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From: drg@csri.toronto.edu (Dave Galloway)
Subject: Wireless LANs
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.150128.4077@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Keywords: wireless LAN
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 8 Feb 91 20:01:29 GMT
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I'm interested in wireless LANs.  I've collected the following rumours and
pointers to various products.  If you know of any more, or if you can fill
in any of the missing details, please send me mail.  I'll summarize to the
net if I get anything useful:

Company: Agilis Corp
Technology: UHF ?
Reference: brown@wucs1.wustl.edu net article
Date: Jan 91

Company: Apple
Address: Advanced Technology Group (Bill Stevens)
Product: Data Personal Communications Service
Technology: 10 Mbps at 1850 MHz, details not released
Reference: EE Times Feb 4/91 pg. 4
Date: Feb 91

Company: BICC
Technology: IR ?
Reference: brown@wucs1.wustl.edu net article
Date: Jan 91

Company: Echelon Corp.
Technology: up to 1 Mbps at 50 MHz radio
Reference: EE Times Feb 4/91 pg. 4
Date: Feb 91

Company: Motorola
Product: Wireless Inbuilding Network (WIN)
Phone: (708) 632-2853 (Cheryl Beck)
Technology: 15 Mbps max rate TDMA at 18 GHz
Range: 120 ft ?
Date: Feb 91

Company: NCR
Product: WaveLAN
Technology: 1-2 Mbps at 900 MHz
Reference: EE Times Feb 4/91 pg. 4
Date: Feb 91

Company: O'Neill Communications
Address: Princeton, NJ
Product: Local Area Wireless Network (LAWN)
Reference: Richard Thornton, IEEE Spectrum Jan 91, pg 56
Date: Jan 91

Company: Photonics Corp
Technology: IR
Reference: brown@wucs1.wustl.edu net article
Date: Jan 91

Company: Telesystems SLW Inc.
Address: 85 Scarsdale Rd, Suite 201, Don Mills, Ont M3B 2R2
Phone: (416) 441-9966
Product: ARLAN
Technology: CDMA spread spectrum at 915 MHz, 200 Kbps max rate, up to 1 Watt
Range: 500 ft omni
Date: Feb 89

Group: 802.11
Product: recently formed IEEE group to decide on wireless LAN standards
Reference: Russ_Housley.McLean_CSD@xerox.com net article
Date: Feb 91