Wireless Communication Technologies
The advent of a plethora of wireless communications over the last two decades has been one of the drivers for adoption of IoT both by the consumer and in industry. The array of wireless technologies has arisen because they serve different purposes. Some technologies, such as Wi-Fi (802.11), are designed for high bandwidth and throughput where power was not an issue, for example for web browsing and downloading from the Internet to a computer. Bluetooth, on the other hand, was designed to provide wireless connectivity in a personal area network (PAN). It became hugely popular by connecting the devices that you wear or carry, such as a smartphone, or a watch, to a headset. Zigbee found a niche in the smart home ...
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