HIPERLAN/2 and 802.11a: a comparative study

Authors:
Padma Bonde;Jayesh Bonde
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science, Indore, India;Department of Information Technology, Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, Indore, India
Venue:
EHAC'06 Proceedings of the 5th WSEAS International Conference on Electronics, Hardware, Wireless and Optical Communications
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This paper compares the HIPERLAN/2 and IEEE's 802.11a standards. At present, Wireless Local Area Networks supporting broadband multimedia communication are being developed and standardized. Both WLAN standards will provide data rates up to 54 Mbps in the 5GHz band. An overview of the two standards is presented together with physical layer and MAC layer.