Information Engineering - I0n
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Insert Date:5/2/2005
Date Assigned:5/2/2005
Date Due:5/3/2005
Assignment:Read 8.1 & 8.2. Take the Routers web tour

These sections introduct network topologies. A basic overview of how routers work in networks is given below at How Stuff Works.

Look like the wireless UWB and ODFM camps are merging ("WiMedia Trade Organization") to form the group that will hammer out the technical specifications for the next generation wireless. Microsoft joined TI, HP, and others this last Friday. Please see the link below.


Assignment Links:

Microsoft joins WiMedia Alliance
"Ultra wideband is a wireless communications technology that operates in the 3.1 to 10.6 GHz spectrum band. Advantages of UWB include low power consumption, very low cost/complexity with high data rates (capable of exceeding more than 1 Gbps over-the-air) and precision location capability. "
The Router Web tour
Some nice animations here to supplement the book.