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Point-to-point (mesh)

Ring

Ring (cont'd)

Ring (cont'd)

Bus

Competing needs and solutions

Token ring

Ethernet

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Real world

Real world (cont'd)

Real world (cont'd)

Real world (cont'd)

Real world (cont'd)

Wireless

Wireless (cont'd)

Protocols

Invisible computing

GPS

Medical applications

RFID

RFID (cont'd)

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Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications

Trauma centre (2004 Apr)

2"×¾"×½" RFID tags attached to patient's ankle as they entered the facility
25 RFID readers spread among 3 X-ray rooms, 2 CT-scan rooms, 2 ICU's, an OR and several general areas
tag contains 12-byte ID number

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