Contributors xv

Foreword xvii

Preface xix

Acknowledgements xxvii

Chapter 1 Guide to Wireless LAN Analysis 1
Wildpackets, Inc

Chapter 2 The Evolution of
2.4-GHz Wireless LANs 17
Chris Heegard, John (Sean) T. Coffey, Srikanth Gummadi, Peter A. Murphy, Ron Provencio, Eric J. Rossin, Sid Schrum, and Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments, Inc.

Chapter 3 The 5-GHz IEEE
802.11a Wireless LAN 73
James Chen, Atheros Communications, Inc.

Chapter 4 Migration Strategies for IEEE
802.11 Wireless LANs 91
Proxim, Inc.

Chapter 5 5-GHz Radio Spectrum Regulations 97
Teik-Kheong Tan, 3Com Corporations, Inc.

Chapter 6 Quality of Service and Multimedia Support in
802.11 Standards 105
Gregory Parks, Cirrus Logic, Inc.

Chapter 7 Overview of Wireless LAN Security 115
Cisco Systems

Chapter 8 Wireless Network Security 123
Dorothy Stanley, Agere Systems, Inc.

Chapter 9 Building Secure Wireless Local Area Networks 141
Colubris Networks

Chapter 10 Wireless LAN for Mobile Operators 147
Philppe Laine, Alcatel

Chapter 11 Wireless LAN Access Architecture for Mobile Operators 159
Juha Ala-Laurila, Henry Haverinen, Jouni Mikkonen, Jyri Rinnemaa, Nokia Mobile Phones

Chapter 12 From Wireless LANs to Wireless Network Solutions: Applying Lessons from Cellular Networking to Enterprise Wireless Networking 177
Sandeep K. Singhal, ReefEdge, Inc.

Chapter 13 The Bluetooth Basics 191
Mike Sheppard, Bluetooth SIG Associate Member

Chapter 14 Coexistence of IEEE
802.11b WLAN and Bluetooth WPAN 203
Stephen J. Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies and IEEE
802.15.2 Chairman

Chapter 15 An Introduction to Ultra Wide Band Wireless Technology 219
Kazimierz Siwiak and Laura L. Huckabee, Time Domain Corporation

Glossary 233

Related Web Sites 239

About the Author 241

Index 243