A Historical Twist on Long-Range Wireless: Building a 103 km Multi-Hop Network Replicating Claude Chappe’s Telegraph
In 1794, French Engineer Claude Chappe coordinated the deployment of a network of dozens of optical semaphores. These formed “strings” that were hundreds of kilometers long, allowing for nationwide telegraphy. The Chappe telegraph inspired future developments of long-range telecommunications using e...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-10-01
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Series: | Sensors |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/19/7586 |