Title: Hotspot Networks
Subtitle: WiFi for Public Access Locations (Professional Telecom)
First published: September 4, 2002
Description: The first-to-market, detailed guide to hotspots—the “killer app for 802.11”—provides need to know information on these open-to-the-public wireless networks that are springing up in hotels, airports, cafes, and even parks. Using this resource, engineers can cost, design, configure, implement, and install hotspots, or develop service applications in this hot new market. Written by Dan Minoli, one of the top voices in networking, this reference tells readers how to deliver wireless Internet and telecom that's 40 times faster and 1/10th the cost of conventional networks. Walks designers through components, design options, cost benefits, and operating obstacles of hotspot networks Reports on the early players in the field and details what products are coming to market Brings developers up-to-speed on WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) technology Overcome operating glitches Find solutions to security problems Explains enabling technologies, components, and design options
Subjects: Computer Technology, Nonfiction, Personal communication service systems, IEEE 802.11 (Standard), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Mobile & Wireless Communications, IEEE 802. 11 (Standard)