Publisher's Synopsis
How Wireless Works, Second Edition continues in the How It Works series tradition by explaining every aspect of wireless communications, from the remote control on your coffee table to the most sophisticated wireless Internet networks. This book will provide you with a basic technical background on wireless technologies, including infrared, radio-frequency, WiFi, and RFID. You'll also go inside each technology's strengths and weaknesses, so that you'll know which technology is best suited to a particular application. In part, you will learn about:
- How data rides on the wireless waves.
- How radio and television broadcasting work.
- How cellular networks, cells and base stations work.
- How Wifi works at home and at the office.
- Privacy and security in a wireless world.
