Networld + Interop 2000 Workshop W833
o RF, spread spectrum
o www.sss-mag.com/ss.html - A good general guide to spread spectrum technologies
o frequency hopping
o direct sequence
o U.S. Frequency Allocation Chart
Infrared Data Association, www.irda.org
IrDA
§
o Bluetooth
§ www.bluetooth.com the “definitive internet guide”
· Seems to have more information for non SIG members
· Start here
§ Infotooth – newer but good information (one man show apparently)
§ www.bluetooth.org -- official SIG site
www.palopt.com.au/bluetooth/-- resource center,
§ good very high level overview article
§ Tik-111.550 Bluetooth Overview -- more detailed overview article
o 802.11
o www.wi-fi.com - Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, a compatibility certifying industry group
o www.wlana.com - The Wireless LAN Association, a wireless lan educational group
o products
o www.apple.com/wireless - Apple Airport
o www.wavelan.com - Lucent Orinoco system
o www.xircom.com - Xircom, producers of 802.11b module for the Handspring Visor
o www.enterasys.com/technologies/wireless/ - Enterasys (formerly Cabletron) RoamAbout system
o www.intersil.com/prism/prism.asp - Intersil, manufacturer of the PRISM chipsets
o www.symbol.com - Symbol, manufacturer of several wireless PDA and industrial appliance systems
o costs
o support
o implementation
o www.karlnet.com - Karlnet, producers of access point software. A configurator program for the Apple Airport and Microsoft Windows is available here.
o edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airport/index.html - Jon Sevy's Java configuration tool for the Apple Airport
o
Pagers
·
www.mot.com
- Motorola pagers
· www.glenayre.com - Glenayre pagers, including a Handspring Visor module
o Richocet www.metricom.com
o Cellular
§
www.goamerica.com
§
Palm VI
·
www.palm.com/products/palmvii
· www.palm.net/myaccount/pricing.html
· Elliptical curve security www.certicom.com
§ Palm V
· www.omisky.com
o WAP Wireless Application Protocol
§ WAP Forum www.wap.com
§ Phone.com www.phone.com
· Overview docs/white papers www.phone.com/products/publications.html
· Developer info from Phone.com
§ WAP FAQ – Independent of any company or WAP forum
§ WAPuSeek – very glitzy WAP information
§ Open source WAP gateway www.kannel.org
§ Search Engines directories for WAP content
§ WAP Detractors
· The WAP Trap – free open protocols point of view
· WAP layer by layer description
This file last updated 29-Sep-00.