Alantro Communications Joins Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance.SANTA ROSA Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1999-- Alantro Communications, a company specializing in high-speed, high-performing physical-layer communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry , today announced that it has joined the Wireless Ethernet The standard for wireless networking within a home or office. Also known as a "Wi-Fi" or "802.11" network, wireless Ethernet is the wireless counterpart to regular, wired Ethernet, which is also the standard for local networks. See 802.11 and wireless LAN. Compatibility Alliance (WECA See Wi-Fi Alliance. ). WECA was founded by 3Com, Aironet, Intersil (formerly Harris Semiconductor), Lucent Technologies, Nokia, and Symbol Technologies. Its mission is to certify interoperability of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11 High Rate wireless products through an independent test lab, and promote that standard for the enterprise, small business, and the home. WECA is dedicated to ensuring that IEEE 802.11 High Rate wireless equipment for home or office networks will be interoperable with equipment purchased from any other WECA member. Alantro Communications has been a contributing member of the IEEE 802.11 standards committee since its inception. Alantro is committed to the development of products using the IEEE 802.11 High Rate wireless standard that will be ratified in late 1999. In 1998, Alantro technology was adopted as the high-performance segment of this standard. "By joining WECA, we will be able to contribute to the promotion of the 802.11 standard," stated Chris Heegard, 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. of Alantro Communications. "Alantro is excited to be a part of this mission." "We are pleased to have Alantro join WECA," said Phil Belanger, WECA Chairman. "As a strong proponent of 802.11 High Rate, we are confident that Alantro will help WECA to achieve our goal of accelerating the adoption of wireless LANs in key market segments." About Alantro Communications Alantro Communications specializes in high performance, physical-layer communications technology. Founded in Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, USA. As of January 1 2007, the population of Santa Rosa was approximately 157,985 residents. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San in 1997, Alantro Communications is currently developing extremely efficient, IEEE 802.11 compliant, wireless LAN technology with advanced performance and high-speed capabilities. Alantro Communications has unique expertise in existing and emerging forward error control (FEC See forward error correction. FEC - Forward Error Correction ) and modulation/demodulation technology. Alantro also specializes in Turbo Coding, a next generation, very high performance FEC methodology. About WECA WECA's mission is to certify interoperability of IEEE 802.11 High Rate products and promote that standard for the enterprise, small business and the home. WECA will grant a seal of interoperability to vendors upon successful completion of the prescribed test suites. Wireless LAN vendors building products in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 HR specification are encouraged to join WECA and to submit products for testing and the seal of interoperability. All companies supporting the IEEE 802.11 HR standard are also encouraged to join the alliance. |
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