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What is Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP)

Chapter 623
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
An actor providing wireless connection service to households and organisations. The WISP service customer (subscriber) gains access to network services within the vicinity of the server transmission range. These locations are called “hot spots” or “access points”. WISPs provide basic service sets (BSS) and extended service sets (ESS) that are defined in the IEEE 802.11b specification.
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Urban WLAN Solutions in Finnish Cities
Tommi Inkinen (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Jussi S. Jauhiainen (University of Turku, Finland)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch623
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Chapter 22
Inside the Microcosm: A Case Study of a Wireless Internet Hotspot
An Internet service provider using radio wave systems to provide services.
Published in Chapter: Inside the Microcosm: A Case Study of a Wireless Internet Hotspot; From: Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission
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Chapter 564
Solutions for Wireless City Networks in Finland
An actor providing wireless connection service to households and organisations. The WISP service customer (subscriber) gains access to network services within the vicinity of the server transmission range. These locations are called “hot spots” or “access points.” WISPs provide basic service sets (BSS) and extended service sets (ESS) that are defined in the IEEE 802.11b specification.
Published in Chapter: Solutions for Wireless City Networks in Finland; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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