The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion - Softcover

O'Hara, Bob; Sp&&&&; Petrick, Al

9780738118550: The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738118559 ISBN 13: 9780738118550

Publisher: IEEE, 1999

The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion familiarizes system network architects, hardware engineers and software engineers with the basic concepts, terminology and key specifications of the IEEE 802.11 standard--serving as an indispensable primer.

This book takes the reader from a basic understanding of WLANs through the details of the PHY and MAC layer of the standard. The authors articulate a clear picture of the standard to both first-time and experienced designers of wireless products. So if you're a new market entrant or an existing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of proprietary WLAN solutions and you're developing IEEE 802.11 based products for the RF or Infrared WLAN market, this book is for you.

In this book, you will:

* Acquire a solid working definition of a wireless LAN
* Discover the evolution of the 802.11 standard
* Learn the various market segment applications, ranging from manufacturing to enterprise wireless communication

What's more, A Designer's Companion, covers in detail:

* General network topologies of an ad-hoc and distributed network for an IEEE 802.11 wireless medium
* Key specifications and attributes of the five physical layers specified in the standard
- direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) physical layer
- frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) physical layer
- high rate direct sequence spread spectrum (HRDSSS) physical layer
- orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) physical layer
- infrared (IR) physical layer
* Basics of the protocol relative to the ad-hoc and distributed network configuration, including the MAC layer-the most difficult entity in the standard

In addition, the book outlines the world regulatory bodies requiring certification for operating IEEE 802.11 conformant products in the 2.4 GHz ISM and 5 GHz UNII frequency bands.

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From the Publisher:

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About the Author:

Bob O'Hara is the president of Informed Technology, Inc., a company that specializes in strategic, technology, and network consulting. He is actively involved in the development of networking, telecommunications and computing standards and products. His areas of expertise are: network and communication protocols and their implementation, operating systems, system specification and integration, standards development, cryptography and its application, strategy development, and product definition. Mr. O'Hara has been involved with the development of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN standard since 1992. He is the technical editor of that standard and chairman of the revisions and regulatory extensions task groups.

Prior to starting Informed Technology, Mr. O'Hara worked for Advanced Micro Devices in both senior engineering and management positions for the I/O and Network Products Division and in the Advanced Development Lab, as well as engineering positions at Fairchild Space and Communications and TRW Defense and Space Systems Group. He graduated with a BSEE from the University of Maryland in 1978.

Al Petrick is Director of Marketing and Business Development at ParkerVision for the wireless product line. His experience includes over 20 years of combined marketing and systems engineering in wireless communications with emphasis on semiconductor technology.

Prior to ParkerVision, Mr. Petrick held senior management marketing and business development positions at Intersil Semiconductor. He successfully pioneered semiconductor technology for the wireless LAN market from inception through announcement. Mr. Petrick serves as Vice-Chairman of the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN standards committee. He has published various marketing and technical papers on wireless communications and is a distinguished writer with leading wireless trade journals and market and financial analysts. He holds a BSET from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, a MBA from Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, and has studied business-strategies at Northwestern University.

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