Norman Abramson - Father of modern wireless networks, dies at 88
Norman Abramson - Father of modern wireless networks, dies at 88 Norman Abramson - Father of modern wireless networks, dies at 88 The ALOHAnet designed by him in the 70s in Hawaii, was a precursor to the technology used in today’s smartphones and home WiFi networks. advertisement HIGHLIGHTS Norman Abramson, father of wireless networks passed away at his residence in San Francisco at the age of 88. He was suffering from skin cancer. Abramson and his team developed ALOHAnet in 1971, the first system to transmit data between computers using radio waves. Norman Abramson, one of the early pionee...