Chapter 14. Wireless Communications

Most people consider mobility to be one of their most cherished abilities and rights. In fact, what do we take away from those who have been deemed injurious to their fellow humans? Mobility. The freedom afforded by mobility is very precious to humans, indeed.

One area in which we like to exercise our freedom of mobility is at work, and the mobile workforce is growing all the time. Mobile workers, often called road warriors, are people who are away from their primary workplace at least 20% of the time. Today, about one-third of the population fits this category.

Another area in which we want to use our freedom to be mobile is with the Internet. The mobile Internet is already a reality in some places, and it ...

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