A report on HIPERLAN standardization

Abstract

HIPERLAN is the new European standard for radio LANs currently being formulated by ETSI RES10 for operation at 5 GHz and 17 GHz. It will be suitable for radio replacement of wired LANs and for ad hoc networking providing a user data rate of 10-20 Mbit/s. This paper is a review of the work of ETSI RES10 on the formulation of the HIPERLAN standard. The origins of ETSI RES10 are documented. The targets set for HIPERLAN and the problems in achieving these targets are discussed. The paper reviews the technical arguments for and against the proposed solutions to these problems, concentrating on the design of the transmission scheme and the channel access mechanism. The discussions leading to significant decisions about the standard are summarized. If the FCC in the United States of America allocate the equivalent 5 GHz band to unlicensed wireless LAN systems, many of these discussions will be revisited for future standards in this band. The paper will be of interest to anyone in academia or industry wishing to be brought quickly up to date with the state of the standard in order to focus their research or development activities. The paper also gives a general insight into the technical side of the standards formulation process in ETSI.

Design of multiple U‐shaped slot microstrip patch antenna in Hiper‐LAN band

“…In particular, a Pan-European standard for radio LANs at 5.2 GHz known as a high-performance radio local-area network is being formulated [2].…”

Multihop cellular: A novel architecture for wireless data communications

“…The services can be categorized as either (1) lowspeed, wide-area systems, e.g., CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) [1] and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) [2], or (2) high-speed, local-area systems, e.g., HIPERLAN (Hi Performance Radio Local Area Network) [3] and IEEE 802.11 [4]. The goal of HIPERLAN is to ensure wireless peer-to-peer communications at the rate comparable to Ethernet without the need for central control.…”

A Medium Access Control Protocol for Voice/Data Integrated Wireless CDMA Systems

“…An example of a wireless network is a cellular system that is designed to provide voice-oriented communication services [1], [2]. Another example is a wireless LAN, where data communication is the main service [3], [4]. With the general tendency to integrate voice and data traffic into a single wired network, wireless communication networks also need to support integrated voice and data services.…”