Factors Causing Uncertainties in Outdoor Wireless Wearable Communications

  • Authors:
  • Bernard Fong;Predrag B. Rapajic;G. Y. Hong;A. C. M. Fong

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Wearable computers are becoming increasingly popular as new features emerge and device portability improves-making them suitable for accessing multimedia services on the move. Wireless LANs are compatible with Ethernet and asynchronous-transfer-mode-based fiber-optic networks, providing high mobility to user nodes while integrated and connected to high-speed networks wired with broadband. With a range covering several kilometers, WLANs are advantageous for providing multimedia services to wearable computers. Various factors influence the operation of wirelessly connected wearable computers, but we emphasize the rainfall influence.