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Hype Cycle for Wireless Networking, 2006
11 July 2006
 
Phillip Redman   Rachna Ahlawat   Monica Basso   Ken Dulaney   Patti A. Reali   William Clark   Sylvain Fabre   Leif-Olof Wallin   Jouni Forsman   Bettina Tratz-Ryan   Sandy Shen   Nick Jones   John Girard  

For the Wireless Networking Hype Cycle, Gartner continues to evaluate the standards-based technologies that will have the most impact in the field. Rapid development, but slower maturation and adoption, are leading to the most crowded Trough of Disillusionment Gartner has seen.




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Table of Contents


1.0
    
 What You Need to Know

2.0
    
 The Hype Cycle

3.0
    
 The Priority Matrix

4.0
    
 On the Rise

4.1
    
 VoIP WWAN
4.2
    
 RFID Warehouse Management Systems
4.3
    
 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
4.4
    
 Near-Field Communication
4.5
    
 802.15.4/ZigBee
4.6
    
 802.11r
4.7
    
 802.11k (Radio Resource Measurement)

5.0
    
 At the Peak

5.1
    
 802.16-2005 WiMAX
5.2
    
 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A
5.3
    
 Unlicensed Mobile Access
5.4
    
 IMS
5.5
    
 Ultrawideband/Wireless USB
5.6
    
 802.11n
5.7
    
 CAPWAP/LWAPP

6.0
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

6.1
    
 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
6.2
    
 TD-SCDMA
6.3
    
 802.16-2004 WiMAX
6.4
    
 Mesh Networks — Sensor
6.5
    
 Mesh Networks: Wide Area
6.6
    
 WPA Security
6.7
    
 Point-to-Point Wireless Bridges
6.8
    
 Next-Generation Satellite
6.9
    
 VoIP WLAN
6.10
    
 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
6.11
    
 Location-Aware Technology
6.12
    
 WCDMA and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
6.13
    
 WMM Power Save/802.11e U-APSD
6.14
    
 Mesh Networking

7.0
    
 Climbing the Slope

7.1
    
 Enhanced Data for Global Evolution

8.0
    
 Entering the Plateau

8.1
    
 Bluetooth Version 2.0
8.2
    
 WPA2
8.3
    
 Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g

9.0
    
 Off the Hype Cycle

10.0
    
 Appendices

10.1
    
 Appendix A: Previous Iteration of the Hype Cycle
10.2
    
 Appendix B: Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Wireless Networking, 2006
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Wireless Networking, 2006
 

Figure 3. 
 For Reference: Hype Cycle for Wireless Networking, 2005
 



Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for Wireless Networking Infrastructure, 2009
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Hype Cycle for Wireless Networking Infrastructure, 2008
9 July 2008
  
Hype Cycle for Wireless Networking Infrastructure, 2007
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