三、无线局域网技术.ppt

1. 引言： In just the past few years, wireless LANs have come to occupy a significant niche in the local area network market. Increasingly, organizations are finding that wireless LANs are an indispensable adjunct to traditional wired LANs, as they satisfy requirements for mobility, relocation, ad hoc networking, and coverage of locationsdifficult to wire. As the name suggests, a wireless LAN is one that makes use of a wireless transmission medium. Until relatively recently, wireless LANs were little used; the reasons for this included high prices, low data rates, occupational safety concerns, and licensing requirements. As these problems have been addressed, the popularity of wireless LANs has grown rapidly. 　　 特别是3类和5类非屏蔽双绞线。大多数老建筑中已经铺设了足够的3类电缆，而许多新建筑里则预埋了5类电缆。因此，用无线局域网取代有线局域网的事情从来没有发生过。 但是，在有些环境中无线局域网确实起着有线局域网替代品的作用。例如，象生产车间、股票交易所的交易大厅以及仓库这样有大型开阔场地的建筑；没有足够双绞线对，但又禁止打洞铺设新线路的有历史价值的建筑；从经济角度考虑，安装和维护有线局域网划不来的小型办公室。在以上这些情况下，无线局域网向人们提供了一个有效且更具吸引力的选择。其中大多数情况下，拥有无线局域网的机构同时也拥有支持服务器和某些固定工作站的有线局域网。因此，无线局域网通常会链接到同样建筑群内的有线局域网上。所以我们将此类应用领域成为局域网的扩展。 Another use of wireless LAN technology is to connect LANs in nearby buildings, be they wired or wireless LANs. In this case, a point-to-point wireless link is used between two buildings. The devices so connected are typically bridges or routers. This single point-to-point link is not a LAN per se, but it is usual to include this application under the heading of wireless LAN. Nomadic access provides a wireless link between a LAN hub and a mobile data terminal equipped with an antenna, such as a laptop computer or notepad computer. One example of the utility of such a connection is to enable an employee returning from a trip to transfer data from a personal portable computer to a server in the office. Nomadic access is also useful in an extended environment such as a campus or a business operating out of a cluster of buildings. In both of these cases, users may move around wi