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Wireless Communications Technology

By Daniel Stouffer

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Wireless communications technology is an umbrella term that describes a variety of communication types. Specifically, the technology covers a communication method where radio frequencies or electromagnetic waves carry a signal through all or part of the intended pathway.

A variety of different types of wireless communication exist:

1. Land mobile radio and specialized mobile radio, as used within some industrial situations and by public safety officers.

2. Citizens band radio, a two way system established for consumer use.

3. Amateur radio enthusiast bands, also known as ham radio.

4. An increasingly large number of car and trucks use a global positioning system (GPS), a technology that has also been favored by ships captains and aircraft pilots for many years now.

5. Within a home or office environment, numerous cordless peripherals exist. For example, your computer mouse or your printer, linked by wireless means to the main computer.

6. Favored by the active mom, the cordless telephone is an example of a limited range wireless device.

7. Probably the best-known example of wireless communications technology in action is the cellular telephone which, like a pager, provides active connectivity to billions of people worldwide as an integral part of their active personnel or business life.

Three different types of wireless communications technology exist including infrared, microwave or radio frequency. To convert these forms of communication, we find point to point, broadcasting or cellular networks.

The last 20 or 30 years have seen a dramatic advancement in the field of wireless communications technology, following on the heels of amazing scientific innovations. Who could imagine that we would be seeing such incredible flexibility in our personal and professional lives?

Today, wireless communications technology is best profiled by the cell phone. Telephone sets are connected with nearby service points through radio waves. The service site receives and transmits signal, whilst voice and data are exchanged.

Numerous cell sites or transmitting towers are required and these vary in size and distribution according to the density of population; for example, in rural areas they are normally few and far between. The sites are connected to exchanges and on to the bigger network.

Cell sites and handsets can constantly change frequencies according to sophisticated equipment and procedures. Multiple usage and low interference rates are achieved through the use of low-power transmitters.

The current high level of wireless communications technology allows for the existence of a number of different digital cellular options. With constant innovation and stiff competition we can be sure that the consumer will continue to be able to enjoy tomorrow's technology today.

There can be little doubt that the "wired" world will eventually be replaced almost completely by the freedom of wireless. We will be completely connected wherever we are and whatever we are doing.

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