Interworking DECT with Ethernet for low cost wireless LANs

Author

Silva, Luis ; Muchaxo, António ; Sarmento, Helena

Author_Institution

INESC, Lisbon, Portugal

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

5-9 Oct 1998

Firstpage

727

Abstract

A system for wireless access to local area networks is presented. The system uses the DECT standard as a radio interface, defining a low cost and low/medium bit rate wireless LAN (WLAN). The routing capabilities of Windows NT are used. A PC with Windows NT, including an Ethernet network adapter and a general ISA DECT card, is the access point from the WLAN to the wired LAN. Miniport and intermediate Windows NT drivers for the DECT card were developed. The intermediate driver translates from the Ethernet protocol to the DECT protocol. We focus our work on Ethernet wireless access. However, we can use the same hardware and software to provide token-ring LANs with wireless access. Windows NT will ensure the communication between the DECT base station, seen like an Ethernet network adapter, and the token-ring LAN

Keywords

cordless telephone systems; internetworking; network topology; protocols; radio access networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; DECT protocol; DECT standard; Ethernet network adapter; Ethernet protocol; ISA DECT card; PC; Windows NT; base station; intermediate Windows NT drivers; local area networks; low cost wireless LAN; low/medium bit rate; radio interface; routing; software; token-ring LAN; wired LAN; wireless access; Access protocols; Base stations; Bit rate; Costs; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Instruction sets; Local area networks; Routing; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florence

ISSN

1091-8442

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5106-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733062

Filename

733062