The Second IEEE Workshop on Wireless LANs: Technical Program

Day 1 - Tutorial Courses on Wireless LANs

9:00-12:00 Tutorial Lectures

Trends in Wireless Local Networks (K. Pahlavan, WPI)
Wireless Access Methods (K.C. Chen, NTHU, Taiwan)
Antenna Selection for Optimum Wireless LAN Performance (S. Best, Cushcraft)
Security for Wireless LANs (C. Paar, WPI)
Wireless LAN Products (C. Mathias, Farpoint Group)

12:00-1:30 Lunch Break

1:30-3:30 Tutorial Lectures (cont.)

IEEE 802.11 (K. Amundsen, Raytheon)
HIPERLAN (T. Wilkinson, HP, UK)
SUPERNet and unlicensed PCS bands (P. Odlyzco, Motorola)

3:30-4:30 Experiment with the Wireless LAN Testbed (Tour of the WLRL's testbed and demos by the students).

Day 2 - Opening, Panels and Technical Presentations

9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks

Edward Parrish, President WPI Welcome
Kaveh Pahlavan, Workshop Chairman, Introduction

9:15-9:45 Keynote Speech: R. Supnikat, VP of Corporate Research and Advanced Development, Digital Equipment Corporation

9:45-10:15 Spectrum Development in a Wireless World, T. Stanley, Chief Engineer, FCC

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:10 Executive Panel - Future of Wireless LANs, Chair: C. Mathias, Farpoint Group

11:10-11:35 Wideband Data in Europe, H Aghvami, King's College, University of London, UK
11:35-12:00 Wireless LANs in Japan, M. Mori, Clarion Co., Saitama, Japan

12:00-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:15 User's Panel, Chair: J. Silberman, Raytheon

2:15-2:40 Body LAN, a Wearable Personal Network, L. Dennison, BBN
2:40-3:05 Wireless ATM using IR Technology, D. Medved, Jolt, Israel
3:05-3:30 From Standard WLAN's to Wireless ATM, P. Odlyzo, Motorola
3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-4:30 Panel Discussion on Interoperability, Chair: G. Hopkins, Raytheon

4:30-5:00 Software and VLSI radios, J. Fakatselis, Harris Semiconductor
5:00-5:30 Wireless LANs in Education, Health and Finance, D. Woznicki, DEC
5:30-6:00 Performance Monitoring and Deployment Tools, K. Pahlavan, WPI

6:00 Conclusions and Closing Remarks