Reason for Mitsubishi's recent license extension?? Is this HDR based?
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Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Enters Wireless Data Communications Market With New IP-based Network Technology Designed to Provide Low-cost, High Speed, Mobile Internet Access -- SWIFTcomm System Delivers Internet Data to Virtually any Mobile Device -- from PDAs and Notebooks to Moving Vehicles
Story Filed: Thursday, December 14, 2000 7:02 AM EST
NEW YORK, Dec 14, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC) today unveiled SWIFTcomm, a
revolutionary all IP (Internet Protocol)
-based wireless solution, to potential business partners and aims to deploy the technology in the U.S. by the end of 2001. With a simple, open architecture, SWIFTcomm (Smart Wireless Internet for Field Teamwork) provides mobile users the ability to secure high-speed Internet connections on almost any mobile device using its unique @irPointer -- a pocket-sized mobile routing device -- even when traveling at speeds as high as 100 mph.
At a time when many consumers are disappointed with the current performance of the wireless Web, SWIFTcomm offers a solution that benefits both service providers and end users alike. Additionally, SWIFTcomm will be capable of delivering error-free data at speeds up to 20mbps -- at a fraction of the cost of cellular based networks.
"Easily available wireless IP access for devices will have a very important impact upon the information revolution," said Edward Feigenbaum, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University. "The proposed SWIFTcomm technology and system. . . is one of just a few contenders in this important area. ...Its simplicity might be a significant success factor."
The simple, IP-based architecture of the SWIFTcomm network, consisting of servers and routers, offers a significantly low deployment cost and can deliver data at bit cost of nearly zero. The flexible structure meets diversified market needs and features two distinct network offerings:
-- SWIFTcomm N. (narrowband) offers a wider coverage area per base station and enables robust and bit error free transmissions to users in dense metropolitan areas and when traveling at high speeds.
-- SWIFTcomm W. (wideband) at its initial stage creates a ubiquitous computing environment with data speeds more than five times faster than projections for third generation cellular networks (3G) in a system that will cost approximately one-tenth to deploy. In its next stage, the SWIFTcomm network has the potential to reach data speeds as high as 20Mbps.
"SWIFTcomm offers a fast and easy system to realize the full power of the Internet via any wireless device," said Mark Bregman, CEO of AirMedia.com and former GM of IBM Pervasive Computing. "By offering compelling wireless Internet solutions to the market, AirMedia expects SWIFTcomm as a partner and platform to market our products and services.
MMC recently deployed a trial narrowband network in New York to demonstrate and prove system features for a series of meetings with potential value chain partners. Meetings were conducted with automobile manufacturers, wireless network operators, content providers, device manufacturers, and financial institutions.
"The meetings and demonstrations were very well received," said Dr. Rikuo Takano, President of MMC's Mobile Business Strategy Division and founder of the SWIFTcomm technology. "They have provided us with an excellent foundation for us to build upon and starting point for further business discussions."
Core Technologies
The SWIFTcomm network is simply composed of base stations, servers, and mobile devices, all of which perform IP-based routing functions. SWIFTcomm core software technologies include:
-- IPMATM(Internet Packet Multiple Access): Enables multiple access and broadcasting using IP header without transmission Power Control inherent to CDMA.
-- KhivaTM Software: Enables connectivity throughout various transmission zones.
-- Amp.RTM: Ensures smooth packet routing handoffs in areas with overlapping coverage from more than one base station.
SWIFTcomm utilizes new MMC antenna technology in both the base stations and mobile devices that are incomparably small in size, yet achieve high gain and wide band coverage (applicable from 400MHz to 2GHz).
"SWIFTcomm's use of IPMA, a universally designed air interface for compact data and multimedia, and Khiva, an open Internet application architecture, creates the ultimate solution for wireless Internet communications," says Dr. Takeshi Hattori, an authority on wireless network system design and a professor at Sophia University, Tokyo.
SWIFTcomm Network Offerings
SWIFTcomm Telematics: The SWIFTcomm narrowband offering (available Q4, 2001) will provide seamless nationwide coverage, making it well suited for telematics applications such as:
-- Short messaging services with text-to-voice conversion and voice recognition
-- Safety and emergency measure
-- Diagnostics and primary care
-- Stolen car and cargo tracking
SWIFTcomm Ubiquitous: The SWIFTcomm wideband offering will provide a ubiquitous computing environment with broad access to all Internet content including e-commerce, news, music, video and games.
"SWIFTcomm can radically change the field of distributed collaboration and communication environment," said Dr. Hiroshi Ishii, MIT Associate Professor and authority on tangible computing. "The concept of the @irpointer may become a shortcut to ubiquitous computing."
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