Connecting the Internet of Things: IoT Connectivity Standards and Solutions

© Anil Kumar, Jafer Hussain, Anthony Chun 2023

A. Kumar et al.Connecting the Internet of Things https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8897-9_3

3. Wi-Fi

Anil Kumar¹  , Jafer Hussain² and Anthony Chun³

(1)

Intel, Chandler, AZ, USA

(2)

Intel, San Ramon, CA, USA

(3)

Los Altos, CA, USA

 

Chapter Overview

Because Wi-Fi is ubiquitous, the reader is already familiar with the everyday use of Wi-Fi for their laptops and phones.

It is hard to imagine how the world was before Wi-Fi appeared in the late 1990s and how it has revolutionized access to the Internet. As of 2019, approximately 13 billion Wi-Fi devices have been deployed worldwide.¹ While the majority of these applications are in smartphones and personal computers, Wi-Fi is also used for an increasing number of ...