New communication technologies are being developed for the Internet of Things (IoT), such as the wireless long distance and low power networks (LPWAN). The LoRa (Long Range) protocol, a wireless communication technology ...

The book Local Area Networks brings the concepts and technologies related to local area networks with the aim of supporting teachers, students and professionals of Computer Networks. The work covers the fundamental concepts ...

IEEE 802.1Q protocol was applied in the implementation of virtual local area networks – VLAN in wireless environments by using specialized hardware configured with free software. The evaluation of the protocol was a ...

Sensor failures or oversupply in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), especially initial random deployment, create spare sensors (whose area is fully covered by other sensors) and sensing holes. We envision a team of robots ...

This paper presents a practical approach of the differences between two types of local area networks: wired and wireless. Addresses the implementation costs, transmission capacity and practicality of both. Presents the use ...

The standard commodity wireless hardware is half-duplex because there are challenges in full-duplex wireless that need attention and improvement. The self-interference in radios is one of the big challenges, but, even ...