PPT Slide

Feature Benefit

CSMA/CA with MAC layer ACK - Reduce impact of lost messages and more robust interference management

RTS/CTS - Eliminates Collisions from “Hidden Nodes”

Wireless Distribution System - Extends range of Wireless Network

Message Fragmentation - Improves Resilience to Interference

Dual Rates - Allows adaptation of rate to channel quality

Multi-Channel Roaming - Increases Network Capacity and Performance

Power Management - Improves Battery life of host platform

WEP Encryption - 40 & 128 bit key WEP stream cipher (RC4 encrypt)

Features of IEEE 802.11