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Measuring Throughput and Coverage of Wireless LANs

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Overview Whether one wants to evaluate the performance of 802.11 wireless LANs (WLANs) in an informal way or through precise benchmarking procedures, the first step is to understand the factors involved. The ease of setting up and using WLANs makes it easy to overlook many crucial factors and their resulting performance variations. These performance variations can be extreme, however, and they make all the difference in the cost, security, and viability of a wireless network. This white paper describes the factors that affect a WLAN's throughput and coverage, and then provides a detailed methodology for those who want to benchmark throughput and coverage in a disciplined way.

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Publisher	Atheros Communications	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2003	Downloads	24
Format	White Papers
Topics	Wireless LAN, 802.11

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Security Strategy

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Comment & Analysis

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Mobile & Wireless

Gemplus and Transat ink Wi-Fi security agreement

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Voice the 'killer app' for wireless LANs

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VoIP
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ZDNet UK

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ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

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Publisher:
IBM

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Publisher:
IBM

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