Wireless LANs and mobile networking: standards and future directions

Author

LaMaire, Richard O. ; Krishna, Arvind ; Bhagwat, Pravin ; Panian, James

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

34

Issue

8

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

94

Abstract

The emerging widespread use of wireless LAN systems together with the users´ desire for such systems to interoperate has created a requirement for standards. Many standards bodies are currently defining standards for wireless systems that relate to different layers of the networking protocol stack. Of these, two influential physical and data link layer standards, IEEE 802.11 and the European HIPERLAN, are described. The article then considers the network layer by discussing extensions that are being made to the widely used Internet protocol (IP) to deal with mobility (wired or wireless). The final standards that are discussed relate to wireless link management. The article concludes by speculating on future directions for wireless LAN systems

Keywords

IEEE standards; LAN interconnection; computer network management; land mobile radio; radio networks; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; wireless LAN; European HIPERLAN; IEEE 802.11; Internet protocol; LAN interoperability; RF wireless LAN; data link layer standards; mobile networking; network layer; networking protocol stack; physical link layer standards; standards bodies; wireless LAN systems; wireless link management; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Femtocell networks; Floors; Local area networks; Network topology; Radio frequency; Telecommunication standards; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.533925

Filename

533925