Creating a wireless LAN standard: IEEE 802.11

The Innovation Journey of Wi-Fi: The Road to Global Success

Volumn 9780521199711, Issue , 2010, Pages 21-52

  Jakobs, Kai ^a   Lemstra, Wolter ^b   Hayes, Vic ^b   Tuch, Bruce ^c   Links, Cees ^d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d NCR ATandT Lucent Technologies Agere Systems   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84923429828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511666995.006     Document Type: Chapter

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