Chapter 20. Industrial Wireless Technology and Planning
D.R. Kaufman
20.1. Introduction
The pervasive use of wireless technology in industrial applications is inevitable. The technology is maturing at an extremely rapid pace due to the commercial market explosion of wireless-based products for personal and home use across the last few decades. It all started with primarily one commercial need that began in the 1960s: opening your garage door remotely from inside your car.
Fast-forward several decades: Wireless technologies have become pervasive in our personal lives. We use wireless to change the channels on our TVs, call friends on our cell phones, or connect to the Internet via WiFi on our laptops. This personal pervasive usage has generated a ...
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