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Wireless Networking Handbook
(Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing)
Author(s): Jim Geier
ISBN: 156205631x
Publication Date: 09/01/96
INDEX
- Symbols
- 10base2 networks, 216
- 10base5 networks, 216
- 10baseT networks, 215
- 100baseT networks, 215
- 3Com Corporation, 311
- 802.11 IEEE standard for wireless networking, 67-71
- A
- acceptance testing, 286-287
- Access Control access rights, 249
- access rights, assigning, 248-249
- ACM standards organization, 343
- ACS (Australian Computer Society), 346
- ACT Network, satellite WAN products, 122-123
- activating wireless networks, 263
- administering wireless networks, 247-250
- Advanced Computer Communications (ACC), 312
- agents (software), 226
- AgPro Grain, wireless MAN case study, 98
- agricultural environments, wireless MAN implementations, 98
- airline environments, wireless LAN case study, 78-79
- ALOHANET, 5
- American Hytech NetGuru Simulator (verifying wireless network design), 236
- American National Standards Institute, see ANSI
- American Red Cross, wireless LAN case study, 73-75
- amplifying digital signals, 13
- analog cellular WANs, 111-113
- Ancor Communications, Inc., 313
- ANSI (American National Standards Institute), 344
- ANSI FDDI medium access (LANs), 212
- antennas (wireless networks), 16-18
- AntiVirus utility (Norton), 257
- Application layer (OSI reference model), 9
- applications, wireless network requirements, 164
- approving wireless network design, 238
- architecture
- CDPD WANs, 115-116
- packet radio WANs, 102
- wireless networks, 8-18
- ARDIS (packet radio WAN service provider), 107, 294
- Artisoft, Inc., 314
- ASM (Association for Systems Management), 345
- assigning
- access rights for wireless networks, 248-249
- passwords for wireless networks, 247-248
- subnets to LANs, 225
- user names for wireless networks, 247-248
- Association for Systems Management (ASM), 345
- Association for Women in Computing (AWC), 345
- AT&T
- Global Business Communications Systems, 294
- Global Information Solutions, 294
- Wireless Services, 295
- Athena Rideshare, wireless WAN case study, 131-132
- ATI (Asociacion de Tecnicos de Informatica) standards organization, 344
- ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) forum, 345
- ATM banking, wireless MAN implementations, 94
- attenuation
- digital signals, 18
- testing, 282
- wireless network barriers, 230
- Austin Regional Clinic, wireless LAN case study, 75-76
- Australian Computer Society (ACS), 346
- Autoliv manufacturing company, wireless LAN case study, 78
- automatic vehicle location systems, 131
- AWC (Association for Women in Computing), 345
- B
- backbones (LANs), identifying requirements for wireless networks, 212
- bandwidth, 18
- banking environments (wireless MAN implementations), 94-96
- barriers (wireless networks), attenuation, 230
- baselining wireless network requirements, 181
- BASS, Inc., 295
- batteries (mobile workstations), power conservation, 25
- BDPA (Black Data Processing Associates), 346-347
- beacons (radio-based LANs), 56
- beepers, see pagers
- bit pipes (wireless networks), 8
- Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), 346-347
- bridges, 229
- local, 50
- radio-based LANs, 50-52
- radio-based MANs, 86
- remote, 50
- British Computer Society, 347
- budgeting
- networks, 146-147
- wireless networks, 167
- C
- Cabletron Systems, Inc., 254, 316
- cabling
- coaxial, 216
- LANs, selecting, 214-217
- testing for wireless networks, 280
- cargo environments, implementing wireless WANs, 128
- carrier current LANs, 66-67
- carrier sense protocols, 15
- case studies
- wireless LANs, 72-81
- wireless MANs
- wireless WANs
- CCPRs (Central Computerized Patient Records), 358
- CDDI (Copper Data Distributed Interface), 212
- CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) WANs, 113-116
- Central Computerized Patient Records (CCPRs), 358
- CIS (Corporate Information Systems) managers, 171-172
- Cisco Systems, Inc., 316
- client-server systems, 202
- coaxial cabling, 216
- commercial vendors, see vendors
- communication software, identifying requirements for wireless networks, 206-207
- communications channels (wireless networks), 18
- communications protocols (wireless networks), 14
- Computing Research Association (CRA), 348
- Comsat Mobile Communications, satellite WAN products, 123
- configurating radio-based LANs
- multiple-cell, 54-58
- single-cell, 52-53
- configuration control (wireless networks), 261-262
- configuration management (wireless networks), 255-256
- constraints, assessing for wireless networks, 178-179
- coordinating wireless network installation, 269-270
- Copper Data Distributed Interface (CDDI), 212
- cost of wireless networks
- electricity, 188
- hardware, 187
- identifying, 187-189
- maintenance, 189
- operational, 188-189
- project, 187-188
- ramp-up, 189
- software, 187
- system administration, 189
