Advances in safety measure, data-transmission reliability, and environmental packaging have readied wireless Ethernet for demanding industrial applications.

As Ethernet and Web Protocol (IP) connectivity quickly become the “serial port” of the future, it is clear wireless technology trends will closely follow, providing ever-greater network and documents access.

Wireless Ethernet capabilities via technology based on public standard IEEE 802.11 has gained commercial success. A quick look at available wireless networks from your laptop in virtually any public place or even

your residential neighborhood is certain to find few.

However, just considering a technology is approaching critical mass in the commercial world, does that mean it is ready for use in industrial applications?

While industry asked that question and answered regarding wired Ethernet (yes), it still remains a viable query regarding wireless applications. In addition to providing a broad comparison of different spread spectrum wireless technologies currently deployed in industrial automation applications, that spread […]

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