WaveLAN-II: A High-Performance Wireless LAN for the Unlicensed Band Export

@article{1997kamerman_wavelanII, abstract = {In July 1997 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) completed standard 802.11for wireless local area networks (LANs). WaveLAN®-II, to be released early in 1998, offers compatibility with the IEEE 802.11 standard for operation in the 2.4-GHz band. It is the successor to WaveLAN-I, which has been in the market since 1991. As a next-generation wireless LAN product, WaveLAN-II has many enhancements to improve performance in various areas. An IEEE 802.11 direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) product, WaveLAN-II supports the basic bit rates of 1 and 2Mb/s, but it can also provide enhanced bit rates as high as 10 Mb/s. This paper discusses various aspects of the system design of WaveLAN-II and characteristics of its antenna, radio-frequency(RF) front-end, digital signal processor (DSP) transceiver chip, and medium access controller (MAC) chip.}, address = {Murray Hill, NJ, USA}, author = {Kamerman, Ad and Monteban, Leo}, citeulike-article-id = {1060982}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bltj.2069}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/97518326/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/bltj.2069}, editor = {Zysman, George I.}, issn = {1089-7089}, journal = {Bell Labs Technical Journal}, keywords = {80211, mac, wavelan, wireless}, month = {August}, number = {3}, pages = {118--133}, posted-at = {2009-11-05 15:19:00}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Lucent Technologies}, title = {{WaveLAN-II}: {A} High-Performance Wireless {LAN} for the Unlicensed Band}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bltj.2069}, volume = {2}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - 1997kamerman_wavelanII L3 - citeulike-article-id:1060982 N2 - In July 1997 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) completed standard 802.11for wireless local area networks (LANs). WaveLAN®-II, to be released early in 1998, offers compatibility with the IEEE 802.11 standard for operation in the 2.4-GHz band. It is the successor to WaveLAN-I, which has been in the market since 1991. As a next-generation wireless LAN product, WaveLAN-II has many enhancements to improve performance in various areas. An IEEE 802.11 direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) product, WaveLAN-II supports the basic bit rates of 1 and 2Mb/s, but it can also provide enhanced bit rates as high as 10 Mb/s. This paper discusses various aspects of the system design of WaveLAN-II and characteristics of its antenna, radio-frequency(RF) front-end, digital signal processor (DSP) transceiver chip, and medium access controller (MAC) chip. IS - 3 JF - Bell Labs Technical Journal SN - 1089-7089 AD - Murray Hill, NJ, USA EP - 133 TI - {WaveLAN-II}: {A} High-Performance Wireless {LAN} for the Unlicensed Band PB - Lucent Technologies VL - 2 SP - 118 KW - 80211 KW - mac KW - wavelan KW - wireless AU - Kamerman, Ad AU - Monteban, Leo A2 - Zysman, George PY - 1997/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bltj.2069 ER -