802.11 Wireless Lan Fundamentals - Hardcover

Roshan, Pejman; Leary, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1587050773 ISBN 13: 9781587050770

Publisher: Cisco Systems, 2003

Synopsis

802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals gives you the background and practical details you need to select, design, install, and run your own WLAN. This book begins with an overview of Ethernet technologies, 802.11 standards, and physical layer technologies, providing you with a frame of reference for the rest of the book. Subsequent chapters address challenges and solutions associated with security, mobility, and QoS. Radio frequency fundamentals are reviewed in detail, as are site-surveying methods. A series of case studies that highlight WLAN design considerations in various business environments helps place all the concepts covered in this book in the context of real-world applications.

About this title

About the Author

Pej Roshan is a technical marketing engineer with the Ethernet Access Group at Cisco Systems. His primary focus is on Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID) for switched and wireless ethernet.

Jon Leary is a product line manager at Cisco, where he is responsible for defining roadmaps for wireless bridging. Jon has years of experience working in the wireless and digital signal processing fields, and holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Harvard and an M.S. in signal processing from Stanford.

From the Back Cover

Master the basics in designing, building, and managing a Cisco Aironet WLAN.

* Master the basics of Wireless LANs with this concise design and deployment guide
* Understand implementation issues for a variety of environments including vertical, SOHO, and enterprise networks
* Learn design and troubleshooting advice from real-world case studies

Wireless Local-Area Network Fundamentals gives networking engineers and IT professionals the knowledge they need to design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot their own wireless local-area networks (WLANs). Starting with an overview of the technology and architecture of WLANs, the book goes on to explain services and advanced features that such applications can provide. Most importantly, it provides practical design guidance and deployment recommendations.

Wireless LANs connect computer networks via radio transmissions instead of traditional phone lines or cables. Benefits to these systems go well beyond getting rid of all the cables and wires. Campus networks can grow geographically larger while still retaining all their efficiency and speed. Additionally, cost savings can be realized when third-party phone lines are no longer necessary, saving the cost of line rental and equipment upkeep. Finally, flexibility in campus network design increases significantly for the networking professional, while the network accessibility and usefulness increases for the individual users.

Wireless Local-Area Network Fundamentals helps networking professionals realize these benefits by helping them understand how to design, build, and maintain these networks, as well as how to justify their value within organizations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cisco Systems
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1587050773
• ISBN 13: 9781587050770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300