- training, 189
- cost effectiveness
- MANs, 84
- wireless networks, 21-22, 189-191
- course materials, creating for wireless network training, 244-247
- CRA (Computing Research Association), 348
- Create access rights, 249
- crosstalk testing (wireless network installation), 282
- Cylink, spread spectrum radio-based MAN products, 88, 296
- D
- DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), 5
- Data Encryption Standard, see DES
- Data Link layer (OSI reference model), 10
- data packets, see packets
- Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), 348
- data rates
- diffused infrared light-based LANs, 62
- radio-based MANs, 85
- defining
- network elements for wireless network design, 197-228
- training requirements for wireless networks, 242-244
- wireless network requirements, 174-181
- DES (Data Encryption Standard), 28
- design (wireless networks)
- approving, 238
- defining network elements for, 197-228
- documenting, 237-238
- identifying location of access points, 229-233
- identifying product requirements, 228-229
- verifying, 233-237
- verifying via physical prototyping, 233-234
- verifying via review, 236-237
- verifying via simulation, 234-239
- desktop operating systems, identifying requirements for wireless networks, 204-206
- desktop workstations, 12
- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), 225
- diffused infrared light-based LANs, 60-63
- Digital Equipment Corportion, 317
- digital signals
- amplifying, 13
- attenuation, 18
- modulating, 13
- Digital Wireless Corporation, 297
- DirecPC satellite WAN connectivity, 121-122
- direct sequence spread spectrum (radio-based LANs), 45-46
- directional antennas (wireless networks), 16
- directory structures, creating for wireless networks, 249-250
- disaster recovery (wireless networks)
- case study, 78
- planning, 257-258
- documenting (wireless network procedures)
- design, 237-238
- installation expenses, 269
- operational support, 263
- domains (radio-based LANs), 55
- DPMA (Data Processing Management Association), 348
- DSMA (Digital Sense Multiple Access) protocol, CPDP WANs, 116
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, see DHCP
- E
- e-mail (wireless access), 8
- electricity costs (wireless networks), 188
- encryption (DES), 28
- engineering wireless network issues, 259-261
- environmental requirements for wireless networks, 166, 173-174
- Erase access rights, 249
- Ericsson, 297
- error control mechanisms (wireless networks), 8
- error-handling (wireless networks), 15
- ETE, Inc. GPS WAN products, 126, 298
- EthAirBridge spread spectrum radio-based MAN products, 88
- evaluating wireless network installaion, 289
- F
- farming environments (wireless MAN implementations), 98
- FDDI, 212
- field service environments, implementing wireless networks, 36
- File Scan access rights, 249
- First Security Bank of New Mexico, wireless MAN case study, 94
- FleetMaster GPS WAN systems, 127
- follow-up procedures (wireless network installation), 287-289
- forward error correction (CPDP WANs), 114
- frame header fields, IEEE 802.3 LAN medium access, 209
- Frame Relay Forum, 349
- frame relay packet switching interface, 222
- Franklin National Bank, wireless MAN case study, 96
- FreePort wireless NIC, 49
- Freespace laser-based MANs, 94
- frequency hopping spread spectrum (radio-based LANs), 46-47
- G
- G.O.D. (Guaranteed Overnight Delivery), wireless WAN case study, 128
- geostationary satellites, 120
- Global Positioning System, see GPS WANs
- GoPrint wireless NIC, 50
- GPS (Global Positioning System) WANs, 125-127
- Grand Junction Networks, Inc., 318
- GRE America, Inc., 298
- GRE Japan, Inc., 298
- GTE Mobilenet, 299
- H
- hardware
- components, 206
- wireless networks
- cost, 187
- identifying requirements for, 206
- vendors, 293-310
- Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc., 319
- health risks (wireless networks), 30-31
- healthcare environments, implementing wireless networks, 33-34, 357-365
- help desks, creating for wireless networks, 250-251
- Hewlett-Packard Company, 319
- historical data analysis, 253
- Hitachi America, Ltd., 319
- hospitality environments, implementing wireless networks, 35
- Hughes LAN Systems, Inc., 121-122, 320
- I
- IBM, 320
- diffused infrared light-based LAN products, 62
- radio modems
- for ARDIS, 108
- for RAM Mobile, 109
- IBM Wireless, 299
- identifying
- communication software requirements for wireless networks, 206-207
- cost effectiveness of wireless networks, 189-191
- desktop operating system requirements for wireless networks, 204-206
- hardware requirements for wireless networks, 206
- IP addressing requirements for wireless networks, 223-226
- LAN backbone requirements for wireless networks, 212-217
- location of access points for wireless network design, 229-233
- management protocol requirements for wireless networks, 226-228
- network elements for wireless network design, 198
