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Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS, WiPS or WFPS) is a geolocation system that uses the characteristics of nearby Wi‑Fi access points to discover where a device is located. [1]It is used where satellite navigation such as GPS is inadequate due to various causes including multipath and signal blockage indoors, or where acquiring a satellite fix would take too long. [2]
Skyhook was a location technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in location positioning. Founded in 2003, Skyhook initially focused on geolocating Wi-Fi access points by wardriving for commercial purposes. Skyhook transitioned to developing hybrid positioning.
Danish Internet Exchange Point [175] Lyngby Denmark: 1994 45 [176] 113 [175] — 30 March 2020 Múli-IXP: Múli Internet Exchange Point Reykjavík Iceland: 2021 6 [177] 50 [178] — 16 June 2022 RIX: Reykjavik Internet Exchange Reykjavík Iceland: 1999 24 [179] 47.8 [180] 12.7 [180] 18 February 2021 DET-IX: Detroit Internet Exchange [181 ...
This is a list of Internet exchange points . There are several sources for IXP locations, including Packet Clearing House , who have maintained the earliest list of IXPs, with global coverage since 1994.
Network Access Point (NAP) of the Americas (called MI1 by Equinix) [2] is a massive, six-story, 750,000 square foot data center [3] and Internet exchange point [4] in Miami, Florida, operated by Equinix. It is one of the world's largest data centers and among the 10 most interconnected data centers in the United States.
PeeringDB is a freely available, user-maintained, database of networks, and the go-to location for interconnection data. [2] The database facilitates the global interconnection of networks at Internet Exchange Points (), data centers, and other interconnection facilities, and is the first stop in making interconnection decisions.
NSFNet Internet architecture, c. 1995. Internet exchange points began as Network Access Points or NAPs, a key component of Al Gore's National Information Infrastructure (NII) plan, which defined the transition from the US Government-paid-for NSFNET era (when Internet access was government sponsored and commercial traffic was prohibited) to the commercial Internet of today.
In computer networking, a wireless access point (WAP) (also just access point (AP)) is a networking hardware device that allows other Wi-Fi devices to connect to a wired network or wireless network. As a standalone device, the AP may have a wired or wireless connection to a switch or router , but in a wireless router it can also be an integral ...