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||<tablestyle="vertical-align:top":> attachment:Bluetooth_logo.png || Bluetooth is Personal Area Netwotk (PAN), ranging a few meter. it was designed to handle short-range "low bandwith" personal communications. Typically between your mobile phone, head-set, computer, printer... (read more about Bluetooth at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth Wikipedia]) || ||<tablestyle="vertical-align:top":> attachment:Bluetooth_logo.png || Bluetooth~-^R^-~ is Personal Area Netwotk (PAN) technology standardized as ieee801.15.1. It was designed to handle short-range "low bandwith" personal communications. Typically between your mobile phone, head-set, computer, printer... (read more about Bluetooth at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth Wikipedia]) ||
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||<tablestyle="vertical-align:top":> TODO: (re)write this paragraph || (There are plenty of standards.. GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/W-CDMA/HSDPA "2G" "3G", etc.. ) (read more about Bluetooth at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umts Wikipedia]) || ||<tablestyle="vertical-align:top":> attachment:gnome_stock_cell-phone.png || Mobile phone networks can be used to connect the Internet. There are plenty of standards.. GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/W-CDMA/HSDPA "2G" "3G", etc. (read more about Mobile Phones at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone Wikipedia]) ||
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  * ["3G_modem"] - using a dedicated 3G modem card.
  * NOPAGE - Using a mobile phone as a modem (conneted through Bluetooth, usb..)		   * ["3G_modem"] - Using a dedicated 3G modem card OR Using a mobile phone as a modem (connected through Bluetooth, usb..)
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||<tablestyle="vertical-align:top":> TODO: write this paragraph || (read more about IrDA at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrDA Wikipedia]) || ||<tablestyle="vertical-align:top":> attachment:gnome-system-tools_irda-48.png || IR is a very short range (<1m) optical data exchange protocol. Typical use include exchanging files between 2 laptops, sending file from/to mobile phone from/to computer, etc. Maximum speed is 115kbps or 4mbps (read more about IrDA at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrDA Wikipedia]) ||

  * TODO: write an IrDA wiki page
  * Note IrDA is a communication protocol. It is very different from remote control (see [http://www.lirc.org/ lirc] )

== WiMax / WirelessMAN ==
||<tablestyle="vertical-align:top":> attachment:wimax.png || WiMax is a Wireless MAN standardized as IEEE 802.16. It is meant to provide wireless broadband access in metropolitan area. (read more about WiMAX at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX Wikipedia]) ||
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== Free Space Optics ==
||<tablestyle="vertical-align:top":> attachment:fso.jpg || Free Space Optics (FSO) is a telecommunication technology that uses light propagating in free space to transmit data between two points. The optical links usually use infrared laser light, although low-data-rate communication over short distances is possible using LEDs. (read more about FSO at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Space_Optics Wikipedia])||
  * [http://ronja.twibright.com/ Ronja Project] - 1.4km range at 10Mbps full (Free Project).
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   === Keyboard/Mouse === === Keyboard/Mouse ===
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   Those proprietary devices often (always?) had a "based" which behaved like a regular PS2/USB keyboard/mouse (from the operating system point of view)    Those proprietary devices always had a base or dongle which behaved like a regular PS2/USB keyboard/mouse (from the operating system point of view).

Debian wireless

This is a hub page to various "wireless" technologies.

Wifi

attachment:Wi-Fi_logo.png

Wi-FiTM is a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology standardized as ieee802.11 b/g/a/n. It's primary usage is to connect computers within the same house/entreprise. Note that it's often used to connect to the Internet through a DSL or cable router. (read more about wifi at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiFi Wikipedia] )
  • ["Wi-Fi"] - Debian wiki page

Bluetooth

attachment:Bluetooth_logo.png

BluetoothR is Personal Area Netwotk (PAN) technology standardized as ieee801.15.1. It was designed to handle short-range "low bandwith" personal communications. Typically between your mobile phone, head-set, computer, printer... (read more about Bluetooth at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth Wikipedia])

  • ["Bluetooth"] - Debian wiki page

Mobile Phone Networks

attachment:gnome_stock_cell-phone.png

Mobile phone networks can be used to connect the Internet. There are plenty of standards.. GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/W-CDMA/HSDPA "2G" "3G", etc. (read more about Mobile Phones at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone Wikipedia])

  • ["3G_modem"] - Using a dedicated 3G modem card OR Using a mobile phone as a modem (connected through Bluetooth, usb..)

Infrared

attachment:gnome-system-tools_irda-48.png

IR is a very short range (<1m) optical data exchange protocol. Typical use include exchanging files between 2 laptops, sending file from/to mobile phone from/to computer, etc. Maximum speed is 115kbps or 4mbps (read more about IrDA at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrDA Wikipedia])

  • TODO: write an IrDA wiki page

  • Note IrDA is a communication protocol. It is very different from remote control (see [http://www.lirc.org/ lirc] )

WiMax / WirelessMAN

attachment:wimax.png

?WiMax is a Wireless MAN standardized as IEEE 802.16. It is meant to provide wireless broadband access in metropolitan area. (read more about WiMAX at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX Wikipedia])

  • TODO: write a wiki page

Free Space Optics

attachment:fso.jpg

Free Space Optics (FSO) is a telecommunication technology that uses light propagating in free space to transmit data between two points. The optical links usually use infrared laser light, although low-data-rate communication over short distances is possible using LEDs. (read more about FSO at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Space_Optics Wikipedia])

Proprietary

Keyboard/Mouse

  • Whereas some of the newer wireless keyboards and mice (sometime inappropriately name cordless) tends to use bluetooth to connect to the computer, older one used to use proprietary RF (radio-frequency) protocols. Those proprietary devices always had a base or dongle which behaved like a regular PS2/USB keyboard/mouse (from the operating system point of view).

References