Carnegie Mellon is consistently in the forefront, using new technologies which provide mobile internet access to students and faculty throughout the campus. A simple registration procedure will allow a log on to the network and full mobile operation anywhere on campus with a laptop or other mobile computer. Such applications involve considerable delays using any of the older, metropolitan area services. The expanded campus wireless network will continue to support Carnegie Mellon's wireless research initiative. Carnegie Mellon's wireless research projects include disconnected operation of distributed file systems, wearable computers and transparent networking support for mobile hosts.
Access points connect the wireless network to the wired network.
In addition, a waveLAN access point can connect wireless users to each other.