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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)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

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Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Reducing medical errors (2004 May)

passive tags on patient bracelets
active tags on staff ID badges
tags on equipment
positive identification of patients
staff carry wireless PDA's or tablet PC's
system can detect proximity of staff to patient and automatically download patient's records

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