what the networking giant Cisco predicts in their ongoing visual networking index (VNI) forecast. To give some sense of scale why this is not off the mark, check out the table below which compares the file size of different media types when spending some 10 seconds previewing content on

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Two words such as network neutrality evoke a swath of opinions and they mean different things to different people. “Treat all data equally” is the baseline slogan. None of us really want operators like wireless carriers, cable companies or Internet service provides (ISPs) who control the network to be able to throttle the speed, block certain content or cap data by type and prioritize those

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Fifth-generation technology, mostly known as 5G, is already stumping up millions of dollars in research even though the standards framework for next-generation communication networks is to be set within the time corridor 2017 - 2019 and first commercial solutions expected to go live during 2020. Equipment vendors and component manufacturers want a part of the action when this happens because

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Mobility continues to shape and restructure our private and working lives in fascinating and incredible ways. Cellular networks and short-range technologies such as WiFi are its primary enablers. On the cellular front, mobile operators and wireless carriers have shouldered the immense cost of rolling out infrastructure and licensing spectrum. But are they participating in due measure as mobile

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What does it take to capture attention at a packed trade show amidst all the hustle and bustle? In my case it was a single slide that promised a charge time of no less than ten minutes for a new smartphone due to be released. I stopped dead in my tracks whilst passing the Samsung booth at the 2015 Mobile World Congress - the specs of Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, were being

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Ready for the self-driving car? With all the hoopla surrounding this hot topic during January's CES in Las Vegas, many observers have been foiled to believe we're almost there.  With this in mind, I traversed the exhibition halls of last week's record-breaking Mobile World Congress (MWC 2015) in search of the automotive industry's latest answer to its autonomous future. On the

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In my last post I ventured to predict that 4K displays will become mainstream on high-end smartphones at some point even though they’re unlikely to deliver a better viewing experience for the mobile user on average. To become a game changer, it takes more than just adding a impressive new feature to a device to attain that immersive cinematic experience. What about 4K video content? Is enough

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The new year has just begun and the mobile industry is bracing for the splash of 4K displays in the smartphone market. Will smartphones with Ultra-High-Definition (UHD - the acronym denoting 4K resolution) become a runaway success? They promise a four times higher resolution than the current high-end of small screen technology. They also require four times the amount of data to transfer and a

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Last week I attended the Medica right on my doorstep here in Düsseldorf. My goal was to investigate the state of mobile healthcare - mHealth - with a focus on personal medical electronics. We’ve seen lots of fitness devices becoming mainstream over the past years, but what about personal devices for those who have a chronic ailment? For the uninitiated: Medica is the world’s largest event in the

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In my last blog I referred to the return of digital signal processing in the form of a discrete, low-power chip that acts as co-processor to the main applications processor of a smartphone or mobile device. Taking this one step further raises some fundamental questions. How complex are these helping hands in terms of their signal processing capabilities? Determining motion Let’s take the

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Back in the nineties the digital signal processor (DSP) had its heyday. It was a completely different beast compared with CISCs (complex instruction set computers) like Intel’s Pentium or RISCs (reduced instruction set computer) like ARM’s IP cores. DSPs allowed complex mathematical algorithms to be processed in real-time based on the fundamental mutliplier-accumulator structure of their

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Slated for release in early 2015, the Apple Watch will certainly raise eyebrows in many ways, possibly heralding in the consumerization of smartwatches. The company’s general mobile philosophy has been to cram more sensors into products than most of its competitors do. By integrating sensors, users not only carry a desktop computer in pocket format with them but a truly smart mobile device. One

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Touted as the next big wave of consumer devices to impact our lifestyles, smartwatches will supposedly change many of our daily habits. Or will this be just one more device that finds it way into some drawer of collectibles after a few weeks of use?  Examining my own behaviour, I have to admit that I always wore a wrist watch until the day I became the proud owner of my first cell phone. On

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Fueled by WhatsApp peer pressure, our ten-year old recently bought his first smartphone. Make: Huawei. Price: Euro 70.00 without a plan/contract. Performance: admirable. Anyone used to Apple’s macrocosm will find it hard to believe that a smartphone can retail at that price. Mobile phones in Europe used to be all about Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola and Siemens. Then came Apple and Samsung. Names

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Spectrum seems similar to real estate. At least that's the image that is conjured up by the often used analogy "public or private beachfront?". You could argue the beach (spectrum) belongs to government (regulator) who should plan its best use for its people, either by selling it off (licensed spectrum) to an investor (carrier) with strict clauses for its development (cellular infrastructure

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Smartphones are great - next to that essential phone call, they give us email and Internet access on the go, updates on friends through social media, help in finding the way to a new restaurant, and a plethora of other useful features. On the other side, they give operators the challenge and headache of how to solve congestion on their cellular networks. Apple's first iPhone, its touchscreen,

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It feels like the early morning rush of commuters at a train station on a key junction, yet I'm on the upper walkway that connects the 8 pavilions at the new Fira Gran Via expo grounds in Barcelona that is host to the Mobile World Congress. Over 85000 attendees flocked to the annual gathering of the worldwide mobile crowd this year (2014) to see the products and services of more than

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