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Wireless LANs: Security, Reliability and Scalability Issues
White Papers Today, as IEEE 802.11 (or Wi-Fi)-based Wireless LANs (WLANs) are being widely accepted for many different applications, efforts are being made across industry and standards groups to enhance many aspects of this wireless Ethernet technology...
[June 30, 2005, 3:00]
Wireless LANs in higher education
White Papers This white paper looks at the trend toward more collaborative and open learning environments, fueled by the explosive adoption of mobile devices among students and faculty, makes higher education campuses fertile ground for wireless LANs.
[February 28, 2007, 0:00]
Wireless LANs - Standards and security
News Well, of course you can't literally hear RF waves, but wireless LANs (WLANs) are certainly being planted in IT networks from east to west. Over the past year, much has been written about the vulnerabilities of 802.11 wireless LANs.
[May 8, 2002, 9:42]
Weather Forecasting - Predicting Performance for Streaming Video Over Wireless LANs
White Papers The growth of wireless LANs has brought the expectation for high-bitrate streaming video to wireless PCs. However, it remains unclear how wireless channel characteristics impact the quality of streaming video sent over wireless LANs.
[February 8, 2006, 0:01]
Patient Monitoring Using Infrastructure-Oriented Wireless LANs
White Papers This paper derives several requirements of patient monitoring and shows how infrastructure-oriented wireless LANs, such as versions of IEEE 802.11, can be used to support patient monitoring in diverse environments.
[May 10, 2006, 1:00]
Evaluation of Quality of Service Schemes for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs
White Papers This paper evaluates four mechanisms for providing service differentiation in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, the Point Coordinator Function (PCF) of IEEE 802.11, the Enhanced Distributed Coordinator Function (EDCF) of the proposed IEEE 802.11e...
[March 16, 2009, 5:02]
Value Proposition of Wireless LANs
White Papers This paper briefly describes wireless LANs and details wireless overlays, identifying the qualitative and financial benefits. 802.11-based wireless networks pay for themselves in a short amount of time with significant ongoing savings in networking...
[April 15, 2009, 1:22]
MRMC: A Multi-Rate Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for Multi-Radio Wireless LANs
White Papers Dynamic transmission rate selection is widely used in IEEE 802.11b Wireless LANs (WLANs) to combat adverse wireless channel conditions. However, overall system throughput suffers when stations with different transmission rates share the same...
[May 10, 2006, 0:00]
Performance of Wireless LANs Based on IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocols
White Papers IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol has been the standard for Wireless LANs, and also adopted in many network simulation packages for wireless multi-hop ad hoc networks. However, it is well known that, as the traffic goes up, the performance of IEEE 802.11...
[January 18, 2006, 0:01]
Cell Breathing Techniques for Load Balancing in Wireless LANs
White Papers Maximizing the network throughput while providing fairness is one of the key challenges in Wireless LANs (WLANs). This goal is typically achieved when the load of the Access Points (APs) is balanced. However, recent studies on operational WLANs...
[November 29, 2006, 0:00]
The Benefits of Centralization in Wireless LANs Via the Cisco Unified Wireless Network
White Papers It discusses how centralization of Wireless LANs (WLANs) delivers advanced features and benefits that are easy to deploy, scale, and manage. This paper addresses the benefits of 802.11 wireless LAN centralization via the Cisco Unified Wireless...
[May 8, 2009, 4:21]
Cross-Layer Architecture for Adaptive Video Multicast Streaming Over Multirate Wireless LANs
White Papers Multicast video streaming over multirate wireless LANs imposes strong demands on video codecs and the underlying network. This paper presents a cross-layer architecture for adaptive video multicast streaming over multirate wireless LANs where layer...
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
Integration of GPRS and Wireless LANs With Multimedia Applications
White Papers This paper presents a gateway approach for the integration of GPRS and wireless LANs (WLANs). The proposed architecture leverages Mobile IP as the mobility management protocol over WLANs. The interworking between GPRS and WLANs is achieved by a...
[November 21, 2005, 23:00]
Backbone Topology Synthesis for Multi-Radio Meshed Wireless LANs
White Papers Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems are widely implemented to provide hot spot coverage. Wireless mesh networks are employed for the purpose of extending the wireless coverage scope of the network.
[August 1, 2007, 1:00]
Inside 802.11n Wireless LANs: Practical Insights and Analysis
White Papers The IEEE 802.11n Draft Standard specifies a next generation Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology promising nearly twice the reach and far better throughput than 802.11abg legacy devices. The technology is very complex (the draft is over 470 pages long...
[April 2, 2009, 1:22]
Mesh Topology Construction for Interconnected Wireless LANs
White Papers The 802.11s working group has been formed recently to recommend an Extended Service Set (ESS) that enables wider area communications among distributed clients, each of which has access to an IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN (WLAN).
[September 22, 2006, 2:28]
Building Easy-To-Use Wireless LANs
White Papers This paper describes how Motorola has merged wireless networking with high speed Internet access to create a complete home or small office communication solution. A combination router, cable modem, print server and wireless access point, the...
[September 25, 2003, 1:45]
Queue Management Strategies to Improve TCP Fairness in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs
White Papers Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) based on the IEEE 802.11 technology have become increasingly popular and ubiquitous. The 802.11 standard allows each station in a WLAN equal opportunity to access the wireless channel, which can result in unfair...
[December 27, 2007, 0:01]
WiFi for wireless LANs
News Why can't wireless local area network (LAN) hardware all just get along? The Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance says it can. The year-old standards body, know as WECA, announced on Wednesday that it has created an interoperability test which...
[March 16, 2000, 9:27]
Smart Power-Saving Mode for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs
White Papers This paper proposes a Smart PSM (SPSM) scheme, which directs a wireless station to sleep/wake up according to an "optimal" sequence, such that the desired delay performance is guaranteed with minimum energy consumption.
[January 20, 2006, 0:01]
