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THE WIRELESS PARADIGM ISQS 6342 Spring 2003 R.K. Miller * * * * The concept of Wireless LAN or wireless home networking (wireless LAN on a small scale) is to use omni directional radio frequency analog carrier signals to transmit digital and analog data between desktop and laptop computers and between an internet gateway and these same devices. A home network or corporate LAN strung together by T1 operates in the same way as the wireless version, except you lose the “wire.” The market for home, SmallOffice/HomeOffice (SOHO) and large-scale corporate users has just begun to take off. Though the technology and availability of unlicensed bandwidth has been around since 1985, it has only been since 1999 when the equipment price range has come down sufficiently to make this option attractive to the corporate and individual consumer. Add to this the very recent advances in securing data packets transmitted over the ether and controlled access to “access points” and the security shortcomings of wireless are becoming the same as those associated with wired configurations. INTRODUCTION STANDARDS Spectrum – In 1985 the FCC opened up an unlicensed set of radio frequency bands for Industrial, Scientific and Medical use (“ISM”). 900 -- 928 MHz Industrial band 2.4 -- 2.4835 GHz Scientific band 5.15 -- 5.825 GHz Medical band 802.11b – The 1997 IEEE Layer 1 standard for the first generation of wireless networks operating in the 2.4 GHz spectrum (1.6 to 2 Mbps at first). Enhanced by IEEE in 1999, it is now widely available with data speeds up to 11 Mbps by aggressively using direct sequence spread spectrum (“DSSS”) modulation versus frequency hopping spread spectrum (“FHSS”) modulation. Problems with 802.11b It has gotten a bad “security” rap because most users have failed to enable WEP and other security measures. Although the 2.4 GHz spectrum is open to all, there is a primary owner: the microwave oven manufacturers. Thus