Siemens IEEE802.11 - Manual (Page 3)

WLAN-IEEE802.11 Tutorial (Maximilian Riegel), 021018-wlan-tutorial.ppt Page 3 © Siemens, 2002
Prolog:
WLAN has taken off ...
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Lots of serious WLAN activities have been started
– All big players have products (Cisco, Intel, …)
– Integrated WLAN solutions appearing (Apple, IBM, ...)
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The prediction have been exceeded by actual market.
For comparison:
Total PC world market in ‘01: ~ 120 Mio pcs.; > 30 % portable.
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Ruling technology is IEEE802.11b (Wi-Fi) [11Mb/s, 2.4 GHz].
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