High-speed Wireless ATM and LANsA discussion of the technological issues associated with wireless local area networks (WLANs) as a means of providing cable-free data access, easy upgrading and flexible reconfiguration compared to the extensive multimedia and intensive application support provided by terrestrial and satellite asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks. It explores the benefits and the issues related to developing wireless ATM and provides an overview of both WLAN and WATM technologies, as well as their global standards, performance evaluations of the two network options, and the pros and cons of each. Designed to provide a survey of requirements for third-generation wireless networks, the book discusses how WLANs offer flexibility, and simple methods for reconfiguring or expanding networks without much expense or redesign, making upgrades inexpensive and easy. It also depicts how ATM is capable of supporting precise and demanding applications, including today's most intense multimedia functions, and it explores the technical issues related to extending ATM from wireline to wireless environments. |
Contents
Classification of Wireless LANs | 23 |
Wireless LAN Implementation | 45 |
Wireless LAN Standards 73 323 | 73 |
Copyright | |
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1504 Packet length access point allocation antenna applications ATM cell ATM networks Average delay performance bandwidth bits Bluetooth Broadband broadcast addressing carrier sensing CDMA cellular chip collision connection CSMA/CA data packet delay spread detection devices DIFS DQPSK DSSS efficiency Ethernet Ethernet packet fading FHSS FHSS wireless LANs Figure frequency band frequency channels handoff header high-speed HIPERLAN HIPERLAN Type hopping pattern IEEE implemented infrared LANs interference interframe space Internet intersymbol interference ISM band MAC protocol Mbps Minimum loss-free mobile nodes modulation MPDU multimedia multipath multiple access network interface cards operating overhead Packet length octets packet transmission physical layer PLCP pseudonoise pseudonoise code radio received signal requires retransmission satellite slot Spectrum24 spread spectrum standard Start frame delimiter sublayer symbol rate synchronization Technologies traffic transmitted unicast unicast addressing Wired Ethernet wired network wireless ATM wireless coverage areas wireless LANs wireless network WLIF