Allen H. Kupetz

4G will revolutionize wireless entertainment by allowing users to access content at broadband speeds. The killer apps for entertainment include gaming, books/magazines, gambling, video, and adult content. 4G wireless - wireless ad hoc peer-to-peer networking - eliminates the spoke-and-hub weakness of cellular architectures because the elimination of a single node does not disable the network. Simply put, if you can do it in your home or office while wired to the Internet, you can do it wirelessly in a 4G network. My son was playing Pokemon red version on his GameBoy the other day. Bored with that apparently, and bored with the other color versions of the Pokemon spectrum, and with no other kids within one meter to connect his GameBoy to via a cable, his journey with Pikachu ended for that day. But what if my son could battle against Ash, Misty, and Brock without a ca... (more)

4G and Public Safety

For the parents of the baby boomers, December 7, 1941, was a day that would live in infamy. September 11 merits the same sad distinction for the children of the baby boomers. The events of September 11 have also meant profound changes for police, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) departments throughout the country. Though they have always trained for disasters, both natural and criminal, there is a new urgency to give the men and women on the ground more tools to deal with these situations. Communications, and the cooperation and collaboration it affords, is a key eleme... (more)

The Unwired Soldier

Einstein said that while he did not know with which weapons World War III would be fought, he was certain that World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones. A conventional worldwide war now seems less likely than in Einstein's day, but the weapons of such a war remain as unpredictable as ever. One martial development that does seem clear, however, is the notion that the individual soldier must be wired to a greater degree than he is now. And on the battlefield, a truly wired soldier must be using wireless technology. The decision to change the U.S. Army's national recruiti... (more)