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HiperLAN(HighPerformanceRadioLAN)isaWirelessLANstandard.[1]ItisaEuropeanalternativeforthe
IEEE802.11standards(theIEEEisaninternationalorganization).ItisdefinedbytheEuropean
TelecommunicationsStandardsInstitute(ETSI).InETSIthestandardsaredefinedbytheBRANproject
(BroadbandRadioAccessNetworks).TheHiperLANstandardfamilyhasfourdifferentversions.

Contents
1 HiperLAN/1
2 HiperLAN/2
3 FailureintheMarket
4 Seealso
5 References

HiperLAN/1
Planningforthefirstversionofthestandard,calledHiperLAN/1,started1991,whenplanningof802.11was
alreadygoingon.ThegoaloftheHiperLANwasthehighdatarate,higherthan802.11.Thestandardwas
approvedin1996.ThefunctionalspecificationisEN300652,therestisinETS300836.

ThestandardcoversthePhysicallayerandtheMediaAccessControlpartoftheDatalinklayerlike802.11.There
isanewsublayercalledChannelAccessandControlsublayer(CAC).Thissublayerdealswiththeaccessrequests
tothechannels.Theaccomplishingoftherequestisdependentontheusageofthechannelandthepriorityofthe
request.

CAClayerprovideshierarchicalindependencewithEliminationYieldNonPreemptiveMultipleAccess
mechanism(EYNPMA).EYNPMAcodesprioritychoicesandotherfunctionsintoonevariablelengthradio
pulseprecedingthepacketdata.EYNPMAenablesthenetworktofunctionwithfewcollisionseventhoughthere
wouldbealargenumberofusers.MultimediaapplicationsworkinHiperLANbecauseofEYNPMApriority
mechanism.MAClayerdefinesprotocolsforrouting,securityandpowersavingandprovidesnaturallydata
transfertotheupperlayers.

OnthephysicallayerFSKandGMSKmodulationsareusedinHiperLAN/1.

HiperLANfeatures:

range50m
slowmobility(1.4m/s)
supportsasynchronousandsynchronoustraffic
Bitrate23.2Mbit/s
DescriptionWirelessEthernet
Frequencyrange5GHz

HiperLANdoesnotconflictwithmicrowaveandotherkitchenappliances,whichareon2.4GHz.Aninnovative
featureofHIPERLAN1,whichmayotherwirelessnetworksdonotoffer,isitsabilitytoforwarddatapackets
usingseveralrelays.RelayscanextendthecommunicationontheMAClayerbeyondtheradiorange.Forpower
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conservation,anodemaysetupaspecificwakeuppattern.Thispatterndeterminesatwhattimethenodeisready
toreceive,sothatatothertimes,thenodecanturnoffitsreceiverandsaveenergy.Thesenodesarecalledpsavers
andneedsocalledpsupportersthatcontaininformationaboutwakeuppatternsofallthepsaverstheyare
responsiblefor.Apsupporteronlyforwardsdatatoapsaveratthemomentpsaverisawake.Thisactionalso
requiresbufferingmechanismsforpacketsonpsupportingforwaders.

HiperLAN/2
HiperLAN/2functionalspecificationwasaccomplishedFebruary2000.Version2isdesignedasafastwireless
connectionformanykindsofnetworks.ThoseareUMTSbackbonenetwork,ATMandIPnetworks.Alsoit
worksasanetworkathomelikeHiperLAN/1.HiperLAN/2usesthe5GHzbandandupto54Mbit/sdatarate.[1]

ThephysicallayerofHiperLAN/2isverysimilartoIEEE802.11awirelesslocalareanetworks.However,the
mediaaccesscontrol(themultipleaccessprotocol)isDynamicTDMAinHiperLAN/2,whileCSMA/CAisused
in802.11a/n.

BasicservicesinHiperLAN/2aredata,sound,andvideotransmission.Theemphasisisinthequalityofthese
services(QoS).[1]

ThestandardcoversPhysical,DataLinkControlandConvergencelayers.Convergencelayertakescareofservice
dependentfunctionalitybetweenDLCandNetworklayer(OSI3).Convergencesublayerscanbeusedalsoonthe
physicallayertoconnectIP,ATMorUMTSnetworks.ThisfeaturemakesHiperLAN/2suitableforthewireless
connectionofvariousnetworks.

OnthephysicallayerBPSK,QPSK,16QAMor64QAMmodulationsareused.

HiperLAN/2offerssecuritymeasures.ThedataaresecuredwithDESorTripleDESalgorithms.Thewireless
accesspointandthewirelessterminalcanauthenticateeachother.

MostimportantworldwidemanufacturersofHiperLAN/2areAlvarion(Israel),Freescale(USA),Panasonic
(Japan).[2]

FailureintheMarket
DuetocompetitionfromIEEE802.11,whichwassimplertoimplementandmadeitfastertothemarket,
HiperLANneverreceivedmuchcommercialimplementation.[3]MuchoftheworkonHiperLAN/2hassurvivedin
thePHYspecificationforIEEE802.11a,whichisnearlyidenticaltothePHYofHiperLAN/2.HIPERACCESS
wasintendedasalastmiletechnology.HIPERLINKwasintendedasashortrangepointtopointtechnologyat
155Mbit/s.

Seealso
HiperMAN

References
1."AboutHiperLAN/2".palowireless.com.Retrieved20080220.
2."HiperLAN/2prototype".s2p.de/Sysadmin.Retrieved20021119.

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3.WolterLemstraVicHayesJohnGroenewegen(December27,2010).TheinnovationjourneyofWiFi:theroadto
globalsuccess.CambridgeUniversityPress.p.432.ISBN0521199719.

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