Wireless Wide Area
Networks Defined:
Wireless wide area networks (wireless WANs) are a relatively
new means of providing data networking services across a
large geographic distance. In this document, wireless WANs
refers to connecting traditional local area networks and
their subsequent local computing work stations to a larger
wide area network using wireless technologies. The intent of
the WAN in this context is to provide connectivity between
multiple local area networks, thus forming an organizational
network. Wireless serves as the medium for this
connectivity.
Radio frequency (RF) has become a very active field in the
past few years. One can scarcely guess at the limits of this
emerging technology. As digital communications rely on
microprocessors, every advance in the world of
microprocessors means an advance in the speed and
reliability of digital data communications. Advances in
processor power, as opposed to boosting radio power, extend
both the reach and services that radio frequency can
provide. |
