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Carlos Pupiales Y.
chpupiales@utn.edu.ec
Outline:
• Introduction
• History
• Wireless Networks
• Applications
• The market for Wireless
• Standard Bodies
• Challenges
• Extras
Why wireless?
Why wired?
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A Brief History
• Maxwell and Hertz were the first who wrote the principles to use the
electromagnetic waves to transmit information.
• Tesla demonstrated that wireless communications are possible and he
performed the first wireless communication.
Source: F. Molisch, Wireless Communications, 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2011.
Source: www.corp.att.com
Source: wikipedia.org
• Applications:
• Sports, electronics, military
• security, health care, and more.
• Protocols:
• Zigbee, Bluetooth. Source: IEEE life science
• Applications:
• Monitoring, health care, security, data transfer entertainment, remote control.
• Protocols:
• Zigbee, Bluetooth, Ultrawideband, IR.
• Applications:
Source: GSMA
18,000,000
16,000,000
14,000,000
12,000,000
10,000,000
8,000,000
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
688,357 544,313 389,834 102,115 75,179 83,748 3,009
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Ene 2018
Source: ARCOTEL
• http://www.lightreading.com/
• http://www.heavyreading.com/
• http://www.pyramidresearch.com/
• Manufactures:
• Operators: