Wireless network

Wireless transmission method, transmission method, which require no electrical conductor as the transmission medium, but transferred the information content in free space.

A transmission can take place for example by means of radio communication ( antenna ) or light (optical sensors).

Wireless transmission method are used in everyday consumer electronics as well as in the industrial sector.

Examples

Optical

  • IrDA
  • FSO
  • Infrared

Radio

  • Bluetooth
  • Wireless LAN
  • ZigBee
  • NFC
  • Wibree
  • WiMAX
  • Transmission technology
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