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Wi-Fi Nets Come to Vehicles

                   
pcworld.com
Sep 6, 2008
        
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You could think of this as the Tarzan protocol for Wi-Fi. The goal is to improve interactive Wi-Fi connections dramatically for moving vehicles. Dubbed "Vi-Fi," the protocol lets Wi-Fi clients keep in touch with several access points at once. In a sense, Vi-Fi lets overlapping access points coordinate with the moving client, minimizing the disruptions that can zap interactive applications. The tests, published in... [read full story]                    

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Vi-Fi Rocks.

 dailywireless.com Sep 6, 2008
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Plan rolling to improve vehicle-based Wi-Fi nets

 computerworld.com.au Sep 5, 2008
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Vi-Fi Rocks.

dailywireless.com
Sep 6, 2008
        

Are you down with Vi-Fi? Vi-Fi, or vehicle Wi-Fi, is an overlapping Wi-Fi system that would allow people on the go to connect to one after another Wi-Fi points. Pretty cool, eh? But I think you might need a driver or to...

Plan rolling to improve vehicle-based Wi-Fi nets

computerworld.com.au
Sep 5, 2008
        

You could think of this as the Tarzan protocol for Wi-Fi. The goal is to improve interactive Wi-Fi connections dramatically for moving vehicles. Dubbed "Vi-Fi," the protocol lets Wi-Fi clients keep in touch with several...