WaveLAN
n Commercial product, developed by Lucent Technologies
(de-facto market leader), available since early 1990s
n Development closely aligned with early IEEE 802.11
standard effort, first product generation differs in key
aspects from final IEEE 802.11 standard
n Will discuss WaveLAN version 1, newer version 2 follows
finally approved 802.11 standard (plus enhancements to
allow for data rates up to 10 Mbps)
n Physical layer:
915 MHz (902-928 MHz) or 2.4 GHz (2.412-2.475 GHz) ISM
band
Bands are divided into frequency channels of 26 MHz each
Modulation scheme: DSSS, raw data rate of 2 Mbps