Perhaps it's a bit difficult to fathom, but a technology that was originally developed for "homeland security and defense purposes," is now being unleashed in a consumer product that will let you ...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Ten months ago an electrical substation near San Jose, Calif. came under attack from a group of snipers who remain anonymous and at large. Remarkably, the episode did not draw ...

Mesh networking has been hyped as the next big thing in wireless, but the current IEEE 802.11 standard does not define it. That hasn’t stopped vendors from trotting out proprietary mesh gear to meet ...

Wireless mesh networks have been receiving a great deal of attention as a broadband access alternative for a wide range of markets, including those in the metro, public-safety, government, energy, ...

Multi-hop mesh networks, confined to university labs at the start of this decade, are now widely available from commercial vendors. These vendors tout a number of advantages for mesh technologies: ...

Not too long ago, enterprises had limited options when it came to making a wireless network part of the New Data Center plan. In the local area, the choice was Wi-Fi – 802.11b, g or a. In the larger ...