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What Is Wireless LAN

A wireless local area network (WLAN) links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method (typically spread-spectrum or OFDM radio), and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network. Most modern WLANs 4/18/12 are based on IEEE 802.11 standards,

What Is IEEE 802.11

IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee (IEEE 802). The base current version of the standard is IEEE 802.11-2007. These standards provide the basis for Wi-Fi 4/18/12 wireless networks

ABSTRACT
Speaking of Wireless LAN, the general thought is about data transfer while using applications such as web browser, e-mail client, etc. As the technology is advancing, Wireless LANs are now also capable of supporting timesensitive services such as voice and video.
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These services have stringent

INTRODUCTION
Local area networks have evolved over the past 20 or so years to become a crucial ingredient in the success of business, large and small. Local area networks have been traditionally connected with wired infrastructure and a multi-billion dollar industry has grown up to supply customer needs for wired networking products. 4/18/12

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Stations(STA):
All components that can connect into a wireless medium in a network are referred to as stations. All stations are equipped with wireless network interface controllers (WNICs). Wireless stations fall into one of two categories: access points, and clients.

Basic service set(BSS):

The basic service set (BSS) is a set of all stations that can communicate 4/18/12 with each other. There are two types of

Extended service set(ESS):

An extended service set (ESS) is a set of connected BSSs. Access points in an ESS are connected by a distribution system. Each ESS has an ID called the SSID which is a 32-byte (maximum) character string.

Distribution system(DS):

A distribution system (DS) connects access points in an extended service set. The concept of a DS can be used to increase network coverage through roaming between cells. DS can be wired or wireless. Current wireless distribution systems are mostly based on WDS or MESH protocols, though other systems are in use. 4/18/12

TYPES OF WIRELESS Peer-to-peer: LANs

Peer-to-Peer or ad-hoc wireless LAN An ad-hoc network is a network where stations communicate A peer-to-peer (P2P) network allows only peer to peer (P2P). wireless devices to directly communicate with each other. Wireless devices within range of each other can discover and communicate directly without involving central access points. This method is typically used by two 4/18/12 computers so that they can connect

Bridge:
A bridge can be used to connect networks, typically of different types. A wireless Ethernet bridge allows the connection of devices on a wired Ethernet network to a wireless network. The bridge acts as the connection point to the Wireless LAN.

Wireless distribution system:

Main article: Wireless Distribution System A Wireless Distribution System enables the wireless interconnection of access points in an IEEE 802.11 network. It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the need for a wired backbone to link them, as is traditionally required.
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GENERATIONS OF WLAN
First Generation :
These are operated in the unlicensed 902-928 MHz ISM (Industrial Scientific and Medical) band had limited range and throughput, but proved useful in many factory floor and warehouse applications.

Second Generations:
The second generation of WLAN products evolved in the 2.40-2.483 4/18/12 GHz ISM band. Because a major user

Third Generation:
Third generation WLAN products are evolving to more complex modulation formats in the 2.4 GHz band to allow nominal 11 megabit per second raw data rate and about 7 megabit per second throughput even as the decreasing cost of 2.4 GHz semiconductor technology allows for ever more use of this band.

Fourth Generation:
The fourth generation of WLAN technology, offering users data rates of 10 megabits per second and up, is beginning. Again evolving from advances in semiconductor technology, fourth generation devices 4/18/12 are operating at a new, higher frequency at 5 GHz