Abstract

BreezeCOM Wireless Communications, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to benchmark the 

throughput of wireless LAN systems from BreezeCOM Wireless Communications, Inc., Aironet Wireless Communications Inc., Proxim, Inc., RDC Networks Inc., and Symbol Technologies Inc. as listed in figure 6. The Tolly Group quantified the effective system performance of both notebook (PCMCIA) and desktop wireless LAN adapters each in conjunction with their appropriate access points in a typical office environment. The tests were conducted in August 1997.

Testing was conducted by transferring a file from a wired Novell NetWare server to a wireless Windows 95 client at four locations. Testing was performed in a typical office environment consisting of plaster walls and wooden doors. A higher location number indicates a test point farther from the fixed position access point. Test locations 1 through 4 were 5, 90, 127, and 183 feet (1.5, 27.4, 38.7, and 55.8 meters) from the access point respectively. Refer to figure 5 for a diagram of the test locations.