Experiences of a Trial Application of Wireless Technologies

Debreceni Egyetem, Agrártudományi Centrum

Herdon Miklós, PhD <herdon@date.hu>

Debreceni Egyetem, Agrártudományi Centrum

Kovács György, dr. <kovacs@date.hu>

Debreceni Egyetem, Agrártudományi Centrum

Debreceni Egyetem Informatikai Szolgáltató Központ

While wireless networking is not widely used at the moment, a rapid spread is prognosticated for the near future, and the demand for mobile solutions is already significant. In December 2000 the University of Debrecen started a pilot project for application of wireless technologies based on the Cabletron RoamAbout product family. The aim and key areas of our project are to provide infrastructure and applications for other University research areas focused in regional development (precision agriculture, environment monitoring, informatical infrastructure development of small settlements, etc.), and to analyze the applicability of wireless technology as a networking medium in the university network. In this paper we would like to report our experiences on both technical level and in regional applications.