User's Guide Part 5

Specifications: Company 54g Wireless LAN (WLAN) User Manual
Networking Characteristics
Characteristic Description
Compatibility
IEEE Std 802.11b and IEEE Draft Std 802.11g for wireless LAN
Network Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® Networking
Host Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP
Medium Access Protocol
CSMA/CA (collision avoidance) with acknowledgment (ACK)
Data rate (Mbps)
IEEE Draft Std 802.11g: 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
IEEE Std 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
NOTE—The Company 54g WLAN solution uses an automatic transmit rate select mechanism
Radio Characteristics
Characteristic Description
Frequency Band
2.4 GHz (IEEE 802.11b, IEEE Draft Std 802.11g)
Modulation Technique
Direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)
● CCK for high and medium transmit rate
● DQPSK for standard transmit rate
● DBPSK for low transmit rate
Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
● 52 subcarriers with BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM or 64-QAM
● Forward error correction convolutional coding rate: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4
Spreading
11-chip Barker sequence
Bit Error Rate (BER)
Better than 10(–5) ppm
Nominal Output Power
IEEE Std 802.11b: 14 dBm; IEEE Draft Std 802.11g: 15 dBm
NOTE—See Regulatory Information for country-specific performance characteristics and use restrictions.
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