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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)

Medical applications

Medical applications (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)

ER (2006 Mar)

monitors patient location and vital signs
ultrasound rather than RF

Cardiology (2007 Mar)

tags on heart monitors worn by at-risk patients
patients linked to monitors in database
location tracked within hospital

MedicAlert (2007 Feb)

testing with cards
goal is bracelets

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