- NIC requirements for wireless networks, 207-212
- NOS requirements for wireless networks, 203-204
- product requirements for wireless network design, 228-229
- security requirements for wireless networks, 223
- software requirements for wireless networks, 200-202
- wireless network cost, 187-189
- IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers), 7, 67-71, 350
- IEEE 802.3 carrier sense multiple access for LANs, 208-210
- IEEE 802.5 token ring medium access for LANs, 210-212
- IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), 352
- implementing wireless networks, preparation for, 192-193
- Inficom, Inc., 299
- information flow (wireless network requirements), 164
- InfraLAN Technology, 64-66
- InfraLAN Wireless Communications, 299
- Infralink of America, Inc., 299
- Infrared Data Association (IrDA), 349
- infrared light, 60
- infrared light-based LANs
- components, 60
- diffused, 60-63
- data rates, 62
- IBM products, 62
- limitations, 62
- Phototonics products, 62
- Spectrix products, 63
- vendors, 62
- point-to-point, 63-66
- security advantages, 60
- standards, 71
- see also laser-based MANs
- InSoft, Inc., 320
- installing wireless networks, 265
- attenuation testing, 282
- components, 270-276
- coordinating, 269-270
- crosstalk testing, 282
- documenting expenses, 269
- efficiency, 21
- evaluating, 289
- follow-up procedures, 287-289
- identifying risks, 269
- integration testing, 283-284
- laser links, 271-275
- planning, 29-30, 265-270
- precautionary measures, 267
- procedural outlines, 267
- referencing design documentation, 268
- resources, 268-269
- scheduling, 268
- system testing, 285-286
- testing, 276-287
- time-division reflectometer testing, 282
- tool requirements, 267-268
- unit testing, 279-283
- updating documentation, 287
- wiremap testing, 281
- integration testing (wireless network installation), 283-284
- Intel Corporation, 299, 320
- interbuilding connections for wireless networks, 217-218
- interfaces
- packet switching WANs
- frame relay, 222
- ISDN, 223
- SMDS, 222
- X.25, 222
- wireless network requirements, 13-16, 163
- Intermec Corporation, 300
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 351
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 350-351
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), 352
- Internet Society, 352
- Intersect Remote Bridge (spread spectrum radio-based MANs), 88
- interviewing
- corporate information system managers for information on wireless network requirements, 171-172
- managers for information on wireless network requirements, 169
- users for information on wireless network requirements, 169-170
- inward signal interference (wireless networks), 22-24
- IP (Internet protocol) addresses
- assigning, 225
- classes, 224
- identifying requirements for wireless networks, 223-226
- obtaining, 224
- packet headers, 223
- shortage, 225
- subnets, assigning to LANs, 225
- IrDA (Infrared Data Association), 349
- ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) buses, 16
- ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) packet switching interface, 223
- ISM bands (radio-based LANs), 41-42
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization), 351
- Itronix Corporation, 300
- ITU (International Telecommunication Union), 350-351
- J-K-L
- Jacksonville Electric Authority, wireless WAN case study, 129-130
- Joint Application Design (JAD) meetings, determining wireless network requirements, 175-178
- JTECH, Inc., 300
- K&M Electronics, Inc., 300
- LACE (Laser Atmospheric Communication Equipment) laser-based MANs, 93, 271
- LANNAIR spread spectrum radio-based MAN products, 88
- LANs (Local Area Networks), wireless 3
- advantages, 40
- backbones, identifying requirements, 212-217
- cabling, selecting, 214-217
- carrier current, 66-67
- case studies
- airline environments, 78-79
- American Red Cross, 73-75
- Austin Regional Clinic, 75-76
- Autoliv manufacturing company, 77-78
- disaster recovery, 78
- Methodist Hospital, 76-77
- National Gallery of Art, 80
- retail environments, 79
- Sydney Observatory, 81
- TGI Friday's, Inc., 72-73
- travel agency environments, 78-79
- Younkers, Inc., 79
- commercial products available, 327-334
- infrared light-based, 59
- components, 60
- diffused, 60-63
- point-to-point, 63-66
- security advantages, 60
- standards, 71
- market potential, 7
- medium access
- ANSI FDDI, 212
- identifying requirements, 207-212
- IEEE 802.3 carrier sense multiple access, 208-210
- IEEE 802.5 token ring, 210-212
- migrating to IEEE 802.11 standards, 71-72
- OSI compliancy, 10
- point and beam infrared links, 64
- radio-based
- beacons, 56
- bridges, 50-52
- components, 47-52
- configurations, 52-58
- domains, 55
- ISM bands, 41-42
- narrow band modulation, 42-43
- peer-to-peer, 53
- performance, 58-59
- responsiveness, 56
- roaming capabilities, 54-58
- spread spectrum modulation, 44-47
- thresholds, 57
- wireless NICs, 47-50
- standards, 67-72
