Early recognition of wireless possibility …
I was working with the early 802.11 gear from NetWave Wireless in 1998 … and it appears that a number of us recognized then what was going to occur. It’s funny … I’ve pushed Novell for years to use their directory technology to make this a reality … and I have not been able to communicate the opportunity to them!
The term parasitic grid or parasitic network appears to originate from a single British Telecomm (BT) researcher named Peter Cochrane. He wrote two interesting papers with great foresight: one from 1999 on the general idea, and another with more contemporary references in 2000.