Wireless Technology

This paper discusses the main new knowledge advances in computer science and associated areas that influence use of wireless. Wireless networks provide remotely located users with access to the Internet and to company information via LANs without confining them to enclosed spaces. Advanced network equipment technology allows components to communicate using protocol languages. Wireless technology, which has already changed the concepts of network design, will continue to evolve toward greater standards of speed and distance (Willooly, 86). Wireless networks in Scandinavia are beginning to expand their capabilities. Broadband systems are going wireless in Denmark, similar to the way that Digital Subscriber Lines and cable modems presently supply boosted network services to individual consumers. Using a new technology called Multi-channel Multipoint Distribution Systems (MMDS), companies can use antennas on top of homes to communicate with cellular towers within distances of 30 miles. In the near future, wireless broadband systems will become a reality, solving the issues of distance, speed, and security that currently limit wireless networks (Harbaugh, 71).

Technological changes, particularly the developments in digital and wireless technologies and mobile and internet services, create the possibility of work being done at any place and time. Hamill and Lasen (2005) called this the “digital revolution” and found three key features that characterize digital technology. First, it reduces text, sound, picture, and film information, which leads to the convergence of devices. Second, it is easy to store information, which with increasing miniaturization means that it is cheap to store large quantities of data. Third, information is easy to transmit and reproduce.

Mobile technology provides essential tools for physically mobile employees and groups. Mobile tools are not only devices but also applications and services. A physically mobile employee also benefits from wired technologies in the places he or she visits and works in. Mobile and wireless ...