- wireless media, selecting, 213
- Lantronix, 321
- laptop workstations, 12
- Laser Communications, Inc., 300
- laser link installation for wireless networks, 271-275
- laser-based MANs, 90
- LCI products, 93
- line-of-sight paths, 92
- safety hazards, 91
- security, 92
- SILCOM products, 94
- transmission interference, 91
- versus radio-based, 91
- see also infrared light-based LANs
- law enforcement environments, wireless MAN implementations, 96-98
- layers of the OSI reference model, 9
- LCI (Laser Communications Incorporated)
- laser-based MAN products, 93
- point-to-point laser systems, 271-275
- line-of-sight paths (laser-based MANs), 92
- Local Area Networks, see LANs
- local bridges, 50
- location devices, see GPS WANs
- location of access point (wireless networks), 229-233
- logical architecture of wireless networks, 8-10
- Logistics Systems Engineering, 300
- Lotus Development Corporation, 321
- Lucent Technologies, 309
- WaveLAN wireless NIC, 49
- M
- MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, 70
- maintenance (wireless networks), 258-259
- costs, 189
- Management Information Base (MIB), 226
- management protocol (wireless networks), 226-228
- managing wireless networks, 251-258
- MANs (Metropolitan Area Networks), wireless, 3, 83-85
- case studies, 94-99
- AgPro Grain, 98
- First Security Bank of New Mexico, 94
- Franklin National Bank, 96
- commercial products available, 335-338
- cost effectiveness, 84
- laser-based, 90
- LCI products, 93
- line-of-sight paths, 92
- safety hazards, 91
- security, 92
- SILCOM products, 94
- transmission interference, 91
- versus radio-based, 91
- market potential, 7
- OSI compliancy, 10
- practical applications, 84
- radio-based
- bridges, 86
- components, 86
- data rates, 85
- narrow band, 89-90
- nonsupport for mobile users, 86
- routers, 86
- spread spectrum, 87-89
- transceivers, 86
- manufacturing environments, implementing wireless WANs, 129
- Mass Optical Storage Technologies, Inc., 321
- McDATA Corporation, 321
- MCI Communications Corporation, 322
- MCOM Network Systems, 301
- Medical Communications System, 301
- medical environments, implementing wireless networks, 357-365
- meteor burst communication WANs, 123-124
- Meteor Communications Corporation, 124, 301
- Methodist Hospital, wireless LAN case study, 76-77
- Metricom, Inc., 301
- Ricochet packet radio WAN service provider, 110-111
- Metropolitan Area Networks, see MANs
- MIB (Management Information Base), 226
- Microsoft Corporation, 322
- Project (project managment software), 159
- System Management Server (network configuration management utility), 256
- MicroTest, Inc., 322
- Microwave Data Systems, 301
- migrating wireless LANs to IEEE 802.11 standards, 71-72
- Mil 3 Opnet simulator, verifying wireless network design, 235
- MMTF (Mobile Management Task Force), 353
- Mobile Satellite Products Corporation, 301
- mobile workstations, 11
- battery (power conservation), 25
- durability, 12
- point and beam infrared links, 64
- vendors, 13
- MobileTrak GPS WAN systems, 126
- MobileWare analog cellular WAN software, 113
- mobility (wireless networks), 19, 164-165
- modems
- CDPD WANs, 115, 116
- packet radio WANs, 103-104
- radio modems, 103, 108-109
- Modify access rights, 249
- modulating digital signals, 13
- modulation
- narrow band radio-based LANs, 42-43
- spread spectrum radio-based LANs, 44-47
- Monarch Marking, 302
- monitoring wireless network performance, 253-255
- Monte Carlo project management software, 159
- Motorola-Wireless Data Group, 302
- mounting laser links for wireless networks, 271-276
- multiple-cell configurations (radio-based LANs), 54-58
- Multipoint Networks narrow band radio-based MAN products, 90, 302
- N
- narrow band modulation (radio-based LANs), 42-43
- narrow band radio-based MANs, 89-90
- Narrowband Personal Communications Services, 8
- National Gallery of Art, wireless LAN case study, 80
- NEC America, Inc., 302
- NetGuru Simulator, wireless network design simulator, 236
- Nettech Systems, Inc., 302
- network bridges, see bridges
- Network Interface Cards, see NICs
- Network layer (OSI reference model), 10
- Network Management Stations (NMSs), 226
- network monitoring stations, 253
- network operating systems, see NOS
- networks
- 10base2, 216
- 10base5, 216
- 10baseT, 215
- 100baseT, 215
- elements, 226
- defining maturity levels for, 199
- determining values for wireless network design, 198-228
- identifying for wireless network design, 198
- MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, 70
- project management, 135
- analyst responsibilities, 145
- assumption making, 139
- available software, 156-160
- budgeting, 146-147
- charter creation, 139
- constraints, 139
- creating project plans, 150-151
- defining project operations, 147-148
- defining project risks, 148-150
- defining requirements, 161-182
- design phase, 142
- designating project managers, 144
- engineer responsibilities, 145
