Chapter 11. HomeRF
The HomeRF consortium group was formed by a few PC and wireless technology companies during 1997. At that time, the IEEE 802.11 wireless Ethernet standards were just released and standards conforming transceivers were relatively too expensive for home applications. Goals of the HomeRF group were to develop an inexpensive wireless technology to connect not only PCs but also other popular electronic devices in a home environment. To reduce the development time, proven technologies, such as 802.11 and DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone), were used as building blocks for the HomeRF specification also known as Shared Wireless Access Protocol–Cordless Access [1]. The version 1.0 of the specification was released in January ...
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