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Wireless Networking
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If you were in a state of cryogenic suspension for the past two decades and suddenly awoke, you would find yourself inundated with information coming from the use of cellular phones, personal computers connected to the Internet, tablets, digital music players, e-book readers, high-definition televisions, digital cameras, and a variety of other digital gadgets that have entered common households while you were asleep. Dear reader (drumroll, please), welcome to the information age, an era that can be characterized by one’s ability to disseminate and access knowledge freely and instantly, something that would have been extremely difficult to attain in the past. When the traditional industry in the 1800s shifted into the age of the Industrial Revolution, the effect on global socioeconomic and cultural conditions was phenom- enally profound. The information era we find ourselves in now leads us into another time of changing socioeconomic and cultural conditions. “Information is king” is the new mantra of our generation: how we acquire it, how we share it, and how we protect it. As we continue to experience the information technology revolution, the requirements for broadband access will become even more challenging with the growing popularity of various multimedia applications. To satisfy this expanding market need, current broadband networks need to extend their reach while new broadband infrastructures need to be deployed in developing countries without exist- ing wired broadband infrastructures. When one considers how essential the wireless Internet is to our everyday life today, it is hard to fathom that wireless Internet access was virtually nonexistent a mere two decades ago. In that time, wireless Internet technology has grown at a tremendous rate. In this book, we attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of today’s diverse wireless networking landscape.
978-1-118-12238-9
NONE
Information Technology
English
2013
1-709
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