A comparison of the HIPERLAN

At present, WLANs supporting broadband multimedia communication are being developed and standardized around the world. Standards include HIPERLAN/2, defined by ETSI BRAN, 802.11a, defined by the IEEE, and HiSWANa defined by MMAC. These systems provide channel adaptive data rates up to 54 Mb/s (in a...

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Publié dans:	IEEE Communications magazine 40, 5 (2002).
Auteur principal:	Doufexi, A.
Format:	Article
Langue:	English
Sujets:	20 MHz. 5 GHz. 54 Mbit/s. ETSI BRAN. European Telecommunications Standards Institute. HIPERLAN/2 standards. HiSWANa. IEEE. IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN standards. MMAC. SHF. Broadband multimedia communication. Channel adaptive data rates. Channel models. Channel spacing. Medium access control. Packet size. Radio band. Software simulated physical layer. Performance results. Standardization. Throughput analysis. Transmission modes. Upper protocol layers.