WiFi Technology Invented in Australia |
The 802.11 technology behind WiFi was invented in 1996 by Australian scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra.
The original patents behind 802.11 Wi-Fi technology were filed in 1996 by the CSIRO. The patents have been the subject of protracted and ongoing legal battles between the CSIRO and major IT corporations over the non-payment of royalties. In 2009 the CSIRO reached a settlement with 14 companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Dell, Toshiba, ASUS, Microsoft and Nintendo, on the condition that the CSIRO did not broadcast the resolution.
Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance for certified products based on the IEEE 802.11 standards.
A Wi-Fi enabled device such as a PC, video game console, mobile phone, MP3 player or PDA can connect to the Internet when within range of a wireless network connected to the Internet. The coverage of one or more interconnected access points - called a hotspot - can comprise an area as small as a single room with wireless-opaque walls or as large as many square miles covered by overlapping access points.
❊ Web Links ❊
➼ WiFi Technology Invented in Australia
➼ www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
➼ www.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSIRO
➼ www.skynetglobal.com.au
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