Wireless

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Wireless computing is the topic of much conversation today. The concept has been around for some
time now but has been mainly utilizing communication protocols that exist for voice based
communication. It is not intended to replace wired data communication but instead to be utilized in
areas that it would be otherwise impossible to communicate using wires. Only recently has the industry
been taking steps to formulate a standard that is more suitable to data transmission. Some the problems
to be overcome are:
(1) Data Integrity - relatively error free transmission,
(2) Speed - as close as possible to the speed of current wired networks,
(3) Protection - making sure that the data now airborne is encoded and cannot be tapped by
unwelcome receivers,
(4) Compatibility - ensuring that the many protocols that sure to be created subscribe to a standard
to allow inter-operability,
(5) Environmentally safe - strengths of electromagnetic radiation must be kept within normal levels.
In our study of the theories and implementation concerns of wireless computing, we found that it is
being treated in an object oriented fashion. Scientists and development crews, including the IEEE, are
doing their best to implement wireless connectivity without changing the existing computer hardware.
As a result, a lot of focus is on using existing computer hardware and software to convert data to a
format compatible with the new hardware which will be added to the computer using ports or PCMCIA
connections that already exist. This means that wireless communication will be transparent to the user
if and when wireless computing is utilized on a wide scale.

Wireless computing applications covers three broad areas of computing today. Replacement of normal
wired LAN's need to retain the speed and reliability found in wired LAN's. Creation of semipermanent
LAN's for quick and easy setup without the need for running wires. Th...