WIRELESS & MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY Third Edition, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER SUMMARY

Data communication and networking have a rich history of steady advancements over the last 70 years or so, from the dots and dashes of telegraphy to the near-universal use of the PSTN, to the paradigm shift brought about by packet switching, which allowed multiple transmissions to share a single circuit and empowered the creation of ARPANET and the Internet. The Internet has been adopted so broadly that internet access has become necessary to participate in modern life, so much so that many argue internet access has become a basic human right and calling the lack of universal internet access the Digital Divide. Recent advances in satellite technology have delivered Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites capable of expanding high-speed ...