Wi-Fi hotspot networks sprout like mushrooms.

Wi-Fi hotspot networks sprout like mushrooms.

What began as a plaything among technology buffs in the United States has quietly evolved into the fastest-growing wireless data application in the world. All over, networks based on the IEEE's 802.11b wireless local-area networking standard, known also by the commercial trademark Wi-Fi, have b...

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Publicado en:IEEE spectrum 39, 9 (2002).
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Materias:
3G cellular telephony.
Europe.
GSM.
Global System for Mobile Communications.
IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN standard.
Wi-Fi hotspot networks.
Business.
Coffee shops.
Commercial trademark.
Global standards organizations.
Service companies.
Third-generation mobile technologies.
Waiting rooms.
Wireless data application.
Wireless data network.
Wireless local area network.