- establishing communication, 154-155
- establishing hardware resource needs, 146
- establishing principles, 135-136
- establishing project teams, 144-146
- identifying customer focal point, 144
- identifying project scope, 138-139
- identifying resources, 143-146
- installation and testing phase, 142
- kick-off meetings, 152-153
- operational support preparation phase, 142
- operations representative responsibilities, 145
- planning, 137-151
- progress reports, 153
- project execution, 151-155
- project manager responsibilities, 143
- requirements phase, 142
- scheduling, 143
- status checks, 153
- technical interchange meetings, 153
- technician responsibilities, 145
- work breakdown structure development, 140-142
- token ring, 210-212
- vendors, 311-325
- see also LANs, MANs, WANs, wireless networks
- Newbridge Networks, Inc., 322
- NICs (Network Interface Cards), 10
- identifying requirements for wireless networks, 207-212
- wireless
- FreePort, 49
- GoPrint, 50
- radio-based LANs, 47-50
- RangeLAN2, 49
- WaveLAN, 49
- NMSs (Network Management Stations), 226
- Norand Corporation, 302
- NORCOM Networks Corporation, 303
- Nortel, 303
- NOS (network operating systems), 10, 14
- peer-to-peer, 203
- server-oriented, 203
- wireless networks, identifying requirements for, 203-204
- Notable Technologies, Inc., 303
- Nova CounterElectronics, Inc., 303
- Novell, Inc., 322
- O
- OMG (Object Management Group), 354
- OmniBeam, 271
- omnidirectional antenna (wireless networks), 16
- On Target Mapping, 303
- one-way WAN paging services, 119-120
- O'Neill Connectivities, Inc., 303
- online services, one-way paging support, 119
- Open System Interconnection, see OSI reference model
- operational cost (wireless networks), 188-189
- operational support (wireless networks), documenting, 263
- Opnet wireless network design simulator, 235
- ORBCOMM, 304
- OSI (Open System Interconnection) reference model, 9-10
- OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) protocol, implementing in packet radio WANs, 106
- outward signal interference, 24
- P
- packet headers (IP), 223
- packet radio WANs, 102-111
- architecture, 102
- components, 102-104
- modems, 103-104
- packet transmission, 105-106
- relay nodes, 104
- routing tables, updating, 106-107
- service providers
- ARDIS, 107-108
- Metricom Ricochet, 110-111
- RAM Mobile Data, 108
- packet switching WANs, 221-223
- packets
- routing in packet radio WANs, 106
- transmitting
- to/from CPDP WANs, 116
- to/from packet radio WANs, 105-106
- PageMart, Inc., 304
- pagers (WAN implementations), 12, 116
- one-way, 119-120
- two-way, 117-118
- PageSat, Inc., 304
- palmtop workstations, 12
- Palmtree Products, Inc., 304
- passwords, assigning on wireless networks, 247-248
- PCCA (Portable Computer and Communications Association), 354
- PCMIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) buses, 16
- PCSI, 304
- PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) workstations, 12
- peer-to-peer network operating systems, 203
- peer-to-peer radio-based LANs, 53
- pen-based computers, see palmtop workstations
- Pepsi-Cola, wireless WAN case study, 129
- performance (wireless networks)
- requirements, 165
- management, 252-255
- modeling, 253
- monitoring, 253-255
- Persoft, Inc. spread spectrum radio-based MAN products, 88, 304
- Photonics Corporation diffused infrared light-based LAN products, 62, 305
- physical architecture of wireless networks, 10-19
- Physical layer (OSI reference model), 10
- Planet 1 satellite WAN connectivity, 123
- point and beam infrared links (LANs), 64
- point-to-point infrared light-based LANs, 63-66
- point-to-point WANs, 219-221
- portability (wireless network requirements), 165
- Portable Computer and Communications Association (PCCA), 354
- power management (wireless networks), 25-26
- Precision Tracking FM, Inc., 305
- Presentation layer (OSI reference model), 9
- Primavera project management software, 156-159
- Priority Call Management, 305
- project cost (wireless networks), 187-188
- project management, see networks; project management
- Project Planner software, 158-159
- propagation patterns
- antennas, 16
- testing for wireless network installation, 30
- protecting wireless networks from viruses, 256
- protocol analyzers, 259
- protocols
- carrier sense protocols, 15
- DSMP (CPDP WANs), 116
- IP, 223
- management protocols, identifying wireless network requirements, 226-228
- OSPF, implementing in packet radio WANs, 106
- RDLAP, implementing in packet radio WANs, 107
- RIP, implementing in packet radio WANs, 106
- SNMP, 39, 227
- TCP, 207
- Proxim, Inc., 305
- RangeLAN wireless NIC, 49
- spread spectrum radio-based MAN products, 87
- Psion, Inc., 305
- Q-R
- Qualcomm, Inc., 305
- Racal-Datacom, Inc., 323
- RACOTEK, 306
- radiation power (antennas), 16
- radio modems, 103, 108-109
- radio signal interference, 22-25
- radio-based LANs, 40-59
- beacons, 56
