Choudhury, Subhajit; Kumar, Divik; Kumar, S(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, February NaN, 2004)
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Abstract:
Introduces need for WLAN due to cabling faults and costly management of cables. WLAN
use Infrared and Radio Frequency technologies. Gives benefits of WLAN. Gives an account
of Data Transmission in WLAN and use of 2.4 GHz for WLAN allotted for International Radio
Frequency Allocation. Gives brief account of two RF technologies-Spread Spectrum and
low power Narrow Band used in various RF technologies. Gives in brief an account of IrDA,
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UWB, HomeRF, SWAP and Zigbee technologies presently in use for WLAN.
Study kept an eye for various IR/RF based notebooks and computer peripherals available
in India and US market provides salient features and price of these. Concludes with benefits
of WLAN and library applications by undoing of what has been done in last few decades-laying
cables in LAN. Provides eight references and 05 websites for further study.