Title :
The design of an IEEE802.11 WLAN hardware MAC
Author :
Jiang, Anping ; Ren, Fang ; Li, Gang ; Pang, Yuedong ; Ban, Teng ; Gou, Weizhong ; Wang, Xinan
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
The design of an IEEE802.11 WLAN hardware MAC is presented in this paper. The function of WLAN MAC layer is partitioned between hardware and software. Timing-critical and low-level functions are implemented by the hardware MAC.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; hardware-software codesign; microprocessor chips; wireless LAN; IEEE802.11; WLAN hardware MAC; hardware-software partitioning; medium access control; wireless LAN; Decision support systems; Electronic switching systems; Hardware; Logic; Media Access Protocol; Microelectronics; Physical layer; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated Circuits Technology, 2004. Proceedings. 7th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8511-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2004.1436814