Everything about Tethering
Means of sharing Internet connections
Tethering or phone-as-modem (PAM) is the sharing of a mobile device's cellular data connection with other connected computers. It effectively turns the transmitting device into a modem to allow others to use its cellular network as a gateway for Internet access. The sharing can be done wirelessly over wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, IrDA or by physical connection using a cable like USB. If tethering is done over Wi-Fi, the feature may be branded as a personal hotspot or mobile hotspot, and the transmitting mobile device would also act as a portable wireless access point (AP) which may also be protected using a password. Tethering over Bluetooth may use the Personal Area Networking (PAN) profile between paired devices, or alternatively the Dial-Up Networking (DUN) profile where the receiving device virtually dials the cellular network APN, typically using the number *99#. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: TetheringA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Tethering Piezo channels to the actin cytoskeleton for mechanogating via the cadherin-β-catenin mechanotransduction complexInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: KitesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fateCited 1,489 times
- Go sideways: Mobile broadband modemA closely related topic
- Go sideways: MiFiA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of tether
Noun The act or means by which something is tethered.
Noun The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate
An ER-Mitochondria Tethering Complex Revealed by a Synthetic Biology Screen
Atg8, a Ubiquitin-like Protein Required for Autophagosome Formation, Mediates Membrane Tethering and Hemifusion
Interplay of matrix stiffness and protein tethering in stem cell differentiation
Structural Basis of Mitochondrial Tethering by Mitofusin Complexes
Controlling Long-Range Genomic Interactions at a Native Locus by Targeted Tethering of a Looping Factor
Insights into the Molecular Basis of Leukocyte Tethering and Rolling Revealed by Structures of P- and E-Selectin Bound to SLeX and PSGL-1
Tetherin Inhibits HIV-1 Release by Directly Tethering Virions to Cells
🆕 Influential since 2022
Tethering Piezo channels to the actin cytoskeleton for mechanogating via the cadherin-β-catenin mechanotransduction complex
A polymer tethering strategy to achieve high metal loading on catalysts for Fenton reactions
Glycolytic enzyme PFKL governs lipolysis by promoting lipid droplet–mitochondria tethering to enhance β-oxidation and tumor cell proliferation
Structure of the HOPS tethering complex, a lysosomal membrane fusion machinery
Mitotic tethering enables inheritance of shattered micronuclear chromosomes
📚 Books worth reading
KitesNorma Dixon · 1995- 📕Determination of design and operation parameters for upper atmospheric research instrumentation to yield optimum resolution with deconvolutionGeorge E. Ioup · 1988
Dynamics of tethered satellite systemsVladimir S. Aslanov, Alexander S. Ledkov · 2011- 📕Tether-based investigation of the ionosphere and lower thermosphere concept definition study reportJohnson, L., M. Herrmann · 1997
Dynamics of space tether systemsV. V. Belet͡skiĭ, Vladimir V. Beletsky · 1993- 📕The dynamic phenomena of a tethered satelliteRobert S. Ryan · 1993
- 📕Tethers in space handbookPaul Anthony Penzo, P. W. Ammann · 1989
Dynamic Analysis of Space Tether MissionsEugene M. Levin · 2007
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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