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[Hamartia Antidote]

Currently Beidou positioning has limited coverage (Asia-Pacific). Global coverage is anticipated by 2020. In China, the system is being commercialized.

BeiDou 2 Coverage

The system has been sold to over 30 countries. Obviously it is an incremental development and currently China's BeiDou is behind its competitors in terms of global reach.

But, the Chinese market will certainly be monopolized by it. That's good for both economy and China's national security.

Beidou system poised to spread wings - China - Chinadaily.com.cn

China's Beidou navigation satellite system, whose positioning accuracy will reach 2.5 meters by 2020, will soon provide services to more countries.

The National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation said China will cooperate with several countries, including Mexico, Israel and Sweden, to improve establishment of the Beidou system and geoinformation database.

International cooperation and establishing monitoring stations in foreign countries are essential for improving the accuracy of the system, said Li Pengde, the administration's deputy director.

"The system now covers the Asia-Pacific region, but by 2020 it will cover the whole world," Li said at the third United Nations global geo-spatial information management forum, being held in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday.

Miao Qianjun, executive vice-president of the Global Navigation Satellite System and Location-Based Service Association of China, said the country will cooperate with Singapore, Malaysia and other Asian countries to promote the Beidou system.

"This year, China has worked with some Southeast Asian countries to promote the system, including Thailand, Pakistan and Laos," Miao said. "Next year will be essential for expanding the system in the Asia-Pacific region."

In July, China and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding on the joint application of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System and Russia's Glonass system, allowing the two nations to establish navigation system monitoring stations in each country from this year.

"Beidou system equipment has been sold to more than 30 countries," said a deputy director of the Navigation Satellite System and Location-Based Service Association of China, who asked not to be named.

"In 2013, the output value of the satellite navigation industry reached 104 billion yuan ($17 billion) in China, while only one-tenth came from the domestically made system," the industry insider said, adding that Beidou occupies only 1 percent of the Asia-Pacific market.

"Compared with some other systems, Beidou hasn't been put into commercial use for a long time," he said. "It needs time to develop and promote itself."

Beidou, the United States' GPS, the European Union's Galileo and Russia's Glonass are the navigation system suppliers authorized by the UN.

The Beidou system has been installed in more than 200 car models in China and its chips have been embedded in 40 million smartphones.

The system now has 16 satellites and plans to establish a global coverage network through 36 geostationary orbit and non-geostationary orbit satellites by 2020.


China Military Online English Edition

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com...idou-chinas-satellite-navigation-system/?_r=0

China’s own satellite navigation system has won a stamp of approval from an international maritime body, an important step toward its goal of global acceptance for its answer to the United States’ Global Positioning System (GPS).

The Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations body that sets standards for international shipping, formally included Beidou in the World-Wide Radionavigation System during its Nov. 17-21 meeting. This means that the Chinese system has become the third system, after GPS and Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), recognized by the United Nations body for operations at sea.

You are confusing Beidou with Baidu

 

[Jlaw]

Is Huawei SOE or private or....?

Wasn't Huawei started by a former PLA personnel? I think Huawei is special case POE with government backing.

 

[TaiShang]

You are confusing Beidou with Baidu

My bad. I meant to reply to @AndrewJin 's post, but quoted yours by mistake.

As for Baidu:

Huawei and Baidu sign MOU to jointly develop indoor mobile Internet
TT Correspondent | | 09 Mar 2015

Huawei along with Baidu, the world's leading integrated Internet service provider, formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of cooperation between Huawei's innovative solution "Service Anchor" and "Baidu map".

With the joint development of technical innovation, product development, and marketing promotion, Huawei and Baidu plan to accelerate the development of mobile internet applications based on indoor scenarios. To further explore the new business models for launching ICT convergence solutions across the industry achieving a win-win strategic cooperation.

"We are helping operators upgrade in-building solutions with digitalization which can bring three significant benefits to the operator. First, enhancing the indoor MBB experience; second, helping the operator with smart deployment and easier operational efficiency of in-building solutions. Third and most important for the operator is enabling the telecom network to open up additional pipeline capacity and resources for generating more mobile applications and new business models,” said Peter Zhou, President of Huawei’s Small Cell Product Line.

