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The status and future of 802.11 based WLANs

The status and future of 802.11 based WLANs. IEEE Communications Upkar Varshney, Georgia State University. Outline. IEEE802.11 standards. Possible Architecture. Current Deployment. Challenges. The future of WLANs. IEEE802.11 Defines. Infrastructure. Ad-Hoc or Pear to Pear Mode.

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The status and future of 802.11 based WLANs

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  1. The status and future of 802.11 based WLANs IEEE Communications Upkar Varshney,Georgia State University

  2. Outline • IEEE802.11 standards. • Possible Architecture. • Current Deployment. • Challenges. • The future of WLANs.

  3. IEEE802.11 Defines • Infrastructure. • Ad-Hoc or Pear to Pear Mode.

  4. Multiple Standards

  5. Possible Architecture

  6. Current Deployment • Several thousand hot spots have already been identified throughout the world. • Dozens of start-up hot spot operators (HSOs) have installed Wi-Fi access points at hotels, airports, restaurants, bookstores, schools, theaters, convention centers, health clubs, and other public venues. • TeleSea Wireless an Services even offers a broadband link to seaborne travelers within 30 miles of select US coastal access points.

  7. Current Deployment (2) • Many cities currently offer or plan to offer public broadband services to promote business and tourism. • A number of retail vendors likewise offer WLAN access to increase sales and promote their products and services.

  8. Challenges • Security. • Multicast support. • Location management support. • Scalability.

  9. Security • The Wi-Fi Alliance (www.wi-fizone. org) has been working to provide a security solution, known as Wi-Fi Protected Access, until the IEEE’s Task (802.11i). • Virtual private networks with an IP security protocol tunnel. • This approach would allow secure and continued access, but because a VPN gateway must process all traffic, there are inherent limitations in the number of users it could support.

  10. Multicast support • Require support for group communication: • M-commerce. • Distance education. • Interactive games. • Have efficient way to update membership information for network traffic routing as mobile users move to different locations or leave the group, or as newusers join the group.

  11. Location management support • To increase location accuracy, these carriers could deploy multiple smaller access points, integrate sensors and radio frequency identification tags with WLANs, and use other wireless networks that support location management.

  12. Scalability • The large-scale deployment of WLANs presents technical as well as economic challenges (must set more hot-spots). • Some type of coordination must occur to limit the number of different WLAN, interference and QoS will become problematic. • The hot spot market’s viability is also uncertain.

  13. The future of WLANs • wireless carriers and network access providers must meet consumer demands for: • Easier access. • Better QoS. • Better security. • More network management tools. • Flexible pricing.

  14. The future of WLANs (2) • In addition, the bit rate per user must be increased to support: • higher-end applications. • wireless streaming media. • Videoconferencing. • IEEE 802 High Throughput Task Group soon to become 802.11n, will to increase bit rates to 108Mbps.

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