A Summary of Short-range Wireless Communication

With the rapid development of the network and the communication technologies, the demand for the wireless communication is increasing rapidly, many wireless communication protocols have emerged. In this paper, the three most popular protocols, the Bluetooth, the WiFi and the IrDA are discussed. The differences among them and how to choose them are also discussed. At last, the potential new wireless standards UWB and ZigBee and their future are discussed.