Wi-Fi: The Importance of Mobility in Industrial Environments
One reason Wi-Fi technology is so popular is because WiFi products from different vendors interoperate, or work together. The Wi-Fi Alliance® , a non-profit industry association of more than 300 member companies, tests how well a product implements standards in areas such as interoperability and security.
The Wi-Fi Alliance, however, does not test for mobility, which is the ability of a device to stay connected to a network as that device moves throughout the area for which Wi-Fi access is provided. For business-critical mobile devices such as mobile computers, mobility is essential.
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