Use of a wireless network for the purpose of voice communication
Not to be confused with Wifi calling, a technology with similar naming but different use case.
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Voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN), also voice over Wi‑Fi (VoWiFi[1]), is the use of a wireless broadband network according to the IEEE 802.11 standards for the purpose of vocal conversation. In essence, it is voice over IP (VoIP) over a Wi-Fi network. In most cases, the Wi-Fi network and voice components supporting the voice system are privately owned.[citation needed]
VoWLAN can be conducted over any Internet accessible device, including a laptop, PDA or VoWLAN units which look and function like DECT and cellphones. Just like for IP-DECT, the VoWLAN's main advantages[citation needed] to consumers are cheaper local and international calls, free calls to other VoWLAN units and a simplified integrated billing of both phone and Internet service providers.[citation needed]
Although VoWLAN and 3G have certain feature similarities, VoWLAN is different in the sense that it uses a wireless internet network (typically 802.11) rather than a cellular network. Both VoWLAN and 3G are used in different ways, although with a femtocell the two can deliver similar service to users and can be considered alternatives.[citation needed]
Voiceover wireless LAN (VoWLAN), also voiceover Wi‑Fi (VoWiFi), is the use of a wireless broadband network according to the IEEE 802.11 standards for...
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IEEE 802.11 a/g/n wireless protocols Cisco-compatible extensions for VoiceoverWLAN Software updates provide upgrades to the next minor version of Intel...
proprietary implementations. The more common ones are discussed below. Some Cisco WLAN access points and VoIP phones supported a proprietary form of PoE many years...
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and shipped its first WLAN analyzer product in 2002. In August 2006, the company shipped the Vo-Fi Analyzer, the first voice-over-Wi-Fi analyzer that could...
Key, which require unique security keys to each WLAN user while Pre Shared Keys requires all user of WLAN to use same security key. The technology also...
encompasses roaming between networks of different network standards, e.g. WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) or GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)...
provided voice call services over a circuit-switched-style network, rather than strictly over an IP packet-switched network. Various voiceover IP technologies...
done over wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), over Bluetooth or by physical connection using a cable, for example through USB. If tethering is done overWLAN, the feature...
30 June 2014. "Die neue O2 Message+Call App: Jetzt mit dem Smartphone im WLAN telefonieren" (in German). o2 Germany. 11 August 2015. Archived from the...
telephone network was already under heavy demand from circuit-switched voice, and the telephone exchanges were ill-designed to cope with the traffic...
well-defined applications that require QoS, such as Voiceover IP (VoIP) on Wi-Fi phones (VoWLAN). WMM replaces the Wi-Fi DCF distributed coordination...
Protocol, lends its name to voiceover Internet Protocol (VoIP). The idea began in the early 1990s with walkie-talkie-like voice applications for personal...
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concept for a communications network that connects voice and data endpoints within a cloud environment over IP, replacing an existing local area network (LAN)...
wireless networks include cell phone networks, wireless local area networks (WLANs), wireless sensor networks, satellite communication networks, and terrestrial...
Internet. connectivity within the home network like a network switch, hub, or WLAN base station. network address translation (NAT), DHCP for IPv4 and IPv6,...
networking associates/administrators, wireless support specialists, and WLAN project managers. The certification validates skills in the configuration...
capable of delivering broadband mobile communications beyond that of GSM and WLANs. VoATM ATM25 In practice some of the VP and VC numbers are reserved. Ayanoglu...
Meru Networks was a supplier of wireless local area networks (WLANs) to healthcare, enterprise, hospitality, K-12 education, higher education, and other...
unused header fields. WLAN Steganography – transmission of steganograms in Wireless Local Area Networks. A practical example of WLAN Steganography is the...
Nokia filed a lawsuit against Apple for infringement of its GSM, UMTS and WLAN patents. Nokia alleges that Apple has been violating ten Nokia patents since...