A mobile radio uses communicates to the rest of the internet via the base station with the strongest signal. Metricom addresses are 8 decimal digit quantities. Utilinet, access for public utility companies. No power management. Cannot shrink single cell by reducing power to accomodate more cells in the same area.
Radios are half-duplex.
This phase increases latency because of the high radio turnaround time. WaveLAN , from Lucent Technologies , In-building wireless LAN technology. Does not require special site licenses. This results in wasted bandwidth for excess packets capture. Cells are connected by wired backbone network Supports EPM for reduced power consumption.