The networking issues involved in the use of infrared communications in a factory environment are described. A brief history of the use of infrared and radio for indoor (factory environment) communications is given, and the physical infrared environment is reviewed. Topology and protocol alternatives are compared.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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Lessard et al. (1988) studied this question.