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What is Wireless Networks

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Any type of computer networks that uses wireless data connections for connecting the network nodes.
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Studying Quality of Experience (QoE) over Wireless Networks
Ioannis Mavromatis (University of Bristol, UK) and Periklis Chatzimisios (CSSN Research Lab, Department of Informatics, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch620
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Networks that do not need wires to allow the communication; instead they use wireless technologies as 802.11, WiFi, WiMax, Zigbi, and so forth.
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