"The cooperation with Huawei will not only serve to further enhance Baidu Map in indoor coverage ratio and user experience in indoor scenarios, but also helpful for probing indoor navigation, indoor precise marketing and other new businesses, and also will be very beneficial to Baidu’s strategy in the mobile Internet industry. In the near future, Small Cell will be the "Indoor GPS". Huawei’s Service Anchor has a strong capability to open network resources, one of the tools essential for developing and exploring new business models and applications for use in indoor scenarios,” said Guangfu Su, Director of Baidu LBS Domain.

The cooperation between Huawei and Baidu will help operators to bring "content into the pipe" and "pipe for new business" based on a win-win development model. For best user experience, the content and application should be managed by efficiently utilizing the network resources. Operators are looking for new business opportunities to share the network resources to benefit from developing enterprise market as a new market space. The convergence between network and applications will continue to enhance the user experience. This will generate new business streams and will redefine a new business model of cross-industry cooperation.

As the leading solutions provider in the communications industry, Huawei has end- to-end mobile broadband network products and solutions, as well as wide cooperation with several global operators and extensive network deployment experience. Service Anchor is based on open platform for carriers to open their network resources and capabilities for third party applications.

Baidu, one of the most recognizable Internet companies in China, has successfully transformed itself into a mobile business. It provides one of the world’s leading mapping services named "Baidu Map". Baidu is committed to promoting services such as indoor navigation, location search, map based precision indoor advertisement and marketing.

 

[AndrewJin]

My bad. I meant to reply to @AndrewJin 's post, but quoted yours by mistake.

As for Baidu:

Huawei and Baidu sign MOU to jointly develop indoor mobile Internet
TT Correspondent | | 09 Mar 2015

Huawei along with Baidu, the world's leading integrated Internet service provider, formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of cooperation between Huawei's innovative solution "Service Anchor" and "Baidu map".

With the joint development of technical innovation, product development, and marketing promotion, Huawei and Baidu plan to accelerate the development of mobile internet applications based on indoor scenarios. To further explore the new business models for launching ICT convergence solutions across the industry achieving a win-win strategic cooperation.

"We are helping operators upgrade in-building solutions with digitalization which can bring three significant benefits to the operator. First, enhancing the indoor MBB experience; second, helping the operator with smart deployment and easier operational efficiency of in-building solutions. Third and most important for the operator is enabling the telecom network to open up additional pipeline capacity and resources for generating more mobile applications and new business models,” said Peter Zhou, President of Huawei’s Small Cell Product Line.

"The cooperation with Huawei will not only serve to further enhance Baidu Map in indoor coverage ratio and user experience in indoor scenarios, but also helpful for probing indoor navigation, indoor precise marketing and other new businesses, and also will be very beneficial to Baidu’s strategy in the mobile Internet industry. In the near future, Small Cell will be the "Indoor GPS". Huawei’s Service Anchor has a strong capability to open network resources, one of the tools essential for developing and exploring new business models and applications for use in indoor scenarios,” said Guangfu Su, Director of Baidu LBS Domain.

The cooperation between Huawei and Baidu will help operators to bring "content into the pipe" and "pipe for new business" based on a win-win development model. For best user experience, the content and application should be managed by efficiently utilizing the network resources. Operators are looking for new business opportunities to share the network resources to benefit from developing enterprise market as a new market space. The convergence between network and applications will continue to enhance the user experience. This will generate new business streams and will redefine a new business model of cross-industry cooperation.

As the leading solutions provider in the communications industry, Huawei has end- to-end mobile broadband network products and solutions, as well as wide cooperation with several global operators and extensive network deployment experience. Service Anchor is based on open platform for carriers to open their network resources and capabilities for third party applications.

Baidu, one of the most recognizable Internet companies in China, has successfully transformed itself into a mobile business. It provides one of the world’s leading mapping services named "Baidu Map". Baidu is committed to promoting services such as indoor navigation, location search, map based precision indoor advertisement and marketing.

Five years ago, I wouldn't use Baidu. I used google.com.cn, google map, MSN, eBay, etc...
Now, I used Baidu.com, Baidu map, QQ, Wechat, Alipay, Taobao.com, youku.com, etc.

