1. Paving the Way for Gigabit Networking.
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Ebert, Jean-Pierre, Grass, Eckhard, Irmer, Ralf, Kraemer, Ralf, Fettweis, Gerhard, Strom, Karl, Tränkle, Günther, Wirnitzer, Walter, Witmann, Reimund, Reumerman, Hans-Jürgen, Schulz, Egon, Weckerle, Martin, Egner, Peter, and Barth, Ulrich
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GIGABIT communications , *COMPUTER networks , *ANALOG-to-digital converters , *DIGITAL communications , *TECHNOLOGY , *DATA transmission systems - Abstract
The article focuses on the Wireless Gigabit with Advanced Multimedia (WIGWAM) project which aims to develop a wireless short-range transmission technology to be on par with recent wired LANs and even prototypical implementations. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany funds the project. The WIGWAM project covers research and development activities from the physical (PHY) layer up to the networking level. The focus is from implementation aspects to the PHY and MAC layers up to mobility issues. Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) is probably one of the most crucial issues for a 1 Gb/s wireless short-range system. Provision of technological concepts and solutions that facilitate the development of a 1 Gb/s short-range system is the envisioned result of the WIGWAM project. In contrast to WLANs of the second and third generations, the latter is under development and standardization. To increase flexibility and robustness of the PHY, as many operations as possible will be executed in the digital domain.
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- 2005