... built-in Wi-Fi capability and any standard notebook computer can easily become Wi-Fi enabled by simply plugging in an appropriate Wi-Fi network card (also known as a PCMCIA card)."" This new technology allows for Internet users to connect nearly 50 times faster than standard modem ... on the 802.11b platform, developed and supported by the institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)."" A Wi-Fi network can connect computer's together to share such hardware and software resources as printers and the Internet. That means everyone patched can share stored files, photos, and ... ...

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... with wired networks, especially in environments that require frequent moves and changes • Scalability - WLAN systems are easily configured and rearranged to accommodate a variety of office settings and number of users, from small to extensive. How a Wireless LAN works In a typical WLAN configuration, a transmitter/receiver device, or access point, connects to the wired network from a fixed location ... guest baggage • Education - Wireless communications among buildings reduces the cost and labor of wiring campuses. Students and teachers can communicate anywhere on campus. No need to ...

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... with wired networks, especially in environments that require frequent moves and changes • Scalability - WLAN systems are easily configured and rearranged to accommodate a variety of office settings and number of users, from small to extensive. How a Wireless LAN works In a typical WLAN configuration, a transmitter/receiver device, or access point, connects to the wired network from a fixed location ... guest baggage • Education - Wireless communications among buildings reduces the cost and labor of wiring campuses. Students and teachers can communicate anywhere on campus. No need to ...

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... wireless real estate listing service that lets brokers and agents get up to the minute information on properties using BlackBerry wireless handheld, basic PDAs, laptops, or wireless phone. BlackBerry allows users to stay connected with secure, wireless access to email and be able to integration various email accounts with 'Always On, Always Connected' capability, corporate data, phone, web and ... to eliminate paper forms and reference materials, provide real-time navigation, and manage remote diagnostic systems. The actual cost savings that results from the reduced need for associated ...

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... from its ability to predict what the next task will be and start on it or shut itself down between clock cycles to save power. A Centrino-powered laptop will "unwire" computer users from their desks. The new Centrino module represents step toward wireless networking. On Jan. 8, 2003 - Intel Corporation said Intel Centrino mobile technology is the new brand name for its upcoming ... with cellular bandwidth. If personal computers were the first stage of the digital revolution and the Internet the second, then Wi-Fi is the third stage, letting you take your computer and the 'Net wherever y...

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... . 374). Packet switching breaks down the information being sent into units of variable length known as "packets." Breaking the information down in to packets makes it possible to have multiple users on the same channel. Packets of information are assembled and disassembled by a P.A.D. (packet assembler/disassembler). These packets of information do not necessarily end up at the receiving end in the ... at the receiving node and placed in their original order. Bluetooth technology seems to be a very important step in communications field. Being able to update the files in your personal co...

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... . "In this environment researchers are thinking of new concepts such as ad hoc networking (Fig. 1 Appendix A), nomadic access (Fig. 2 Appendix A), and mobile computing that leads to the fusion of the computer and communications in a ubiquitous computing environment" (Chase 89). Typical applications of this process include a wireless campus or a wireless battlefield in which a user (student/soldier) can move withing a local area with ... in wireless access technologies and miniaturization of mobile terminals" (Pandya 44). Digital Cordless Telecommunication Systems are intended to provide ...

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... , while wireless networked devices can connect to other devices at a range of 100 meters. It is said that in the short term as bluetooth gains popularity in the United States, users will tend to give their devices bluetooth capabilities using external devices, but on the long-term bluetooth will tend to be integrated more and more different appliances and devices. Speed ... bluetooth can have two layers of encryption or two different passwords which are needed to access that device, while wireless networks act in the same way that networks on our computer act. Meaning when you get access...

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