 

[Víðarr]

You seriously have no idea, dude!

The statement that Beidou can "accomodate" GPS is BS.

GPS and Beidou are separate systems, with separate satellite constellations. The chips that are designed to use their signals and hence triangulate can be manufactured to use either GPS or Beidou, or both. In some years, usage of both for commercial usage will become norm, simply because greater number of satellites will give more accuracy.

Also, the satellite detecting signal isn't that big a deal. The issue is to have a commercial transmitter in the mobile which can reliably send strong and accurate signals to near space. That is the main constraint, again independent of the system that you use. And hence, there is no scope of 2 way communication from your cell or any general commercial device.

He's likely talking about receivers (based on his comment that seems to be the most probable likelihood), and yes, some receivers can attain signals from GLONASS, BeiDou, GPS and other similar systems. GPS and BeiDou are different, and offer different capabilities such as BeiDou's telecommunications capability (allowing users to speak with each other using BeiDou satellites as a conduit), which GPS doesn't offer, but you are right that BeiDou satellites and GPS wont communicate with each other.

BeiDou receivers can accommodate GPS, but GPS receivers can accommodate BeiDou, so that's not exclusive. BeiDou satellites can't communication with or receive signals from GPS satellites though.

You can see the confirmation that BeiDou will receive GPS here - BeiDou Precision Nav Will Receive GPS, GLONASS, Galileo Signals : GPS World

A senior Chinese government space official on Feb. 5 said precision-navigation user receivers in China will be fitted with chipsets receiving satellite signals from BeiDou, GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo, according to Space News. The move could accelerate the trend among navigation chipset and receiver makers to build gear for multi-constellation reception, and at the same time undermine regional measures to promote one system over others.

Chen Zhi, deputy chief designer of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp., said China’s early deployment of satellite navigation receivers for precision agriculture already feature multi-constellation GPS-Beidou receivers.

The United States and European Union have signed World Trade Organization agreements for their constellations, GPS and Galileo. China and Russia are not part of the agreements.

Here we can see quad-constellation capabilities being offered by a European system:

Quad-Constellation Receiver: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou : GPS World

It's not as if this isn't unheard of for receivers, its just not going to happen with individual satellites.

If anyone needs a clarification on satellite communications, speak with @SvenSvensonov it was his job in the USN. He has real-world experience with SATCOMS, something I doubt anyone else here has.

 

[Keel]

He's likely talking about receivers (based on his comment that seems to be the most probable likelihood), and yes, some receivers can attain signals from GLONASS, BeiDou, GPS and other similar systems. GPS and BeiDou are different, and offer different capabilities such as BeiDou's telecommunications capability (allowing users to speak with each other using BeiDou satellites as a conduit), which GPS doesn't offer, but you are right that BeiDou satellites and GPS wont communicate with each other.

BeiDou receivers can accommodate GPS, but GPS receivers can accommodate BeiDou, so that's not exclusive. BeiDou satellites can't communication with or receive signals from GPS satellites though.

You can see the confirmation that BeiDou will receive GPS here - BeiDou Precision Nav Will Receive GPS, GLONASS, Galileo Signals : GPS World

A senior Chinese government space official on Feb. 5 said precision-navigation user receivers in China will be fitted with chipsets receiving satellite signals from BeiDou, GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo, according to Space News. The move could accelerate the trend among navigation chipset and receiver makers to build gear for multi-constellation reception, and at the same time undermine regional measures to promote one system over others.

Chen Zhi, deputy chief designer of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp., said China’s early deployment of satellite navigation receivers for precision agriculture already feature multi-constellation GPS-Beidou receivers.

The United States and European Union have signed World Trade Organization agreements for their constellations, GPS and Galileo. China and Russia are not part of the agreements.

Here we can see quad-constellation capabilities being offered by a European system:

Quad-Constellation Receiver: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou : GPS World

It's not as if this isn't unheard of for receivers, its just not going to happen with individual satellites.

If anyone needs a clarification on satellite communications, speak with @SvenSvensonov it was his job in the USN. He has real-world experience with SATCOMS, something I doubt anyone else here has.

