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Wireless - The Facts:

The term “wireless” refers to any type of data, video or audio telecommunications transmissions that use radio or electromagnetic waves as all or part of the communication path to a receiver. This receiver may be a part of a computer network, mobile device, or something as common as the television in your family room.

As Wireless transmissions do not require an electrical conductor , such as copper wire to pass through to communicate, distances between transmitters and receivers may be short, or extremely long. For example, a TV remote uses a wireless signal to change TV channels from a few feet away. Similarly, scientists receive data from, radio signals via satellite, but at distances of up to millions of miles, facilitating communication with complex scientific tools such as the Cassini space craft, or Hubbell Telescope .

Wireless communication, which is generally considered to be a branch of telecommunications, has experienced drastic changes over the last 50 years. Driven by technological innovation, Wireless operations permit services, such as long range communications, that are impossible or impractical to implement using wire, or cable.

Wireless Communications encompass every day consumer /industrial items such as:

Microwave transmissions
Satellite – audio, data and video
Wireless computer mice and keyboards
Satellite television
Cordless telephones
GPS units

Garage door openers
Cellular phones
Wireless Bluetooth equipped cameras
Wireless Bluetooth equipped printers
Personal digital assistants (PDAs)

Wireless technologies have had a huge impact in the commercial sector with applications such as:
Wireless/mobile, bar code, hand held data capture devices Wireless RFID portable readers Wireless VoIP phone networks Wireless Access systems Wireless Time & Attendance systems	Wireless Biometric Readers Wireless sensor equipped machinery Wireless, IP, web based digital, security cameras Wireless networking of a number of PC’s and laptops in an office or factor or warehouse

The transmission of data emanating from RFID readers, Smart card readers, sensors and biometric devices,often integral to modern manufacturing and warehousing facilities, are transmitted to IT (computer) servers via a wireless sensor network. Wireless technologies have also replaced hard-wired implementations in security systems for homes or office buildings via the use of wireless sensors which are also equipped with a wireless transmitter.

In manufacturing plants, “dumb” equipment is

being replaced with “Smart” equipment. Using built-in, self diagnostic systems the equipment will wirelessly notify the maintenance staff that maintenance, or monitoring is required, or that a malfunction is imminent .

Wireless networking meets a variety of needs. Perhaps most commonly used to connect itinerate laptop users and for mobile networks that connect via satellite,a wireless transmission method is a logical choice to network any LAN segment that must frequently change locations.

5 Reasons To Go Wireless:

To span a distance beyond the capabilities and financial practicality of typical cabling,
To avoid obstacles such as physical structures, EMI, or RFI,
To provide a backup communications link in case of normal network failure,
To link portable or temporary workstations,
To remotely connect mobile users or networks.

Probably the most familiar Wireless technology is Wi-Fi. It is brand owned by the Wi-Fi Alliance, which promotes standards aimed at improving the interoperability of wireless local area network products based on the IEEE 802.11 a, b, g, n standards. Applications for Wi-Fi include Internet access, now common in franchised cafes and fast food restaurants around the world ,VoIP

phone access, home and office based wireless networks, gaming, and network connectivity for consumer electronics such as televisions, DVD players, and digital cameras.

Wi-Fi technology is widely utilized within business offices, university campuses, hospitals, cruise ships, hotels, athletic stadiums, many industrial sites and on factory floors. Increasing the number of Wi-Fi access-points provides redundancy, support for fast roaming and increased overall network-capacity by using more channels or by defining smaller cells. Enabling us to communicate by using hand held, mobile biometric scanners/readers, sensors, mobile bar code scanners and mobile RFID readers, Wi-Fi hardware sends data back to IT servers and onto web portals to provide total visibility of people, products, networks, and equipment in a real time environment.

Bluetooth - Another Wireless Standard

Bluetooth is another wireless technology ubiquitous in the consumer space, as well as industrial settings. The vast majority of new cell phones are Bluetooth enabled, in concert with the trend to Bluetooth equip hand held industrial bar code scanners, RFID readers and Biometric devices. Bluetooth connects and exchanges information between devices such as mobile phones, laptops, PCs, printers, and digital cameras, over a secure, globally unlicensed short-range radio frequency.

With specifications developed and licensed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Bluetooth technology can facilitate communication between two or more devices, in close proximity to one another,using a low-bandwidth.It is commonly used to transfer sound data from phone to headset, or byte data (files) between hand-held computers.

To stay abreast of today’s rapidly changing Wireless Technology landscape you need the services of RFIDConsultants.com’s™ Wireless Consulting staff. Our professional Wireless consultants can collaborate with your IT team to help design and implement the right wireless infrastructure to give your business an affective and efficient means of communicating over your private network, whether it is across the street to your warehouse, or across town to your office headquarters.

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