Wireless solutions provide numerous key benefits and enable novel services and applications compared to wired solutions:

• Reduction of weight in weight-sensitive environments
• Increased flexibility and re-configurability
  • Enabling of easy switching of network topologies
  • Ease of configuration and self-configuration
• Eliminating errors from faulty wiring
• Increased reliability through monitoring for reduced tear and wear
• Providing redundant backups to wired solutions
• Reduction of installation costs by simplified deployment procedures etc.
• Making possible easy, cost-effective feature updates
• Enabling novel “bring your own device” applications