WCA Meeting (http://www.wca.org) Tuesday March 18, 2003 4:00PM -6:00PM at Hewlett-Packard in CUPERTINO Location: 19091 Pruneridge Ave., Cupertino, CA Building 48S, Oak Room Auditorium
Plan to join us on for what promises to be two very interesting talks. Our March meeting focuses on technology that expands the usefulness of WiFi. Jim Thompson of Vivato will describe their WiFi switch, which bring smart antenna technology to the WiFi space while Richard Watson will describe Symbol's converged Data and Voice technology March WCA Meeting Agenda "Bringing Wi-Fi To The Enterprise" Jim Thompson, Director of Product Development, Vivato While the overriding benefits of wireless technology are well-recognized and relatively undisputed, enterprises have only recently begun to demand access to wireless networks. Jim Thompson will explain how a new technology, the Wi-Fi switch, is set to revolutionize how Wi-Fi is implemented by the business community and service providers. Wi-Fi switching is a new architecture for wireless local area networks that combines gigabit Ethernet switching, Wi-Fi and smart antenna design. Comparing Wi-Fi to the growth of the Ethernet in the 1980's and 1990's, Jim will explain the role that Wi-Fi switches will play in accelerating the trend toward wireless LANs and built-in Wi-Fi on mobile devices. As part of the discussion, Jim will talk about Vivato's soon-to-be-launched indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi switches which can send and receive multiple transmissions while dramatically extending the range of Wi-Fi from tens of meters to kilometers. "WLAN VoIP" Richard Watson, Director of Telephony Product Marketing, Symbol Given the fact that 40% of today's in-building workforce is mobile, contacting associates to communicate business critical issues that enable rapid decisions requires a in-building mobile telephony solution. This "solution" is a convergence of 802.11 Wireless LANs and Voice-over-IP that creates a new product offering: Wireless LAN VoIP. The IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN technologies, though widely available, were not designed to support wireless telephony applications and extensions to the base architecture and vendor specific implementations are key to delivering quality wireless VoIP solutions. Technical hurdles such as voice-prioritization, wireless security, proper call control protocols, and PBX integration options are all challenges that need to be addressed to provide a solid product offering with high voice quality and telephony connectivity. Symbol will describe their WLAN VoIP product that operates over 802.11. This WLAN technology, though widely available, was not designed to support wireless telephony. Symbol will explain how they are addressing this technical challenge. WCA is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the mutual benefit of Northern California companies and organizations involved in wireless communication technologies. - For additional WCA info see: www.wca.org - Program ends at 6:00 PM with networking until 6:30 PM. - Participants are cautioned not to discuss proprietary information. - Questions: Contact Al Juodikis at 888-351-6701, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - A $10.00 donation will be collected at the door to defray costs. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
