Wireless+Advantages+and+Disadvantages

=**Advantages and Disadvantages of Wireless Media** =



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 * Radio **
 * Low power transmitters (few miles range)
 * Microwave radio **
 * Often used for long distance, terrestrial transmissions (over 50 miles without repeaters)
 * No wiring and digging required
 * Requires large antennas (about 10 ft) and high towers
 * Some effect from water, rain and snow
 * Satellite **
 * Signals travel at speed of light, yet long propagation delay due to great distance between ground station and satellite
 * Infrared **
 * Requires line of sight
 * Generally subject to interference from heavy rain, smog, and fog

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