The AT&T GIS WaveLAN air interface and protocol stack

Author

Claessen, A. ; Monteban, L. ; Moelard, H.

Author_Institution

AT&T GIS, Nieurwegein, Netherlands

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

18-23 Sep 1994

Firstpage

1442

Abstract

The AT&T GIS WaveLAN system is the first wireless LAN communication system on the market that can transfer information at a rate of 2 Mbits per second. This paper gives an overview of the aspects of the WaveLAN air interface that are relevant for inter-operability between systems. Emerging areas of application of such a wireless LAN system are medical, transportation or retail vertically integrated systems. The paper covers the physical layer, media access control and also higher level protocols specific for application in the wireless indoor environment

Keywords

access protocols; indoor radio; internetworking; network interfaces; wireless LAN; 2 Mbit/s; AT&T; GIS WaveLAN system; air interface; high level protocols; information transfer; media access control; medical systems; physical layer; protocol stack; retail vertically integrated systems; systems interoperability; transportation systems; wireless LAN communication system; wireless LAN system; wireless indoor environment; Application software; FCC; Geographic Information Systems; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Physical layer; Software tools; Topology; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1994. Wireless Networks - Catching the Mobile Future., 5th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Print_ISBN

90-5199-193-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WNCMF.1994.529488

Filename

529488