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Mobile Computing Ten Years of Wireless
Innovation
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What are Wireless LANs?
Wireless LANs

• Extend the reach of the Enterprise Network Fabric
  
• Enable mobile communications
• Result in increased productivity and new business
  paradigms

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Communications Topology
WAN
Networks
CISCO
LAN
Piece of copper cable
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WLAN
Mobility
WWAN
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WLAN Topology
WAN
LAN
WLAN
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LAN and WLAN are Uniquely Different

• LANs provide fixed access with high data rates
• WLANs provide highly mobile access with lower
  data rates
• Applications will be different
• Not every LAN application is suitable for WLANs
• Requirements are different
• End devices are not necessarily laptops
• Environmental considerations

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Benefits of Wireless Mobility
Source eMobility Wireless Study, November 2000
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Applications Drive Connectivity
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Clients Need Multi-Mode Connectivity

• WWAN
• Instant Messaging
• Wireless Internet
• Voice

• WLAN
• Email Access
• Wireless Internet
• LAN Access
• Voice

• WPAN
• Device Synchronization
• Wireless Peripherals

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Wireless LAN Futures RoadMap
802.11(b) GPRS
802.11(b) Bluetooth
802.11(a) In HHCs
RTLS 802.11 (b)
IEEE802.11(b)
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802.11 proprietary enhancements
802.11(b) interoperability
802.11(a) WLANs
802.11(a) Interoperability
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SUPPORT FOR WORLDWIDEINDUSTRY STANDARDS
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Wireless Focus Standards driven
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Wireless Focus Inter-operability

• Ensures compatibility between different
  manufacturers.
• Wi-Fi Stamp of approval.
• Symbol is the founding and sponsor member.

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Future Wireless Initiatives

• Initiatives under development
• WLANs RTLS
• 802.11b GPRS
• 802.11b Bluetooth
• Tri-mode devices (WPAN/WLAN/WWAN)
• 54-100Mbps 802.11a WLAN

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Why Skywire Symbol?
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Wireless Standards Symbol Overview

• Well Established in Silicon Valley
• 200 Marketing and Engineering Associates
• Focus on Wireless, and VOIP
• Co-Author of the IEEE 802.11 Standard
• Started in 1992
• IEEE 802.11 ratified in 1997
• IEEE 802.11(b) and (a) ratified in 1999
• Major contributions in the area of Power
  management and roaming.
• Engaged on all fronts of standard enhancements
• 802.11(TGe) QoS
• 802.11(Tgi) Security
• 802.11(d) International Roaming
• 802.15 Bluetooth
• Chair the .11 and bluetooth coexistence.

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Symbols Position in the WLAN Industry

• Industry leader in APs shipped 24 of worldwide
  market in 2000
• Customer base of over 130,000 installed sites
• Over 40 of worldwide market share in mobile
  vertical application computing devices
• Only WLAN radio manufacturer with full service
  offerings

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Symbol is more than a manufacturer It is an
enabler in mobile computing !

• First WLAN PCMCIA card ( 900 MHz)
• Charter member of 802.11 Draft Committee
• Contributed Power Management technique to 802.11
• Introduced the first practical VoIP
  (Voice-over-IP) total system
• Developed Country Roaming for PC cards
• First to develop a voice priority scheme for
  H.323 media devices
• First to develop intelligent media streams for
  WLAN Access Points
• First to develop deploy a family of Network
  Management tools/services on a multitude of
  platforms ( WIN98, WIN-NT, WIN-2000, OpenView,
  Tivoli, CA-Unicenter)
• First to develop complete family of PalmOS,
  WIN-CE, ruggedized LAN Appliances
• Inventor of the PDF-417 2D bar codes deployed in
  all sectors of mobile computing
• First to integrate RF, RFID, Scanning in
  ruggedized handhelds

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Symbols Wireless Leadership

• Pre-emptive Roaming
• First browser based AP UI
• Load Balancing
• QoS Prioritization
• WLAN queue fairness
• First Wireless Network Management System
• Switched Network support
• Chair, Co-chair voting members in various IEEE
  committees
• Power Saving Protocol
• Kerberos Security
• More more

• First Commercial Spread Spectrum WLAN (1989)
• First Mobile Terminal w/Spread Spectrum Radio
  (1989)
• IEEE 802.11 committee founding members (1993)
• First standard 802.11 FH AP
• Founding member of WLANA
• Founding member of WECA
• First VoIP WLAN Phone
• Power Over Ethernet
• International Roaming

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Wide Range of Appliances and Tools
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Mobile Computing Product Family

• DOS
• Palm O/S
• Pocket PC
• Windows CE

Hand-held Wearable Vehicle-Mount Fixed-Mount

• Magnetic Stripe Readers
• Printers

Keyboard Pen-based Scanning RF/ID

• Data Communication
• Voice Communication

Batch LAN WAN PAN

• Application development kits
• Connectivity packages
• Business Partner Solutions

Ergonomic Rugged
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Why Skywire Symbol?

• A solid solution
• Mobility
• Great product
• We match feature for feature with all products in
  the market
• Total cost of ownership (TCO)
• Mobility ingredients
• WLAN expertise
• Devices
• Applications
• Management
• Services

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Comprehensive Deployment Services
Global Project Management
Software Development
Consulting
Testing Staging
Network Systems Design
Depot Repair
7 x 24 Support Center
On-Site Support
Site Survey
Custom Solutions
Integration