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WLAN Evolution
WLAN Evolution
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WLAN Evolution
As the world rapidly adopts 802.11 a/b/g, standards organizations are moving towards more advanced versions for the wireless LAN application. The evolution of the Wireless LAN as an integral part of the future global seamless wireless service is not limited to the air interface. The evolution spans the architecture and seamless integration of wire line and wireless services; particularly with the introduction of real-times services such as Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN) and Video over WLAN and the seamless integration of wire line and wireless services.
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DISTRIBUTION CORE
DATA CENTER
OPS CENTER
NMS
GUEST
IOS
IOS
ACS
VOICE
Web Mgmt
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Dense Deployment
The dense deployment strategy enabled by centralized architecture and thin access points yields high wireless reliability and the highest traffic density per user per square feet at low cost (Figure 3). The thin access points could serve extremely small areas when configured at the lowest transmission power. As such, the throughput offered to a single user could reach the maximum possible throughput per Access Point.
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Offices/Cubicles
Competition
EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) promise high data rate speeds of close to 500 Kbps- 1 Mbps per user in the downlink direction. The speed and throughput uplink direction will be limited in both technologies due to inherent limitations. The above speeds are quite useful in the mobile environment; however, they fall short of user expectations in the enterprise environment since the users expect speeds similar to the wire line. WiMAX is another potential contender for the indoor environment. However, this technology has been designed and optimized for the outdoor environment and long ranges. WiMAX could turn into a disruptive technology for the 3G and 3.5G market, but it is not comparable to Wi2.5 Support for real time services.
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Conclusion
Price is a key driver in technology choice. As the world pushes towards third generation mobile systems and WLAN systems proliferate rapidly, we see the elements of the next generation wireless systems emerging in small scales. A good example of such is a centralized architecture based dense deployment where the wireless users experience approaches that of the wire line user. The future is about scrambling to introduce global seamless service. The push towards higher speeds, innovative technologies such as MIMO, beam forming, SDR, Cognitive Radios, and OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation) is all about provision of more spectrum efficient and therefore more economical systems. In the unlicensed domain, spectrum is not costly and as such the overall cost of WLAN deployment is not high. Furthermore, the future is here in this domain; the users are already experiencing the wire line QoS through their wireless system and connectivity with dense deployment.
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