WLAN Protocols

ALSO CALLED: Open Wireless Protocols, Wireless Local Area Network Protocols, Wireless Standards, Digital Wireless Protocols, Wireless Protocols, and Wireless LAN Protocols
DEFINITION: HiperLAN is a set of wireless local area network (WLAN) communication standards primarily used in European countries. There are twospecifications: HiperLAN/1 and HiperLAN/2. Both have been adopted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).The HiperLAN standards provide features and capabilities similar to those of the IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (LAN) standards, used  … 
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WLAN PROTOCOLS DEFINITION (continued): … HiperLAN is a set of wireless local area network (WLAN) communication standards primarily used in European countries. There are twospecifications: HiperLAN/1 and HiperLAN/2. Both have been adopted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).The HiperLAN standards provide features and capabilities similar to those of the IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (LAN) standards, used in the U.S. and other adopting countries. HiperLAN/1 provides communications at up to 20 Mbps in the 5-GHz range of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum. HiperLAN/2 operates at up to 54 Mbps in the same RF band. HiperLAN/2 is compatible with 3G (third-generation) WLAN systems for sending and receiving data, images, and voice communications. HiperLAN/2 has the potential, and is intended, for implementation worldwide in conjunction with similar systems in the 5-GHz RF band.Also see 802.11.
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