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Wireless Networks
Wireless LAN Topics
Multi Mode Access Points &
Technologies
Since products compatible with several
different wireless LAN standards are being introduced, there is a need for
access points that can interface with multiple wireless LAN standard
devices, especially 802.11b and 802.11g or 802.11b with Bluetooth. We are
mentioning several of these products , as we hear of them.
- LinkSys Access Point with
Atheros chipset supporting 802.11b and 802.11a - Announced at
Comdex in Las Vegas during November 2001.
- ActionTec Electronics WLAN Access
Point : Announced at Comdex 2001 - Product specification
expected soon
- 802.11b/GPRS Access Point - coming
soon
- Compaq's MultiPort Snap-on Module
- For Notebooks and iPAQ handhelds - announced and coming soon
- Red-M's 1050 Access Point - Supports
both Bluetooth & 802.11b Point
- At chip level, Mobilian
will release (by mid 2001) a TrueRadio chip set, ewhich will
support both Bluetooth and 802.11b simultaneously. The company
expects to demonstrate at Bluetooth conference in San Francisco in
December 2001, a test bed demonstrating generation of both
signals.
- Bandspeed
and Open Interface North America Inc. have announced a
non-collaborative chip set that allows Bluetooth devices to
co-exist with 802.11b wireless LAN technology. Product release is
expected in mid 2002. This avoids potential interference between
the two. See
Bandspeed announcement.
- Silicon Wave Inc. of San Diego -
announced two modems - one for CDMA chip sets and one with GSM.
- For software development kit, Extended
Systems Inc. of Boise, Idaho announced XtndConnect Blue
SDK
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