Good try
The delusionals may still not acknowledge the specific functions of Beidou

On the bold part, GPS' accomodation of Beidou is later than Beidou on GPS then and now not exclusive to Beidou as you said so Beidou was there first

I have not done a search on other systems and I dont know if GPS or other systems would have this accomodating function

On civil applications I think Beidou suffers in accuracy to GPS. But military applications require a different take

Cheers

ps can the Indians master the tech? May be or may be not but definitely not now depending on if they will ask for assistance from USA/Russia again.

Chinese traditional art of paper folding and cutting

 

[TaiShang]

China's thinnest glass record broken by company in Luoyang (4)
(Xinhua) 21:01, March 26, 2015


A worker shows the tenacity of a piece of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 24, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)

A worker observes the production of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 24, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)


A worker shows a piece of thin glass which can be used as the screen of a cellphone in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 24, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)


A worker measures the thickness of a piece of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 24, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)


Workers show the tenacity of a piece of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 26, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)

 

[cirr]

CTC8096: Centec Networks launches SDN intelligent high-density 10-Gigabit chip

OFweek | Posted: 26 Mar 2015, 15:45

Share: OFweek) - Centec Networks, a leading supplier of SDN chips and whitebox switch equipments, launched SDN intelligent high-density 10-Gigabit chip CTC8096. The new chip CTC8096 is fourth-generation switch chip that is independently developed by Centec. The chip is born in the trend of cloud computing, big data and network function virtualization, which features the industry-leading capacity, performance, function, power consumption and high cost-efficiency, aiming to help accelerate the global network into the era of large-scale intelligent 10-Gigabit by virtue of core chip.

Besides, CTC8096 has a 1.2Tbps switching capacity, and is equipped with 96 10-Gigabit (10G) ports, 24 40-Gigabit (40G) ports and 4 100-Gigabit (100G) ports, supporting L2/L3/MPLS and data center function and other features. Through the original N-Flow technology, the chip fully supports OpenFlow application, and it has an outstanding performance especially in the flexible multi-level flow meter and single-chip flow meter (can be configured with 64K at most). Among other chips in the same grade globally, CTC8096 is the first chip that supports interface on the 100G chip directly through 4x25G SerDes, eliminating the need for traditional expensive external 10x10G/4x25G interface converter chip.

Currently, CTC8096 has begun to provide samples, and it is expected to be mass produced in the third quarter of 2015.

CTC8096: Centec Networks launches SDN intelligent high-density 10-Gigabit chip - OFweek News

 

[AndrewJin]

China's thinnest glass record broken by company in Luoyang (4)
(Xinhua) 21:01, March 26, 2015


A worker shows the tenacity of a piece of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 24, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)

A worker observes the production of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 24, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)


A worker shows a piece of thin glass which can be used as the screen of a cellphone in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 24, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)


A worker measures the thickness of a piece of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 24, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)


Workers show the tenacity of a piece of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 26, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)

unstoppable Chinese!

 

[AndrewJin]

CTC8096: Centec Networks launches SDN intelligent high-density 10-Gigabit chip

OFweek | Posted: 26 Mar 2015, 15:45

Share: OFweek) - Centec Networks, a leading supplier of SDN chips and whitebox switch equipments, launched SDN intelligent high-density 10-Gigabit chip CTC8096. The new chip CTC8096 is fourth-generation switch chip that is independently developed by Centec. The chip is born in the trend of cloud computing, big data and network function virtualization, which features the industry-leading capacity, performance, function, power consumption and high cost-efficiency, aiming to help accelerate the global network into the era of large-scale intelligent 10-Gigabit by virtue of core chip.

Besides, CTC8096 has a 1.2Tbps switching capacity, and is equipped with 96 10-Gigabit (10G) ports, 24 40-Gigabit (40G) ports and 4 100-Gigabit (100G) ports, supporting L2/L3/MPLS and data center function and other features. Through the original N-Flow technology, the chip fully supports OpenFlow application, and it has an outstanding performance especially in the flexible multi-level flow meter and single-chip flow meter (can be configured with 64K at most). Among other chips in the same grade globally, CTC8096 is the first chip that supports interface on the 100G chip directly through 4x25G SerDes, eliminating the need for traditional expensive external 10x10G/4x25G interface converter chip.

