Going Wi-Fi: A Practical Guide to Planning and Building an 802.11 Network - page 1
- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Going Wi-Fi-A Practical Guide to Planning and Building an 802.11 Network
- Introduction
- Section I: How Wi-Fi Got to Where it is Today
- Chapter 1: What is Wi-Fi
- Hotspots are all the Rage
- A Wireless Net
- 3G and Wi-Fi?
- A Bit of History
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: The Promise of Wi-Fi
- Freedom Mobility
- Installation Magic
- Impressive TOC and ROI
- The Business Community Benefits
- Spawning Start-Ups
- A Panacea for Developing Countries
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Fueling the Wi-Fi Fire
- Synergy Helps to Hit a Home Run
- Evolving Technology
- Applications
- Devices
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: The Regulators Role
- What is Spectrum?
- A History Lesson
- Spectrum Allocation
- Spectrum Management
- Technology to the Rescue
- Open Spectrum, Anyone?
- Conclusion
- Section II: The Technology
- Chapter 5: Modulation Techniques
- An Introduction to Spread Spectrum
- 802.11 s Modulation Techniques
- CCK
- OFDM
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6: The Wi-Fi Standards Spelled Out
- The Wlan Family Tree
- An Alphabet Soup
- 802.11a
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11c
- 802.11d
- 802.11e
- 802.11f
- 802.11h
- 802.11i
- 802.11j
- 802.11k
- 802.11l
- 802.11m
- 802.11n
- Conclusion
- Section III: Practical Deployments
- Chapter 7: A WLAN Primer
- a or b?
- The Dual-Band Option
- 802.11g
- Wi-Fi and Ethernet
- A WLAN s Architecture
- Security and Quality of Service
- Network Management
- The Caveats
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: A Practical WLAN Deployment Plan
- The Task at Hand
- The Assessment Process
- Deployment Team
- Technology Selection
- The Vendor Selection Process
- Pre-Deployment Preparation
- Determining the Costs
- Deploying the WLAN
- VLANs
