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(1) A Wi-Fi network that uses multiple units. See Wi-Fi mesh network. (3) A network that provides Wi-Fi connectivity within an urban or suburban environment. It comprises "mesh routers," which are a ...

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: ...

You know how when you sit on your couch, the Wi-Fi on your laptop cuts out? Or when you’re in the bathroom your phone refuses to connect? From Google to Netgear, everyone’s rolling out expensive “Mesh ...

Wireless repeaters and mesh networks are both technologies that can be used to extend network coverage over a given area. Wireless repeaters work by taking an existing wireless signal and ...

Home Wi-Fi used to be so simple. You could plug in a router and connect all of your devices. Now we have fancy gaming routers, gigabit speeds, and more options than you can count. One of the easiest ...

In late February 2004, emergency agencies responded to a catastrophe at San Francisco's landmark Golden Gate Bridge. First to the scene was the Marin County Office of Emergency Services, followed by ...

Wireless networks have long embraced a centralized model that holds the potential for bottlenecks, latency and a single point of failure. But wireless mesh networks are emerging as an alternative to ...

For years, “the last mile” earned the title of broadband’s biggest boogeyman. Now that most of us benefit from having a fairly fat pipe to our houses, it’s more like the last 10 feet — Wi-Fi dead ...

With hybrid working now firmly established as the de facto mode of operation, Huawei Consumer Business Group has announced a move to further expand its mesh router product portfolio with a device that ...