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> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kiggundu > Mukasa > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: lug_: Wireless networks and Linux > > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wi-enable.html?ca=dgr- > lnxw02Linux4Wireless > Wireless technologies like WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network), > Bluetooth, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), GSM (Global System for > Mobile communications), and IrDa (Infrared Data) serve different niches. > While WLAN supports higher speeds and longer range than Bluetooth, it > also has higher costs and higher power consumption. GPRS is slower than > Bluetooth and WLAN, but can be used on the move. Despite their > diversity, or rather because of it, devices with multiple wireless > capabilities can use them in tandem. For example, a device can switch > transparently from GPRS on the road to a cheaper WLAN in an Internet > cafe for network connectivity, depending on location input from a GPS > module. A cell phone can communicate through Bluetooth to a heart rate > monitor and send an alert over GSM to a doctor if the patient's heart > rate crosses a certain threshold...................... > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