- bridges, 50-52
- components, 47-52
- configurations
- multiple-cell, 54-58
- single-cell, 52-53
- disadvantages, 41
- domains, 55
- ISM bands, 41-42
- narrow band modulation, 42-43
- peer-to-peer, 53
- performance, 58-59
- responsiveness, 56
- roaming capabilities, 54-58
- spread spectrum modulation, 44
- direct sequence, 45-46
- frequency hopping, 46-47
- thresholds, 57
- wireless NICs, 47-50
- radio-based MANs
- bridges, 86
- components, 86
- data rates, 85
- narrow band, 89-90
- nonsupport for mobile users, 86
- routers, 86
- spread spectrum, 87-89
- transceivers, 86
- RadioMail Corporation, 306
- RAM Mobile Data packet radio WAN service provider, 108, 306
- ramp-up costs for wireless networks, 189
- RangeLAN2 wireless NIC, 49
- RangeLINK spread spectrum radio-based MANs, 87
- RDLAP (Radio Data-Link Access Protocol), 107
- Read access rights, 249
- real estate environments, implementing wireless networks, 34
- real-time monitoring, 253
- receiving packets from packet radio WANs, 105
- recent-past monitoring, 253
- reducing radio signal interference for wireless networks, 24-25
- reflection points (diffused infrared light-based LANs), 61
- relay nodes (packet radio WANs), 104
- remote bridges, 50
- repeaters (combatting signal attenuation), 18
- retail environments
- implementing wireless networks, 33
- wireless LAN case study, 79
- Retix, 323
- Ricochet, see Metricom Ricochet
- RIP (Routing Information Protocol), implementing in packet radio WANs, 106
- roaming (radio-based LANs), 54-58
- Rockwell GPS WAN products, 127, 306
- routers (radio-based MANs), 86
- routing packets in packet radio WANs, 106
- routing mechanisms for wireless networks, 8
- routing tables (packet radio WANs), updating, 106-107
- S
- sales (field) environments, implementing wireless networks, 36
- satellite WANs, 120-123
- scheduling wireless network installation, 268
- Seaboard Electronics, 306
- security
- DES, 28
- infrared light-based LANs, 60
- laser-based MANs, 92
- wireless networks, 26-29
- identifying requirements for, 165-166, 223
- management, 256-258
- sending packets to packet radio WANs, 105
- server-oriented network operating systems, 203
- service providers for packet radio WANs
- ARDIS, 107-108
- Metricom Ricochet, 110-111
- RAM Mobile Data, 108
- Session layer (OSI reference model), 9
- shimmer, 273
- Siemens Stromberg-Carlson Information Services, 306
- Sierra Wireless, 307
- SILCOM Technology laser-based MAN products, 94, 307
- single-cell configurations (radio-based LANs), 52-53
- SkyFrame satellite WAN connectivity, 122-123
- SkyTel two-way paging WANs, 117-118, 307
- SMDS (Switched Multimegabit Data Service) packet switching interface, 222
- SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), 39, 227
- Socket Communications, 307
- Socket Wireless Messaging Services (SWiMS) one-way paging services, 119
- software
- agents, 226
- communications software, identifying wireless network requirements for, 206
- drivers, 16
- Microsoft's Project (project managment), 159
- Monte Carlo (project management), 159
- Project Planner (project management), 158-159
- SureTrak Project Manager, 156-158
- wireless networks, 13
- cost, 187
- identifying requirements for, 200-202
- vendors, 293-310
- Solectek Corporation spread spectrum radio-based MAN products, 88, 307
- Southwest Microwave, Inc., 307
- Spectralink Corporation, 307
- Spectrix Corporation diffused infrared light-based LAN products, 63, 308
- SPECTRUM network monitoring utility, 254
- spread spectrum modulation (radio-based LANs), 44-47
- direct sequence, 45-46
- frequency hopping, 46-47
- spread spectrum radio-based MANs, 87-89
- spread spectrum signals, 24
- SpreadNet spread spectrum radio-based MAN products, 89
- standardizing wireless network requirements, 181
- Steinbrecher Corporation, 308
- StrataCom, Inc., 323
- subnets (IP addresses), assigning to LANs, 225
- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, 324
- Supervisory access rights, 249
- SureTrak Project Manager software, 156-158
- SWiMS (Socket Wireless Messaging Services) one-way paging services, 119
- Sydney Observatory, wireless LAN case study, 81
- Symbol Technologies, Inc., 308
- synchronization mechanisms (wireless networks), 8
- SynOptics Communications, Inc., 324
- system administration (wireless networks)
- costs, 189
- requirements, 247-250
- System Management Server network configuration management utility, 256
- system testing, wireless network installation, 285-286
- T
- TAL (Tetherless Access Ltd.), 308
- TASC, Inc., 308, 324
- TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), 207
- technical support for wireless networks, 259-261
- Teledesign Systems, Inc., 309
- Tellabs, 309
- Telxon Corporation, 309
- Terminal Node Controllers (TNCs), 5
- testing
- cabling for wireless networks, 280
- propagation patterns for wireless network installation, 30
- wireless network installation, 276-287
- TGI Friday's Inc., wireless LAN case study, 72-73
