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Some chief information officers and information technology managers are reluctant to deploy wireless LANs. Among their concerns are reliability, availability, performance, and deployment. Each of these concerns can be directly addressed through the radio resource management techniques used in a new generation of wireless LAN equipment. The new capabilities include dynamic channel assignment, dynamic power con- trol, and load sharing. Changing from the relatively static radio resource management techniques generally in use today to dynamic methods like those highlighted in this article will help to increase capacities and improve performance of large- scale wireless LANs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deployment of wireless Local Area Networks (Lans) includes two main design issues: selection of access point locations and access point frequency assignments. Properly solving these issues normally involves a trial and error process and can be very time consuming. The Rollabout design tool partially automates this process, making it quicker and more efficient. With Rollabout, data collection is much faster and a much larger set of data can be captured. Furthermore, the design tool predicts the coverage changes that will result when access points are moved to different locations. It also can produce an optimal set of frequency assignments for any set of access point locations and corresponding coverage areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the large-scale wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure called Wireless Andrew, which was designed at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Features and architecture of WLAN; Structure of Wireless Andrew; Challenges faced in the design process; Information on design approaches and procedure.

Describes the relationship between spectrum allocation and assignment decisions on the economic viability of the wireless communication services. Utilization of engineering-economic model; Considerations in achieving economic sufficiency; Recommendations for policymakers and regulators involved with spectrum allocation.