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whitepaper This white paper presents information related to the IEEE 802.11b Wireless Local Area Networking Standard (Wi-Fi) and the Bluetooth Wireless Personal Area Networking Standard. Both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products utilize the unlicensed 2.4 GHz ISM band.
[09 Nov 2006]
News More than half (54 per cent) of computer users admit to using someone else's wi-fi without permission, research reveals. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said borrowing wi-fi internet access may feel like a victimless crime...
[15 Nov 2007]
whitepaper This paper proposes a service model (both data and voice) that uses two emerging wireless technologies (Wi-Fi and WiMAX) to deliver cost-effective broadband services. The paper focuses on the techno-economic modelling of Wi-Fi hot zones into a...
[07 Nov 2006]
whitepaper Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity transmission has upset the established order of the wireless industry, and forced everyone involved to rethink their target markets, applications, partnerships, and strategies.
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper This white paper provides an overview of Wi-Fi based real-time location tracking. It discusses the business problems that location tracking addresses, introduces the Cisco Wireless Location Appliance, provides an overview of the three methods used...
[21 Feb 2007]
News The UMTS Forum is fighting back against the threat to 3G revenues represented by the rise of public wireless LANs based on the Wi-Fi standard. As well as mobility, the benefits of 3G over Wi-Fi will include the familiar billing relationships and...
[31 Jul 2002]
whitepaper Video transmission over Wi-Fi is becoming more important, in the residence for reasons of convenience, reduced installation expense, and mobility, and in the enterprise as video sees greater application in Webinars, corporate information...
[14 Apr 2007]
whitepaper Farpoint Group has been performing detailed studies of the effects of interference on Wi-Fi-based Wireless LANs (WLANs) for much of the past year. The focus has been on exploring the nature of interference from a variety of angles, and a variety of...
[14 Apr 2007]
News A Boston, Massachusetts-based start-up says it has developed software that uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint locations better than satellite-based global positioning systems can. On Monday Skyhook Wireless announced the commercial availability of its...
[21 Jun 2005]
whitepaper In enterprise Wi-Fi environments, VoIP is a compelling application for devices such as smartphones with multiple wireless interfaces. However, the high energy consumption of Wi-Fi interfaces, especially when a device is idle, presents a significant...
[23 May 2007]
News Key industry groups have given an update on upcoming Wi-Fi standards that lay the groundwork for determining what tools manufacturers will have to work with as they develop new products. In a panel session at the Wi-Fi Planet conference on...
[05 Dec 2003]
Cheat Sheet Since the turn of the century, wi-fi hotspots have really taken off and it's almost impossible now to find a public place or office that doesn't offer wi-fi access. ABI Research predicts there will be 179,000 wi-fi hotspots worldwide this year...
[24 May 2007]
whitepaper This paper references how Wi-Fi technology is deployed and some of its advantages over traditional means. The WiMax technology in its current form will complement the 802.11 or Wi-Fi standard. One of the technological advances that are having a...
[09 Nov 2005]
News The City of London's wi-fi network, which launched today, is one of the densest citywide wireless networks in the world. The network density compares favourably to other cities around the world that have also embraced citywide wi-fi, such as Taipei...
[23 Apr 2007]
whitepaper Over the past year, many Wi-Fi Alliance members and their customers have become increasingly concerned about the vulnerabilities of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), the basic mechanism to date for interoperable security in Wi-Fi certified products.
[24 Feb 2004]
News A company best-known for connecting machines in bingo halls, motorway service stations and bookies is launching a 3,000 site Wi-Fi network in the UK, the biggest roll out of the wireless LAN technology so far in Europe.
[06 Mar 2003]
News With every man and his dog rushing to proclaim that the advent of WiMax will mean the death of Wi-Fi, proponents of the most popular local area wireless technology believe there's a healthy future ahead for it - and it doesn't depend on the laptop.
[04 May 2005]
whitepaper The city is deploying one of the nation's first carrier-class citywide Wi-Fi mesh networks. Powered by a solution encompassing a mesh network from Tropos Networks and operations support system (OSS) for subscriber management from Pronto Networks...
[25 Oct 2005]
whitepaper If every laptop is a WLAN transmitter, how can you quickly enforce a "No Wi-Fi Allowed" policy while your organization prepares its 802.11 strategy? This educational webcast will describe WLAN security threats you face, and show you how to enforce...
[20 Sep 2005]
News Five wireless products have been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance as compatible with other 802.11x kit The Wi-Fi Alliance has given its backing to the first batch of mobile devices that offer support for both cellular and 802.11x networks.
[25 Oct 2004]
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