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ION University
Apprion Introduces ION University:  ION University is an online education source providing comprehensive wireless material. Join Dr. Peter Fuhr as he walks you through numerous courses on wireless, including the history of wireless technology, the fundamentals of Zigbee, Bluetooth, WiFi, the core concepts of wireless such as multiplexing, security and frequencies and how they work in industry today.

The course set includes 4 key Wireless Studies: Communication Fundamentals, Security Fundamentals, Wireless Applications and Advanced Wireless.

Start your online industrial wireless education with ION University's Communication Fundamentals. This set of modules provides a high level introduction to the core concepts of wireless such as:
  • A History of Wireless
  • Analog and Digital Signals
  • Wireless Frequencies
  • Wireless Multiplexing
  • Narrowband Signals
  • Spread Spectrum
  • IEEE Numbers and Letters
  • Wireless Circuits and Packets
  • Multipath and OFDM
Each module takes anywhere from 5 minutes to 30 minutes to complete, depending on the topic. Take a short quiz after each module and review what you've learned.

Dr. Peter Fuhr ION University's modules are presented by Dr. Peter Fuhr. Professor Fuhr brings over 25 years of experience in the areas of communications (optical, wireless and digital), semiconductor lasers, fiber optic sensor systems, and spacecraft experiment design. Peter is a founder and executive board member of the Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA), a senior member of IEEE, and chairperson of the interoperability committee within the SP100 standards organization and leading the efforts to develop the standard for wireless in industrial automation.

Register for ION University and begin your industrial wireless education today.



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Industrial Wireless is our world. Apprion is dedicated to providing industrial facilities with the most reliable, and secure wireless networks, devices, applications, and services. Apprion's ION System is an open, standards-based wireless infrastructure that let's you better manage your operations with reliability, security, and scalability – to drive performance and lower operational costs. We've made it our mission to make sure you have an open, reliable, secure wireless infrastructure and that your wireless is always on. Customers include market leaders in oil and gas, chemical and power/utilities. Contact Apprion: P.O. Box 95, Moffett Field, CA, 94035 or info@apprion.com

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