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The following organizations are a mixture of a
Trade Association,
Technology Alliances,
Standards Bodies, and an
Independent Test Lab.
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| Organization Name |
Organizational
Mission(s) |
Local Area
Technology Promoted |
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Wireless LAN Association
(WLANA) |
Educate and promote the use of wireless networking technology |
Personal Area Networks, Local Area Networks, LAN to LAN bridge and Public Access |
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Wireless Ethernet Compatibility
Alliance (WECA) |
Certify interoperability of IEEE 802.11 products and promote Wi-Fi as the global wireless LAN standard |
IEEE 802.11 |
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| Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) |
Write Bluetooth Spec, Bluetooth interoperability Promote Bluetooth |
Bluetooth |
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| Wireless LAN Interoperability Forum (WLIF) |
OpenAir interoperability Promote OpenAir |
OpenAir 802.11 FH |
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| OFDM Forum |
Foster a single compatible OFDM standard |
OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
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| HomeRF Working Group |
Develop a specification for wireless communications in the home |
SWAP(Shared Wireless Access Protocol) |
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| HIPERLAN Alliance |
Accelerate the worldwide deployment of HIPERLAN/1 systems |
HIPERLAN/1 |
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| HiperLAN2 Global Forum |
Drive the adoption of HiperLAN2 as the global broadband wireless technology in the 5 GHz band |
HiperLAN2 |
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| IEEE 802.11 |
Wireless LAN specification for 802.11 |
802.11 FH
802.11 DS
802.11 HR
802.11 VHR |
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| IEEE 802.15 |
Wireless PAN specifications for 802.15 including Bluetooth |
802.15
802.15 HR |
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| ETSI HiperLAN |
Write Specifications |
HiperLAN1 |
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| TSI BRAN |
Establish a standardization project for Broadband Radio Access Networks(BRAN) for Europe and beyond |
HiperLAN/2 and HIPERACCESS |
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| University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab |
Test interoperability |
Various |
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