Cisco and Intel—Five Myths of Wireless Networks Page 1 Five Myths of Wireless Networks IT professionals who have resisted deploying pervasive wireless networks based on earlier assessments need to revisit their decisions in light of a new generation of standards, technologies, and products “As organizations embrace wireless and
Oct 08, 2019 · Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth connections can be vulnerable points of access for data or identity theft Fortunately, there are many ways to decrease your chances of becoming a victim Encryption is the best way to keep your personal data safe It works by scrambling the data in a message so that only the intended recipients can read it
Wireless sensor networks have applications in many important areas, such as the military, homeland security, health care, the environ-ment, agriculture, and manufacturing One can envision in the future the deployment of large-scale sensor networks where hundreds and thousands of small sensor nodes form self-orga-nizing wireless networks
The increased speed of wireless networks has helped to fuel their growth and popularity The growing popularity of wireless networks can be easily witnessed in urban environments For example, during a recent test in Washington, D C , we drove around 15 square blocks and, using a commonly available wireless network scanner, we detected over a
L3 handoffs in wireless networks As of the writing of this paper, many standards such as IEEE 802 11f[9] and IEEE 802 11e[10] have been rati?ed and others, such as IEEE 802 11k[11], IEEE 802 11r[12] and IEEE 802 21[13] are emerging, trying to solve some of the problems a wireless environment introduces All of these approaches, however,