- thresholds, radio-based LANs, 57
- time-division reflectometer testing, 282
- TNCs (Terminal Node Controllers), 5
- token-ring networks, 210-212
- token-ring topology, implementing in point-to-point infrared light-based LANs, 64
- Toko America, Inc., 309
- Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., 324
- training (wireless networks), 242-247, 287
- costs, 189
- creating course materials, 244-247
- defining requirements for, 242-244
- transceivers (radio-based MANs), 86
- transducers (infrared light-based LANs), 60
- Transmission Control Protocol, see TCP
- transmitting packets
- to/from CPDP WANs, 116
- to/from packet radio WANs, 105-106
- transponders (satellite WANs), 120
- Transport layer (OSI reference model), 10
- transportation environments, implementing wireless WANs, 131-132
- travel agency environments, wireless LAN case study, 78-79
- twisted-pair wiring, 214
- two-way WAN paging services, 117-118
- U
- U.S. Paging Corporation, 309
- U.S. Robotics, Inc., 325
- UB Networks, Inc., 324
- Unisys Corporation, 325
- unit testing (wireless network installation), 279-283
- updating
- routing tables in packet radio WANs, 106-107
- wireless network documentation after installation, 287
- user appliances (wireless networks), 11-13
- user names, assigning in wireless networks, 247-248
- utility company environments, implementing wireless WANs, 35, 129-130
- V
- validating wireless network requirements, 181
- vending environments, implementing wireless networks, 36-37
- vendors, 293-310
- ACT Network satellite WAN products, 122-123
- AeroComm radio-based LAN products, 50
- American Hytech wireless network design simulator, 236
- Cabletron SPECTRUM network monitoring utility, 254
- Comsat Mobile Communications satellite WAN products, 123
- diffused infrared light-based LANs, 62
- ETE GPS WAN products, 126
- Hughes Network Systems Inc. satellite WAN products, 121-122
- IBM infrared light-based LAN products, 62
- laser-based MAN products, 92-94
- LCI
- laser-based MAN products, 93
- point-to-point laser systems, 271-275
- Lucent radio-based LAN products, 49
- Meteor Communications Corporation meteor burst communication WANs, 124
- Microsoft network configuration management utility, 256
- Mil 3 wireless network design simulator, 235
- mobile workstations, 13
- Norton AntiVirus utility, 257
- Photonics infrared light-based LAN products, 62
- Proxim radio-based LAN products, 49
- Rockwell GPS WAN products, 127
- satellite WAN products, 121
- SILCOM laser-based MAN products, 94
- SkyTel two-way paging WANs, 117-118
- Spectrix infrared light-based LAN products, 63
- Windata radio-based LAN products, 49
- wired network hardware/software, 311-325
- verifying
- wireless network design, 233-237
- via physical prototyping, 233-234
- via review, 236-237
- via simulation, 234-236
- wireless network requirements, 180-181
- video conferencing (wireless MAN implementations), 96-98
- virus protection (wireless networks), 256-257
- W
- Wang Laboratories, Inc., 325
- WANs (Wide Area Networks), wireless, 3, 101-102, 218-223
- analog cellular, 111-113
- case studies
- Athena Rideshare, 131-132
- G.O.D. (Guaranteed Overnight Delivery), 128
- Jacksonville Electric Authority, 129-130
- Pepsi-Cola, 129
- CDPD, 113-116
- commercial products available, 339-342
- GPS, 125-127
- market potential, 7
- meteor burst communications, 123-124
- OSI compliancy, 10
- packet radio
- architecture, 102
- components, 102-104
- modems, 103-104
- packet transmission, 105-106
- relay nodes, 104
- routing tables, updating, 106-107
- service providers, 107-111
- packet switching, 221-223
- paging services
- one-way, 119-120
- two-way, 117-118
- point-to-point, 219-221
- satellite, 120-123
- services, 339-342
- warehouse environments, implementing wireless WANs, 33, 129
- WaveAROUND multiple-cell radio-based LANs, 55
- WaveLAN wireless NICs, 6, 49, 309
- WavePOINT bridge radio-based LANs, 51
- WDC (Wireless Data Corporation), 310
- Wide Area Networks, see WANs
- Windata Corporation, 310
- FreePort wireless NIC, 49
- spread spectrum radio-based MAN products, 89
- Windows 3.1, 205
- Windows 95, 205
- Windows for Workgroups, 205
- Windows NT, 205
- Wireless Connect, 310
- Wireless Link spread spectrum radio-based MANs, 89
- wireless networks
- access rights, assigning, 248-249
- activating, 263
- antennas, 16-18
- architecture, 8-18
- as wired network alternatives, 19-21
- barriers (attenuation), 230
- benefits, 18-22
- bit pipes, 8
- building business cases for, 184-192
- carrier sense protocols, 15
- communication software, identifying requirements for, 206-207
- communications channels, 18
- communications protocols, 14
- compatibility with other networks, 26
- components, procuring, 238-239
- configuration control, 261-262
- configuration management, 255-256
- constraints, assessing, 178-179
- cost, 187-189
- cost-effectiveness, 21-22, 189-191
- design
- approving, 238
