List of Sidebars

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Chapter 1: What is Wi-Fi

UNLICENSED SPECTRUM

Chapter 6: The Wi-Fi Standards Spelled Out

WHY "b" BEFORE "a"?

OTHER WLAN TECHNOLOGIES

802.11B TRANSMIT FREQUENCIES

A DUAL-BAND FUTURE

DATA TRANSFER SUMMARY

Chapter 7: A WLAN Primer

ACCOMMODATING DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS

3COM TESTS 2.4 AND 5 GHZ PROPAGATION IN TYPICAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 8: A Practical WLAN Deployment Plan

CHECK LIST FOR A SUCCESSFUL WLAN DEPLOYMENT

PLANNING FOR GROWTH

SITE SURVEY CHECK LIST

SITE SURVEY TIPS

SYMBOL'S MOBIUS AXON WIRELESS SWITCH

Chapter 10: Contrasting Deployments

COMPARISON OF RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION AT 2.4 AND 5 GHZ FREQUENCIES

PLANNING FOR A HIGH-SPEED DUAL-BAND FUTURE

Chapter 11: The WISP Industry

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

HAMPTON INN

WHAT IS AN ACCESS CONTROLLER?

HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS VIA A TWO-WAY SATELLITE NETWORK

FRANCHISE REGULATION

BOINGO WIRELESS

COMETA

Chapter 12: Building a Hotspot

BOINGO AND PRONTO

Chapter 13: Wi-Fi and Cellular—A Dynamic Duo

THE MARVEL OF THE CELL PHONE

THE MIGRATION PATH

Chapter 14: Wi-Fi in the Corporate World

LAYING THE GROUNDWORK

INTEL'S WLAN ROI MODEL

Chapter 15: Vertical WLANs

AN ALL-IN-ONE DEVICE

SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONCERNS

PROTECTING THE MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE

THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

COAST-TO-COAST, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE EMBRACING WI-FI.

Chapter 16: Providing Quality of Service

ISOCHRONOUS APPLICATIONS

WHAT IS 1394?

INTSERV AND DIFFSERV

Chapter 17: Dealing with Security Issues

WEP'S WEAKNESSES

BEST PRACTICES FOR THE ROAD WARRIOR/HOTSPOT USER

Chapter 18: The Access Point

SOFT ACCESS POINTS

PORTAL

MULTI-LAYER SWITCHING

Chapter 19: The Antenna

ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS

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