IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion, 2nd Edition: A Designer's Companion, 2nd Edition (IEEE Standards Wireless Networks) - Softcover

O'Hara, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738144495 ISBN 13: 9780738144498

Publisher: Standards Information Network, 2005

Synopsis

The first generation 802.11 wireless market, once struggling to expand, has spread from largely vertical applications such as healthcare, point of sale, and inventory management to become much more broad as a general networking technology being deployed in offices, schools, hotel guest rooms, airport departure areas, airplane cabins, entertainment venues, coffee shops, restaurants, and homes. This has led to the tremendous growth of new sources of IEEE 802.11 devices. IEEE 802.11 equipment is now moving into its second stage, where the wireless LAN is being treated as a large wireless communication system. As a system, there is more to consider than simply the communication over the air between a single access point and the associated mobile devices. This has lead to innovative changes in the equipment that makes up a wireless LAN. The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer’s Companion, Second Edition is for the system network architects, hardware engineers and software engineers at the heart of this second stage in the evolution of 802.11 wireless LANs and for those designers that will take 802.11 to the next stage.

About this title

About the Author

Bob O'Hara is a co-founder of Airespace, a venture-funded startup company that is leading the IEEE 802.11 industry into the second stage of wireless local area network (WLAN) evolution. He is actively involved in the development of networking, telecommunications, and computing standards and products. His areas of expertise are network and communication protocols and their implementation, operating systems, system specification and integration, standards development, cryptography and its application, strategy development, and product definition. Mr. O'Hara has been involved with the development of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN standard since 1992. He was the technical editor of that standard and chairman of the revisions and regulatory extensions tasks groups. He is currently chairman of the maintenance and task group. In 2004, he was selected of one of the fifty most powerful people in networking by Network World.

Al Petrick is vice president of marketing and business development at WiDeFi, a fabless semiconductor company developing 802.11 WiFi^® semiconductors for the wireless consumer electronics market. Mr. Petrick's experience includes over 23 years of combined marketing and systems engineering in wireless communications and semiconductor technology. Prior to WiDeFi, he held executive management marketing and business development positions at Icefyre and Intersil. At Intersil, now Conexant, formally Harris Semiconductor, he pioneered the PRISM WLAN chipset from inception into a successful Wi-Fi product line. Mr. Petrick serves as vice chairman of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN Working Group. He has published various marketing and technical papers on wireless communications for leading wireless trade publications, marketing analysts, and financial analysts. Mr Petrick co-authored with Bob O'Hara  the first edition of the IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion. He serves on a number of advisory boards for Wi-Fi product companies.

From the Back Cover

IEEE Standards Wireless Networks Series

IEEE 802.11^™ Handbook
A Designer's Companion, Second Edition

"Wireless 802.11 dual band 2.4 GHz-5 GHz networks overlaid with Quality of Service and robust security have become the choice for carrier grade voice over IP networks for the enterprise and consumer services market. The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion by Bob O'Hara and Al Petrick, 2nd Edition, contains a wealth of extremely useful technical information for designing standards based Wi-Fi™ VoIP products and networks. It's a valuable resource tool for every wireless engineer."
Harry Worstell, Researcher, AT&T Labs

"Wireless access networks are moving from a useful to a must-have imperative by CIOs and knowledge workers worldwide, catalyzed by the immediate and obvious productivity benefits of this technology, as well as the near-universal appeal of standards-based IEEE 802.11 networks. Bob O'Hara and Al Petrick's Designer's Companion plays a pivotal role for all technologists building to the standard or just those who want to understand it better. It's a must-read for everyone working with WLAN technology."
Brett Galloway, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airespace

"This book belongs on the desk of anyone involved with wireless LAN technologies and products. It's a vital reference to one of the most important elements in networking today."
Craig J. Mathias, Farpoint Group

"The amazing success of IEEE 802.11 adoptions is visible in the home, the enterprise, and other market segments. Such market growth and associated user experience has much to do with the fact 802.11 is a global Standard. I find that Bob O'Hara and Al Petrick's Designer's Companion is an excellent reference for those who are interested in learning about the Standard and its features."
Dr. Amer Hassan, Architect, Windows Networking and Device Technologies, Microsoft

From the Inside Flap

IEEE Standards Wireless Networks Series

IEEE 802.11^™ Handbook
A Designer's Companion, Second Edition

"Wireless 802.11 dual band 2.4 GHz-5 GHz networks overlaid with Quality of Service and robust security have become the choice for carrier grade voice over IP networks for the enterprise and consumer services market. The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion by Bob O'Hara and Al Petrick, 2nd Edition, contains a wealth of extremely useful technical information for designing standards based Wi-Fi™ VoIP products and networks. It's a valuable resource tool for every wireless engineer."
—Harry Worstell, Researcher, AT&T Labs

"Wireless access networks are moving from a useful to a must-have imperative by CIOs and knowledge workers worldwide, catalyzed by the immediate and obvious productivity benefits of this technology, as well as the near-universal appeal of standards-based IEEE 802.11 networks. Bob O'Hara and Al Petrick's Designer's Companion plays a pivotal role for all technologists building to the standard or just those who want to understand it better. It's a must-read for everyone working with WLAN technology."
—Brett Galloway, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airespace

"This book belongs on the desk of anyone involved with wireless LAN technologies and products. It's a vital reference to one of the most important elements in networking today."
—Craig J. Mathias, Farpoint Group

"The amazing success of IEEE 802.11 adoptions is visible in the home, the enterprise, and other market segments. Such market growth and associated user experience has much to do with the fact 802.11 is a global Standard. I find that Bob O'Hara and Al Petrick's Designer's Companion is an excellent reference for those who are interested in learning about the Standard and its features."
—Dr. Amer Hassan, Architect, Windows Networking and Device Technologies, Microsoft

Edition details

• Publisher: Standards Information Network
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738144495
• ISBN 13: 9780738144498
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400