`July 1990
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`Doc: IEEE P802.11/90-8
`Doc: IEEE P802.4L/90-30
`News release for IEEE P802.11
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`News Release
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`IEEE PROJECT 802, WHICH CREATES STANDARDS FOR LOCAL AND METROPOLITAN AREA
`NETWORKS, ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF A NEW WORKING GROUP, P802.ll, TO DEVELOP
`STANDARDS FOR WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS.
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`MEANS OF CONNECTING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS OR DEVICES MEETING EXISTING AND
`EIVIERGING IEEE 802 STANDARDS TO THE PROPOSED 802 WIRELESS NETWORKS WILL ALSO BE
`DEVELOPED.
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`WIRELESS NETWORKS ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT DATA COMMUNICATIONS, AND LIMITED
`VOICE COMMUNICATIONS, AMONG FIXED, PORTABLE, AND SLOWLY MOVING EQUIPMENT
`WITHOUT REQUIRING CABLING CONNECTIONS TO SUCH EQUIPMENT.
`IT IS EXPECTED THAT
`WIRELESS APPLICATIONS ARE OF INTEREST TO USERS WHO FACE FREQUENT RELOCATIONS,
`NEED FAST INSTALLATIONS, OR FUNCTION WHERE CABLES ARE NOT ALLOWED.
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`AREAS OF USE INCLUDE OFFICES. FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES, RETAIL AND OTHER INDOOR
`AND MALL ENVIRONMENTS.
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`T1-IE IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY, THE LARGEST OF 35 SOCIETIES WITHIN THE 300.000 MEMBER
`INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS (IEEE), SERVES MORE THAN 100,000
`INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS VIA ITS FOUR OFFICES WORLDWIDE. TI-IE SOCIETY
`HELPS ESTABLISH AND FOSTER INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
`ENGINEERING AND HAS BEEN INSTRUIVIENTAL IN DEVELOPMENT AND ACCREDITATION OF
`COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAMS.
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`THE FIRST MEETING OF P802.ll WILL TAKE PLACE 10- 14 SEPTEMBER 1990 IN OSHAWA, ONTARIO,
`CANADA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
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`ST. IUDE 1022
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`As sent by Executive Committee
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`page 1
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`July 27, 1990
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