Prolog:

WLAN has taken off ...

νLots of serious WLAN activities have been started

– All big players have products (Cisco, Intel, …)

– Integrated WLAN solutions appearing (Apple, IBM, ...)

νThe prediction have been exceeded by actual market. For comparison:

Total PC world market in ‘01: ~ 120 Mio pcs.; > 30 % portable.

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νRuling technology is IEEE802.11b (Wi-Fi) [11Mb/s, 2.4 GHz].

WLAN-IEEE802.11 Tutorial (Maximilian Riegel), 021018-wlan-tutorial.ppt

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Siemens IEEE802.11 manual Prolog Wlan has taken off