HiSWANa

HiSWANa is the newest of the three WLAN standards in the 5GHz band and has a MAC structure similar to that of HiperLAN/2. But, unlike HiperLAN/2, HiSWANa does not offer direct-link mode (which allows terminals to transmit to one another without routing through an AP). HiSWANa also uses a listen-before-talk mechanism similar to 802.11a to reduce uncoordinated interference. The HiSWANa MAC combines key features of both 802.11a and HiperLAN/2, at the expense of increased overhead.

-- Stephan Pietzko - 28 Aug 2003

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