Aironet Selects Harris PRISM Chips For New High Speed Wireless Networking Products.MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1998-- Recently Announced Aironet Products Use Harris' PRISM Radio Chips for Wireless Networking See wireless network. Applications Harris Semiconductor's PRISM(TM) radio chips are an important element in a new series of 11 megabits-per-second (Mbps) wireless local area network (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) and wireless bridge solutions announced this week by Aironet Wireless Communications Aironet is a maker of wireless networking equipment currently operated as a division of Cisco Systems. It was started by ex-Marconi Wireless employees in 1986 as Telesystems SLW in Canada, right after the United States FCC opened up the ISM bands for spread spectrum license-free , Inc. of Akron, Ohio Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County.GR6 The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of . Aironet's new 11 Mbps wireless networking solutions -- including wireless LAN products and bridges -- are five times faster than existing solutions. Aironet's new WLAN and wireless bridge products use Harris' direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) See spread spectrum. ) baseband processor (the HFA HFA Harvard Film Archive (Harvard University) HFA Harry Fox Agency, Inc. HFA Housing Finance Agency (District of Columbia government) HFA Hyogo Framework for Action HFA High-Functioning Autism 3860A) and IF modulator/demodulator (HFA3724) chips to achieve record-breaking 11 Mbps data rates. The Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. has already approved the new Aironet PC Card, which includes the two Harris PRISM chips. That approval makes Aironet's PC Card the first 11 Mbps product approved for operation in the 2.4 GHz band. These high-speed products enable WLAN products to compete with high-speed wired Ethernet connections, predominant in today's enterprise environment. "Aironet's extensive wireless networking expertise and our PRISM Antenna-to-bits(TM) technology, together symbolize the cutting-edge wireless advancements driving use and acceptance of wireless systems in the Enterprise networking market," said Ron Van Dell, vice president and general manager of Harris Semiconductor's Communications Products Business. "We're certainly proud that our PRISM technology was selected for use in Aironet's flagship products." "Aironet recognizes Harris' leadership in DSSS modulation technology and its importance to today's high-speed wireless networking products," said Roger Murphy, Aironet president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Harris Semiconductor's PRISM family of ICs are used in a variety of WLAN systems for the consumer, small office/home office See SOHO. , vertical and enterprise markets. To date, Harris has focused development of its PRISM line of products on higher speed solutions made possible by use of direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) modulation technology. Harris DSSS chips deliver packet data at speeds ranging up to 11Mbps; DSSS is also the only technology that supports the proposed 802.11 high data rate standard. About Aironet Aironet is a worldwide leader in the wireless LAN industry with the largest installed base of local area wireless data communications systems in more than 60 countries. The company designs, manufactures and markets the industry's broadest and most complete selection of wireless LAN solutions -- including products that support 2.4 GHz frequency hopping (FH) and direct sequence (DS) and 900 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. DS technologies. The company is based in Akron, OH, and is a subsidiary of Telxon Corporation. (Nasdaq/NNM:TLXN). World Wide Web site: http://www.aironet.com. About Harris Harris Corporation's Semiconductor sector manufactures discrete semiconductors and integrated circuits. Product development efforts are focused on innovative "next level solutions" for the communications and power markets. The company's broad portfolio of products serve many market segments -- automotive, industrial, PC computing, wireless networking, signal processing, telecommunications, PC multimedia, consumer electronics, defense and space. The worldwide website is: http://www.semi.harris.com. Harris Corporation, with worldwide sales of more than $3.9 billion, is an international communications and electronic company that provides a wide range of products and services such as wireless and personal communications, digital television (HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates ), health care information, automotive electronics, transportation, business information, defense communications and information and Lanier office products. The worldwide website is: http://www.harris.com. PRISM and Antenna-to-bits are trademarks of Harris Corporation. |
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