Communications

Research from Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division has resulted in breakthrough innovations in precise point positioning (PPP) that enable nearly instant global centimetre-level accuracy. These developments pave the way to bring ‘RTK From the Sky’ performance to worldwide users through correction service products and GNSS receivers from Hexagon.

Septentrio has expanded its GNSS module portfolio with mosaic-H heading receiver. With dual antenna capabilities, this surface mount module delivers reliable heading & pitch or heading & roll information on top of centimetre-level positioning.

KP Performance Antennas, an Infinite Electronics brand and a manufacturer of wireless network antennas, has launched a new line of Yagi antennas that are well suited for utilities, oil and gas, SCADA, LoRa, RFID and inventory tracking.

The Antenna Company has announced a new WiFi 6E MIMO antenna system designed to increase network capacity, extend range and reduce latency in enterprise and industrial IoT networks. The antenna system enables simultaneous operation in the 2.4, 5 and 6GHz frequency bands, resulting in an additional 1.2GHz of spectrum an increase in available channels.

Alps Alpine has announced that it will commence supply of a High-Accuracy Positioning System Evaluation Kit employing a Bluetooth Low Energy chip in November 2020 in recognition of heightened positioning needs.

KP Performance Antennas has introduced a new five gigahertz, dual-polarised Omni antenna with an integrated radio case that fits most popular Cambium and Ubiquiti radios.KP’s new Omni antenna covers 5.1-5.9 GHz bands with 13 dBi of gain and horizontal/vertical polarisation.

Digi International has launched the Digi IX10 industrial router. The newest addition to the Digi IX industrial cellular router family is purpose-built to provide cost-effective, rightsized connectivity in industrial infrastructure environments, including: digital signage, critical asset monitoring, and unattended retail applications.

KP Performance Antennas has released a new tripleband sector antenna that is suited for fixed wireless networks. KP’s new tripleband sector antenna allows for three radios to operate with only one sector antenna, reducing leased space on the tower and installation costs.

Würth Elektronik has announced that it now offers developers wanting to use WE-MCA series chip antennas a free matching service. WE-MCA are compact SMT-mountable multilayer ceramic chip antennas available in numerous single and dual band versions.

Benetel has announced its successful demonstration of multi-vendor O-RAN hardware interoperability. This demonstration was carried out at the recent joint O-RAN ALLIANCE and TIP Plugfest, which was simultaneously hosted at the OTIC and TIP community labs located in Berlin, Madrid and Torino.