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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