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School of Business
Department of Management Information Systems

BMIS300 – Management Information Systems
Chapter 7 – Part 3

Telecommunications, the Internet,
and Wireless Technology
Fall 2020 - 2021
BMIS300 - Chapter 7

IEEE developed many standard technologies providing wireless access
to the Internet for computer and wireless devices

Bluetooth
• Popular name for the 802
...
11 wireless LAN and Internet access
standards
• In most Wi-Fi networks, wireless devices communicate using an
Access Point (AP)
• Access point: device with radio receiver/transmitter for
connecting wireless devices to a wired LAN through a switch or
a router
• The first category of Wi-Fi was the 802
...
)
• The 802
...
11 Wireless LAN

Wi-Max
• Popular name for the 802
...

• Common uses: Automated toll-collection and Tracking goods
in a supply chain

How RFID Works

• Networks of hundreds or thousands of interconnected
wireless devices

• Used to monitor building security, detect hazardous
substances in air, monitor environmental changes, traffic, or
military activity
• Devices have built-in processing, storage, and radio
frequency sensors and antennas
• Require low-power, long-lasting batteries and ability to
endure in the field without maintenance
• Major sources of “Big Data” and fueling “Internet of Things”

Wireless Sensor Area Network



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