Most wireless LANs today comply with the IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi) standard. The recent availability of 802.11a radio cards and access points to what is becoming another mainstream wireless LAN solution. If you're planning the deployment of a wireless LAN, you now face making a decision on which one to use: 802.11a or 802.11b. In addition, there are decisions concerning performance, security and quality of service (QOS).
  In his technical presentation, Benny Bing will cover the many aspects of Wi-Fi, including:
  • The Need for WLANs

  • 802.11b Vs. 802.11a

  • Vulnerabilities of WEP security

  • Performance evaluation techniques and results

  • Emerging WLAN standards (802.11g)
 
The Meeting
 
Date:

 Thursday, May 30, 2002
Place:

 Broadcom Corporation
4385 River Green Parkway
Duluth, GA
Host: Mike Freeman
Cost:

 FREE!
Agenda:

 6:30 - 7:00 PM - Dinner & Refreshments
7:00 - 8:00 PM - Technical Presentation
Directions:

 Directions (Microsoft Word document)
   
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  Map 1

 
  Background
 
 

Benny Bing is a research faculty with the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of over 30 technical papers and 3 books, including Wireless Local Area Networks, which has been adopted by Cisco Systems worldwide. He is guest editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine (2 issues), the IEEE Personal Communications Magazine and the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. He has been involved in wireless LAN technology for over 8 years and pioneered a method to test the actual network performance of commercial wireless LAN systems.

Mr. Bing is also a consultant to Cisco Systems, Qualcomm and Mitre Corp and the Council of Technology Advisors in New York. In addition, he serves on the technical program committees of 3 major IEEE networking conferences and is the conference chair for the IEEE International Conference on Wireless LANs and Home Networks. Recently, he was featured in the MIT Technology Review in a special issue on wired and wireless technologies. He is a recipient of the Lockheed-Martin Fellowship and a best paper award at the 1998 IEEE International Conference on ATM.



   
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