===== [[sysadmin:hiswana|HiSWANa]] =====

[[sysadmin:hiswana|HiSWANa]] is the newest of the three WLAN standards in the 5GHz  band and has a MAC structure similar to that of [[sysadmin:hiperlan|HiperLAN]]/2. But, unlike [[sysadmin:hiperlan|HiperLAN]]/2, [[sysadmin:hiswana|HiSWANa]] does not offer direct-link mode (which allows terminals to transmit to one another without routing through an AP). [[sysadmin:hiswana|HiSWANa]] also uses a listen-before-talk mechanism similar to 802.11a to reduce uncoordinated interference. The [[sysadmin:hiswana|HiSWANa]] MAC combines key features of both 802.11a and [[sysadmin:hiperlan|HiperLAN]]/2, at the expense of increased overhead.

-- Stephan Pietzko - 28 Aug 2003

{ [[sysadmin:wlanstandards|WlanStandards]] }