- defining network elements for, 197-228
- documenting, 237-238
- identifying location of access points, 229-233
- identifying product requirements, 228-229
- verifying, 233-237
- verifying via physical prototyping, 233-234
- verifying via review, 236-237
- verifying via simulation, 234-236
- desktop operating systems, 204-206
- directory structures, 249-250
- disadvantages, 22-31
- disaster recovery planning, 257-258
- engineering issues, 259-261
- error control mechanisms, 8
- error-handling, 15
- FCC licensing issues, 23
- feasibility, 183-193
- field service environments, 36
- future develoments, 37
- hardware
- cost, 187
- identifying requirements for, 206
- vendors, 293-310
- health risks, 30-31
- healthcare environments, 33-34
- help desks, 250-251
- history of, 4-8
- hospitality environments, 35
- implementing, preparation for, 192-193
- in healthcare environments, 357-365
- installation, 265
- acceptance testing, 286-287
- attenuation testing, 282
- components, 270-276
- coordinating, 269-270
- crosstalk testing, 282
- documenting expenses, 269
- efficiency, 21
- evaluating, 289
- follow-up procedures, 287-289
- identifying risks, 269
- integration testing, 283-284
- laser links, 271-275
- planning, 29-30, 265-270
- precautionary measures, 267
- procedural outlines, 267
- referencing design documentation, 268
- resources, 268-269
- scheduling, 268
- system testing, 285-286
- testing, 276-287
- time-division reflectometer testing, 282
- tool requirements, 267-268
- unit testing, 279-283
- updating documentation, 287
- wiremap testing, 281
- interbuilding connections, 217-218
- interfaces, 13-16
- inward signal interference, 22-24
- IP addressing requirements, 223-226
- LAN backbone requirements, 212-217
- logical architecture, 8-10
- maintenance, 258-259
- management protocol requirements, 226-228
- managing, 251-258
- market potential, 31-37
- mobility, 19
- network monitoring stations, 253
- NIC requirements, 207-212
- NOS requirements, 203-204
- operational support, documenting, 263
- OSI compliancy, 10
- outward signal interference, 24
- passwords, assigning, 247-248
- performance management, 252-255
- performance modeling, 253
- performance monitoring, 253-255
- physical architecture, 10-19
- power management, 25-26
- preliminary design, 184
- products, 327-342
- project management, 182
- radio signal interference, 22-25
- real estate environments, 34
- reliability, 21, 165
- requirements, 162-167
- applications, 164
- assessing from Joint Application Design meetings, 175-178
- assessing from user profiles, 163
- availability, 165
- baselining, 181
- budgetary, defining, 167
- defining, 174-181
- delay, 165
- determining from business practices of organization, 171
- determining from existing physical environment, 173-174
- determining from existing systems, 171-173
- determining from personal feedback, 167-174
- determining from surveys, 171
- documenting, 179-180
- environmental, 166
- functional, 164
- information flow, 164
- interfaces, 163
- interfacing with other systems, 166
- interviewing CIS managers for information on, 171-172
- interviewing managers for information on, 169
- interviewing users for information on, 168-170
- mobility, 164-165
- operational support, 166
- performance, 165
- potential, determining, 174-180
- regulatory, 166-167
- schedule for fully operational systems, 167
- security, 165-166
- user needs, 168-171
- validating, 181
- verifying, 180-181
- retail environments, 33
- routing mechanisms, 8
- safeguards for security, 28-29
- sales (field) environments, 36
- security, 26-29
- identifying requirements for, 223
- management, 256-258
- services, 327-342
- software, 13
- cost, 187
- drivers, 16
- identifying requirements for, 200-202
- vendors, 293-310
- synchronization mechanisms, 8
- system administration, 247-250
- technical support, 259-261
- training requirements, 242-247
- training users, 287
- transferring to operational support after installation, 288
- user adaptability, determining, 183
- user appliances, 11-13
- user names, assigning, 247-248
- utility company environments, 35
- vending environments, 36-37
- virus protection, 256-257
- vulnerability to electronic sabotage, 28
- vulnerability to security attacks, 27-28
- warehouse environments, 33
- wireless NICs (radio-based LANs), 47-50
- Wireless Opportunities Coalition (WOC), 355
- wiremap testing, 281
- wiring (twisted-pair), 214
- WOC (Wireless Opportunities Coalition), 355
- workstations
- desktop, 12
- laptop, 12
- mobile, 11-13
- batteries, power conservation, 25
- durability, 12
- point and beam infrared links, 64
- vendors, 13
- palmtop, 12
- PDA, 12
- Write access rights, 249
- WWW (World Wide Web), wireless access, 8
- X-Y-Z
- X.25 packet switching interface, 222
- Xetron Corporation, 310
- XIRCOM, 310
- Younkers, Inc., wireless LAN case study, 79
- Zenith Data Systems, 310
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