Editing Wireless network (section)

{{Short description|Computer network not fully connected by cables}}
{{For|radio broadcast affiliations and two-way radio systems|Radio network}}
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{{Use American English|date=November 2024}}
[[File:Wifi.svg|thumb|upright|Wireless icon]]

A '''wireless network''' is a [[computer network]] that uses wireless data connections between [[network node]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=A New Clusterings Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257373717}}</ref> Wireless networking allows homes, [[telecommunications network]]s, and business installations to avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment locations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview of Wireless Communications|url=http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0-521-83716-2&ss=exc|publisher=cambridge.org|access-date=8 February 2008}}</ref> Admin telecommunications networks are generally implemented and administered using [[radio communication]]. This implementation takes place at the physical level (layer) of the OSI model network structure.<ref>{{cite web|title=Getting to Know Wireless Networks and Technology|url=http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=98132|publisher=informit.com|access-date=8 February 2008}}</ref>

Examples of wireless networks include [[cell phone network]]s, [[WLAN|wireless local area networks (WLANs)]], wireless [[sensor]] networks, satellite communication networks, and terrestrial [[microwave]] networks.<ref name=Zander>{{cite book|first1=Guowang|last1=Miao|first2=Jens|last2=Zander|first3=Ki Won|last3=Sung|first4=Ben|last4=Slimane|title=Fundamentals of Mobile Data Networks|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1107143210|year=2016}}</ref>

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