Understanding Wireless Technology Basics
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Shafiq Mohd NorDefinition Of Wireless Technology
Wi-Fi - Wi-Fi stands for Wireless Fidelity and refers to wireless Internet services
that utilize dual band networks. This differentiates Wi-Fi from traditional pager
networks and offers the obvious advantage of two-way traffic.
IEEE – This term stands for The Institute of WEP – This is type of encryption used to secure wireless
Electrical & Electronics Engineers. This group networks. Wired Equivalent Privacy was initially designed
manages the standards in which wireless networks to offer wireless networks the same inherent security wired
are held too, as well as other computer hardware networks have. Although never quite reaching the same
standards. The IEEE makes sure that hardware level, WEP is still considered a good level of security.
made by different manufacturers is interoperable.
LAN – LAN stand for Local Area Network. WAN – WAN, or Wide Area Network, connects more then one
Similar to WAN, this network is confined to a site into a single network. An example would be three offices in
single physical site. Home networks are three cities all accessing the same Internet to do business.
considered LANs.
PAN – Personal Area Network is new term used to refer to
small network that serves a single user. An example of PAN
would be a single PC, printer, and an Internet connection.
MAN- Another new term, MAN
WML – Wireless Markup Language
stands for Metropolitan Area
was the first language used to send
Network and this type of network
content to wireless devices. WAP
offers coverage to an entire city.
devices are now more commonly
Although cost prohibitive, this
processing XHTML, and standard
useful servise can provide Internet
HTML.
access large areas.
WPA – Wi-Fi Protect Access is a
replacement technology fir WEP SSID - A service Set Identifier
keys. WPA offers dynamic attaches itself to all data packets
encryption methodology as well as that travel across a particular
hacker failsafe options to secure network.
and shut down a network.
TYPE OF WIRELESS
TECHNOLOGY
Here are the main types, listed as
applications
• Voice Communications
• Remote Control
• Remote Measurement
• Item Tracking
• Entertainment
• Navigation and Location
• Quality Management
• Risk Management
• Networking
• Monitoring
• Energy Management
• Wireless Power Transfer
Voice Communications
- This is where it all started people just talking to each other over radios, each the size
of about a hundred cell phones. While it was nice to communicate with an
actual person, it was a very slow way to exchange information.
Remote Measurement
- This a rapidly growing area of wireless technology that allows things that we’re
already measuring to be measured more cheaply, and make measurements that
were just too expensive
Item Tracking
- You can now track items easily, accurately and cheaply by attaching
wireless Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags to them.
Entertainment
- Entertainment is one of the types of wireless technology that is going to
allow us to have some quite surreal experiences in the years to come.
• Wireless speakers
• Wireless headphones
• Wireless earbuds
• Wireless Microphone
• Wireless home theatre
• Interactive wireless games
Navigation and Location
- Global Positioning Systems are becoming one of the more popular types of
wireless technology for navigation and location.
Quality Control
Damage to fragile products –
If you’re a supplier, your
reputation depends in the
care, skill and integrity of the
company that transports your
products to the customer.
The producer – can Exposure to excessive
prove that the goods temperature – Heat can spoil
have not been handled food items but it’s easy to
reasonably during record the temperature that the
transport. goods are exposed to and send
an alarm via a wireless link.
The shipping agent – can Exposure to excessive humidity –
prove that the goods have high humidity may encourage the
been handled reasonably growth of mould on some types
during transport. of fruit, especially if the
minimum temperature has also
been exceeded.
Risk Management
- Of all the types of wireless technology sensors have the widest range of
possible applications.
Networking
- Of all the types of wireless technology, wireless networking underpins the
others, as each can potentially become part of a wireless network.
Local Area Network (LAN)
Personal Area Network (PAN)
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Remote Monitoring
- This type of wireless technology, remote monitoring, always involves
the use of some kind of sensor.
Energy Management
•Maintaining a comfortable environment
In a working environment, such as a large office, careful management using a
closed loop system with distributed wireless sensors, allows you to use energy
more efficiently... minimizing waste caused by raising the air temperature
excessively, allowing it to become uncomfortably hot, while maintaining adequate
ventilation and humidity levels.
• Controlling Processes
Closely controlling energy-intensive processes, such as some factory production
lines, can bring about a significant savings in energy and reduction in costs.
Power Transfer
- Here are some examples of types of wireless technology that are used
to supply power...
A computer mouse receiving energy wirelessly from a special active
mouse pad.
Wireless stereo headphones with internal batteries recharging via a
re-charge docking station where they are placed when not in use.
An electric toothbrush wirelessly receiving energy from its docking
holder to charge its batteries.
ADVANTAGE OF
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
It’s a quick and easy way to
Is that it allows you to move
connect computers and share a
around the office without having
single internet connection, as
to plug in or change setting on
well as add new machines to the
your computer.
network.
The growing trend is that
Setting up wireless network also corporations are encouraging
easier then you might think and workers to telecommute and
you don’t need a degree in IT to stay in field. This gives the
do it. freedom to the workers. They
can have flexible work hours.
Warehouses can start processing
orders, while the sales team is
on the field. This provides faster
delivery of goods. The whole
supply chain gets the benefits
from this process.
They do not need to
reserve office cubicles
for telecommuting
workers. Money is
saved from the reduced
office equipment costs.
DISADVANTAGES OF
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
The development in the
communication systems The comforts of the
and the networking has wireless networks poses
given rise to the wireless serious security threats.
networks.
The risk of data being lost is
Interface is highly risky to be
increasing. And the current
used for official private
wireless encryption protocols are
information. The speed and
difficult to handle moreover the
the viability of the wireless
common users are not aware of
signals drop as more and more
the ways of addressing wireless
users use the same frequency.
security matters.
The wireless signals are also
attuned by the barriers such as
walls, doors and devices itself.
The setup of the wireless
technology is difficult
maintain.
Wireless signals are
Hence it an unstable prone to disrupt by the
network. infrared and radio
signals.
Needs to transfer
Have four times more
confidential data over
expensive than wired
the network wireless
technology due to their
technology is a serious
difficult setup.
risk to be used.
The various health
problems that wireless
can pose are memory
loss and even cancer.
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