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Article #357: Wireless IP Phones

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A wireless IP Phone can be described as a both WLAN and public wireless network.
sophisticated, next generation mobile IP Mobile PCs such as laptops and palmtops
communication device. The concept of can be carried anywhere and can run on
Wireless IP Phone originated due to the various applications but they lack the
spread of Wireless LAN (WLAN) in business compact portability of cellular phones.
organizations. Public wireless networks such as cellular
It integrates the regular IP phone with phones cover wide geographical areas but
wireless installations and facilitates have limited data bandwidth. Therefore,
parallel voice and data support to the new models of Wireless IP Phones are
enterprise desktops on the same wireless developed combining the open architecture
prop. The technology supports not just of laptops and the easy portability of
the standard packet-switch IP telephones cellular handset so that they can switch
but also the traditional circuit-switch to public wireless network after coming
PBX (Private Branch Exchange) interfaces. out of the purview of WLAN. There will
Primarily developed to be used within the not be any interruption in service during
offices, it combines the the switch.
cost-effectiveness of an IP Phone and the The Wireless IP Phone works on battery
convenience of a mobile phone. and needs to be charged just like a
Originally the wireless IP Phones were regular cellular phone. Older models
not intended to replace the traditional battery requires greater power; talk time
mobile phones but were meant to be used and stand by time are also lower than
exclusively within a restricted those offered by a regular cellular
environment like the premises of a phone. But the latest models claim to be
business organization or a house. The on par with regular cellular phones and
earlier models work only through WLAN offer similar features like caller ID,
which has limited geographic application. call hold and transfer, conference calls,
The range of operation, both indoor and selectable ring tones, phone book etc.
outdoor, of the phone would depend on the However, security is the major problem.
capacity of the hardware providing the Signals are broadcast over the air in the
wireless access and it goes without wireless system and can be easily
saying that performance would deteriorate intercepted by outsiders who are within
with distance. the range of reception. Wireless link
The latest models are designed to support must be secured to avoid such risks.






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