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Wingren is the inventor or co-inventor of 28 patents, including several relating to Bluetooth technology such as a method and apparatus in a mobile communications network which involve detecting and/or preventing the use of radio communication equipment in situations or places in which such use is undesirable. [15] [16]
2017 The IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award (with David Skellern) "for pioneering contributions to high-speed wireless LAN technology."; 2013 M A Sargent Medal; 2012 The European Inventor Award 2012 awarded by European Patent Office for having "made the wireless LAN as fast and powerful as the cabled solutions of the time, and is the basis for the wireless networking technology (Wi ...
Jacobus "Jaap" Cornelis Haartsen (born 13 February of 1963, The Hague, Netherlands) is a Dutch electrical engineer, researcher, inventor and entrepreneur, best known for being credited as the inventor of Bluetooth. He obtained his Master of Science degree in 1986 in electrical engineering (with honors) at the Royal Institute of Technology in ...
A Bluetooth earbud, an earphone and microphone that communicates with a cellphone using the Bluetooth protocol. Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs).
A wireless personal area network (WPAN) is a personal area network in which the connections are wireless. IEEE 802.15 has produced standards for several types of PANs operating in the ISM band including Bluetooth. The Infrared Data Association (IrDA) has produced standards for WPANs that operate using infrared communications.
A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. [1] Wireless networking allows homes, telecommunications networks , and business installations to avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment locations. [ 2 ]
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The name Wi-Fi is not short-form for 'Wireless Fidelity', [34] although the Wi-Fi Alliance did use the advertising slogan "The Standard for Wireless Fidelity" for a short time after the brand name was created, [31] [33] [35] and the Wi-Fi Alliance was also called the "Wireless Fidelity Alliance Inc." in some publications. [36]