Currently, CTC8096 has begun to provide samples, and it is expected to be mass produced in the third quarter of 2015.

CTC8096: Centec Networks launches SDN intelligent high-density 10-Gigabit chip - OFweek News

a complete industry: from clothes to chips, from white goods to HSR!Today I am having a spring outing in Wuhan University and Han Street, will share with you guys tonight.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

unstoppable Chinese!

Read it again carefully....that's the "Chinese" record.
Bending world's thinnest glass shows atoms' dance | Cornell Chronicle


"Now, a research team led by David A. Muller, professor of applied and engineering physics and co-director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, and Ute Kaiser, professor at the University of Ulm, has used an electron microscope to bend, deform and melt the one-molecule-thick glass."

 

[TaiShang]

a complete industry: from clothes to chips, from white goods to HSR!Today I am having a spring outing in Wuhan University and Han Street, will share with you guys tonight.

Looking forward to viewing them

Rumors: Xiaomi Water Purifier coming in April at 499 Yuan ($80)
Mar 27, 2015

Xiaomi is on a roll this year, with plenty of announcements already made in the first quarter of 2015 alone. Last year, the company had entered a brand new industry by announcing its new Air Purifier. Today, we have some new reports which claim that the company may expand into a new purifying business, this time by launching a Xiaomi Water Purifier.

Even before the release of the Xiaomi Air Purifier, the company had an account on Weibo with the name “Xiaomi Purifiers”. However, later the account disappeared. Now, a Chinese media website reports that the account may soon be enabled.



The same source also reports that the company will release the new Xiaomi Water Purifier as soon as this April for a price tag of 499 Yuan. It is also said that it will be a RO based purifier.

Unfortunately, we don’t have any other details of the device. But since Xiaomi revealed recently that it is interested in smart home products, it may have some unique features such as Wi-Fi, water quality indicator etc.

Xiaomi is yet to reveal any plans for such a product, so its best to wait for an official word from the company.

 

[AndrewJin]

Looking forward to viewing them

Rumors: Xiaomi Water Purifier coming in April at 499 Yuan ($80)
Mar 27, 2015

Xiaomi is on a roll this year, with plenty of announcements already made in the first quarter of 2015 alone. Last year, the company had entered a brand new industry by announcing its new Air Purifier. Today, we have some new reports which claim that the company may expand into a new purifying business, this time by launching a Xiaomi Water Purifier.

Even before the release of the Xiaomi Air Purifier, the company had an account on Weibo with the name “Xiaomi Purifiers”. However, later the account disappeared. Now, a Chinese media website reports that the account may soon be enabled.



The same source also reports that the company will release the new Xiaomi Water Purifier as soon as this April for a price tag of 499 Yuan. It is also said that it will be a RO based purifier.

Unfortunately, we don’t have any other details of the device. But since Xiaomi revealed recently that it is interested in smart home products, it may have some unique features such as Wi-Fi, water quality indicator etc.

Xiaomi is yet to reveal any plans for such a product, so its best to wait for an official word from the company.

I've just arrived in Wuhan Station, bought a ticket in a TVM and will take a train to Xianning and then come back to Wuhan Station. That's a crazy railway fan!

 

[AndrewJin]

Wuhan Railway Station
Waiting for my train to Xianning.

 

[Martian2]

Read it again carefully....that's the "Chinese" record.
Bending world's thinnest glass shows atoms' dance | Cornell Chronicle


"Now, a research team led by David A. Muller, professor of applied and engineering physics and co-director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, and Ute Kaiser, professor at the University of Ulm, has used an electron microscope to bend, deform and melt the one-molecule-thick glass."

You should read the Chinese glass description more carefully.

"Workers show the tenacity of a piece of thin glass in a factory in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 26, 2015. A glass producing company in Luoyang has broken China's thinnest glass record it keeps at 0.33 millimeters with a new kind of glass with a thickness of 0.25 millimeters, which is also good in tenacity and can satisfy the need for the screen of cellphones, laptops and navigation machines. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)"