From Cabling to Decabling the Libraries in Emerging WLAN Standards

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.