April 2009
Intermediate to advanced
765 pages
19h 26m
English
IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:
History of WLAN
Standards organizations
Federal Communications Commission
International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Wi-Fi Alliance
International Organization for Standardization
Core, distribution, and access
Communications fundamentals

IEEE 802.11 technology, more commonly referred to as Wi-Fi, is a standard technology for providing local area network (LAN) communications using radio frequencies (RFs). The IEEE designated the 802.11-2007 standard as a guideline ...