Wireless technologies

- including Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), WiMax, Zigbee (IEEE 802.15.4), etc

Wireless technology in a variety of forms is an area of electronics that is developing and growing particularly fast. Wirless LAN (WLAN) technology including Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11), Bluetooth, Ultra-Wide Band (UWB), Wimax, Zigbee, and more are all growing and finding their own market areas. As a result wireless technology is being more widely used and found in many new applications.
The development of wireless technologies

Wireless technologies and standards

Wireless technology is being widely used for many applications. Accordingly there is a growing number of different wireless technologies and standards that are being used. Multipage summaries of many of the more widely used wireless standards are given below.

• Bluetooth
• DECT
• HomeRF SWAP (now obsolete)
• IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard
• IEEE 802.22 WRAN standard
• NFC Near Field Communications
• Short range device, SRD
• Ultra Wideband Technology
• Wibree
• WiMAX
• Wireless USB - a technlogy utilising UWB transmissions
• Zigbee standard