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Wireless Cities

Wireless Cities. By: Eric Towery TM 490. About Wireless Cities. History of Wireless Cities Uses of WI-FI in a Community The Beneficial Users Problems. History. Wi-Fi was invented in 1991 by AT&T in the Netherlands. Initially used for cashier systems Products called WaveLAN

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Wireless Cities

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  1. Wireless Cities By: Eric Towery TM 490

  2. About Wireless Cities • History of Wireless Cities • Uses of WI-FI in a Community • The Beneficial Users • Problems

  3. History • Wi-Fi was invented in 1991 by AT&T in the Netherlands. • Initially used for cashier systems • Products called WaveLAN • Vic Hayes – Father of Wi-Fi – involved in designing 802.11b and 802.11a standards • Wireless cities use 802.11

  4. Uses of Wi-Fi in a Community • Councils • Residents • Businesses • Tourists

  5. Councils • Working out in the field • Working with different agencies • Consistency

  6. Public Safety • City Wide Wireless System to deploy wireless cameras. • Easier to spot problems to be quickly taken care of. • Help with traffic management to be used in parking attendants and on the street to identify congestion due to a obstruction. • Quicker response times to accidents. • Social service workers can fill out work order forms to arrange repairmen to fix the problems.

  7. Residents • Accessibility • Entertainment • Social interactions

  8. Tourists • Gain the competitive edge where visitors expect to be around technology. • Promote city growth • Book accommodations online • Becoming increasingly more comfortable every day

  9. Business Travelers • Research shows that 88% of business travelers feel it is important to be connected instantly throughout the day. • In the United Kingdom, more than 689,000 hours a month is wasted waiting at the airports causing 450 million UK pounds per year due to down time. • Take advantage of down time to log on the system and download large documents to review.

  10. Problems with City Wi-Fi • Who is going to pay for the system? • Limitations • Threats to Security • Channel Pollution

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