The problem with large, complex networks of sensors is that they're large and complex. A wired sensor network can be an expensive nightmare just to install, for example. Wireless networks save ...

It's something of a cliché, but physicist Niels Bohr summed it up best back in the 1930s: prediction is tough, especially when it's about the future. But that's probably not what IT professionals ...

Wireless networks have to work hard to keep up with today's families with their high-data usage when streaming movies, playing games or working from home. When I think of Netgear Orbi, I imagine ...

Multi-hop mesh networks, confined to university labs at the start of this decade, are now widely available from commercial vendors. These vendors tout a number of advantages for mesh technologies: ...

(1) A Wi-Fi network that uses multiple units. See Wi-Fi mesh network. (3) A network that provides Wi-Fi connectivity within an urban or suburban environment. It comprises "mesh routers," which are a ...

Not too long ago, enterprises had limited options when it came to making a wireless network part of the New Data Center plan. In the local area, the choice was Wi-Fi – 802.11b, g or a. In the larger ...

Structured wiring revolutionized LANs and IT strategies. Wireless LANs — specifically mesh networks — are creating another revolution. Call it “structured wireless.” Some IT planning consultants view ...

Wireless repeaters and mesh networks are both technologies that can be used to extend network coverage over a given area. Wireless repeaters work by taking an existing wireless signal and ...

Mesh networking and wireless routers with multiple access points are a complicated category by default. Each unit works in conjunction with the others to create one large wireless network in your ...

Mesh networks could revolutionize communications in the future. Independent of the Internet we know today, wireless mesh networks (WMN) allow both ad-hoc and fixed wireless “nodes” to form a ...

The TP-Link Deco Voice X20 build into a clever mesh wireless network and use the latest Wi-Fi 6 standard. They also conceal a smart speaker that uses Amazon Alexa's protocol. One major trend in ...

With the lessons learned from the Egyptian, Libyan, and Syrian revolutions, a few hardware and software hackers over at Lulzlabs have taken it upon themselves to create a free-as-in-beer and ...