Norman Abramson, pioneer of wireless computer networks, dies

San Francisco, Dec 12 : Norman Abramson, one of the pioneers behind wireless computer networks for communication, has died at age 88.
Abramson is known for creating ALOHAnet, an early wireless network that led to the next-gen technologies being used in modern satellite, phone, and computer networks.
Abramson died of skin cancer that had metastasised in his lungs, according to The New York Times.
One of Abramson’s first projects at the University of Hawaii was to develop radio technology to help the school send and receive data from its remote geographic location to the US.
A key innovation in the technology was to divide the data in packets which could be resent if the data was lost during transmission.
ALOHAnet became the foundation of modern wireless communication as well as influencing the development of Ethernet-based communications.