#history Wi-Fi is one of the many inventions, or rather technologies, that were created during one of humanity's darkest periods, the Second World War. What few people know is that a woman was the brilliant mind behind this wireless interconnection signal The reason why Hedy Lamarr is considered the creator of Wi-Fi is because she, together with George Antheil, devised frequency hopping, an encryption technique for remote control of torpedoes. His contribution inspired the development of the spread spectrum, a system through which several radio frequencies were achieved.

His work stands out because he made the local area network (LAN) fast and reliable. This then became the Wi-Fi standards 80211a, 80211g and 802 In 1971 the University of Hawaii created something called AlohaNet. Their goal was to connect several computers on the island to transmit data packets. A fact that is considered to be the first step taken to use wireless technology for computing purposesIn 1999, the home use of Wi-Fi was introduced.

Efforts to achieve a faster connection continue. In 2003, the 80211G standard was created, with which the Internet signal was able to cover more areas Since 2020, the IEEE 80211ax protocol began to be used, popularly known as Wifi 6. Its special feature: it is faster and consumes less energy.




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