HIPERLAN is a European (ETSI) standardization initiative for a HIgh

PERformance wireless Local Area Network. Radio waves are used instead
of a cable as a transmission medium to connect stations. Either, the radio
transceiver is mounted to the movable station as an add-on and no base
station has to be installed separately, or a base station is needed in addition
per room. The stations may be moved during operation-pauses or even
become mobile. The max. data rate for the user depends on the distance of
the communicating stations. With short distances (<50 m) and asynchronous
transmission a data rate of 20 Mbit/s is achieved, with up to 800 m distance
a data rate of 1 Mbit/s are provided. For connection-oriented services, e.g.
video-telephony, at least 64 kbit/s are offered.

HIPERLAN
HIPERLAN is a European family of standards on digital high speed wireless
communication in the 5.15-5.3 GHz and the 17.1-17.3 GHz spectrum
developed by ETSI. The committee responsible for HIPERLAN is RES-10
which has been working on the standard since November 1991.

The standard serves to ensure the possible interoperability of different

manufacturers' wireless communications equipment that operate in this
spectrum. The HIPERLAN standard only describes a common air interface
including the physical layer for wireless communication

Components of a HIPERLAN include:

 Physical Layer: This layer provides the standard functions, including

radio frequency functions.
 Link Adaptation: This standard allows the access point to convey
information in an uplink or downlink direction. The HIPERLAN physical
layer also specifies some link adaptation algorithms to be used.
 Data Link Control (DLC) Layer: This layer includes the Media Acces
Control (MAC), Radio Link Control (RLC), Dynamic Frequency
Selection (DFS) and Error Control (EC) protocols.
 Convergence555 Layer: Its basic function is to provide the HIPERLAN
DLC and physical access to other data networks.

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