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The popular IEEE 802.11 WiFi, IEEE 802.15 Bluetooth, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network technologies are discussed. WiFi or 802.11 is a wireless local area network protocol. Various WiFi protocol standards are covered from the original 802.11 to classic 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n to recent standards such as 802.11ac, 802.11ad, 802.11ax, 802.11aa, 802.11af, and 802.11ah. Bluetooth is a personal area network protocol. Various Bluetooth or 802.15 standards are surveyed including version 1.2 to version 5, 802.15.4, ZigBee, and 802.15.4e. Also covered are wireless body area network protocols such as 802.15.6. Cellular communications technology from Long Term Evolution releases 8–15 are discussed. This includes the original LTE standard, LTE Advanced, and progress towards 5G systems.

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Robertazzi, T.G. (2017). Wireless Networks. In: Introduction to Computer Networking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53103-8_4

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