Question:

a) Compare Bluetooth and WIFI based networks over the following factors: Data rate, Range, Application Focus, Battery Power, Frequency Band, Security.

b) Differentiate between parked devices and standby devices in a Bluetooth piconet.

c) Describe how you could device an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) based system to track animals on a large farm.

d) Imagine a large cultivation field, where irrigation and plant nutritional aliments are automated through machines. How could you deploy a Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) to track the precision of these two automated processes?

e) Describe two techniques used in Location Based Services (LBS) to identify the position/location of a user?

f) List two characteristics of a mobile agent?