From the course: IoT Foundations: Low-Power Wireless Networking

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Wireless networking technologies

Wireless networking technologies

From the course: IoT Foundations: Low-Power Wireless Networking

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Wireless networking technologies

- [Man] Wireless networks are broadly used in everyday life, including Wi-Fi and the several networks that are available almost every where surrounding us. We can join several advantages brought by a wireless network. First, flexible locations of the wireless devices. Like mobile phones or tablets, or we can use them in any place. Second, effortless network installation. Meaning that, the wireless devices can be deployed and used in places without means, power supply and the cabling restrictions. Third, network scalability. Meaning that, our wireless network itself, can be easily be scaled to a larger or smaller size in terms of the number of devices encouraged. Fourth, flexible netowrk capacity. Meaning a network can accommodate flexible number of users or machines. These advantages also define importance of wireless connectivity for a broad spectrum of IoT applications. Generally, different wireless network and technologies have different specifications and target applications. One…

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