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Wi-Fi: You old new smoothie? | The Register
For those of you that are going: "what?", "eh?!", and "huh?!".... basically the article discusses how The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),the standards commitee for Wireless Networks, have approved the use of the 802.11r standard.
This means that if you've got a laptop or mobile device using a wireless hotspot, you can move to another one within the area without a drop in the communication! Obviously you'd need to still be in range of them, but with the new standard, you can switch between them without dropping the connection completely.
Why is this good?
Hotspots are becoming more and more popular, and so is Voice over IP telefony. Eventually it is very likely that almost everyone will have VOIP on their mobile device so that they can pick up their "landline" calls on the move without any additional charges (because VOIP runs over the Internet).
Basically, this kind of telephone call will eventually be so commonplace that everyone will want to use it in favour of the high-charges imposed on them by their mobile service provider. The problem with the technology at the moment is two fold:
1) you need to be within range of a wireless network that you have access to
2) you need to stay within that range at all times to carry on your call.
Eventually, once Hotspots end up all over the place, we'll be able to make absolutely free calls on our mobile devices!
WoooO!
For those of you that are going: "what?", "eh?!", and "huh?!".... basically the article discusses how The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),the standards commitee for Wireless Networks, have approved the use of the 802.11r standard.
This means that if you've got a laptop or mobile device using a wireless hotspot, you can move to another one within the area without a drop in the communication! Obviously you'd need to still be in range of them, but with the new standard, you can switch between them without dropping the connection completely.
Why is this good?
Hotspots are becoming more and more popular, and so is Voice over IP telefony. Eventually it is very likely that almost everyone will have VOIP on their mobile device so that they can pick up their "landline" calls on the move without any additional charges (because VOIP runs over the Internet).
Basically, this kind of telephone call will eventually be so commonplace that everyone will want to use it in favour of the high-charges imposed on them by their mobile service provider. The problem with the technology at the moment is two fold:
1) you need to be within range of a wireless network that you have access to
2) you need to stay within that range at all times to carry on your call.
Eventually, once Hotspots end up all over the place, we'll be able to make absolutely free calls on our mobile devices!
WoooO!
