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The Wireless
LAN IC Reality Show: Who Will Be The WLAN Survivor?
Services:
Wireless Component Technology, Networking Technology
Report
Number: WT01-04WL
Publication Date: May 2001
Number of Pages: 80
Report Price: $3,695 USD
The year 2000
was a great year for wireless LAN component manufacturers, with
sales having more than doubled from the previous year. Most of these
sales have been driven by the huge popularity of 802.11b (Wi-Fi),
but this maybe changing soon with the introduction of several new
standards for both home and enterprise. Products based on 802.11a
and HomeRF2 will soon be arriving, and it appears that the new 802.11g
standard will be ratified this year as well. And how will Bluetooth
play into this picture? But changing standards is only one part
of what component manufacturers must deal with. Changing component
technology, especially with the introduction of zero-IF, is another.
Evolving technology is pushing down chip prices and making products
available to many additional applications. In addition, function
consolidation is occurring.
This report
covers wireless LAN technology from both a standards and component
point-of-view, and explores the many changes occurring. The report
contains chipset forecasts through 2005; including chipsets by standard,
chipset ASPs by standard, and WLAN chipset revenue by standard.
Breakouts are included for the residential, industrial embedded,
educational, and enterprise markets. In addition, the report includes
company profiles of 15 wireless LAN component manufacturers, along
with news and an analysis of their latest products.
Table
of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Overview
- WLAN History
- Modern Wireless LAN Was Born
- Down the Road
- Wireless LAN Bands & Technologies
- The 2.4 GHz Band
- Frequency Hopping and Direct Sequence
- The 5 GHz Band
- Wide-band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- Ultra-Wideband (UWB)
- Wireless LAN Standards and Interest Groups
- IEEE 802.11
- IEEE 802.11b
- IEEE 802.11g
- IEEE 802.11a
- HiperLAN/2 ΠIs There Anybody Out There?
- HomeRF
- Bluetooth
- Wireless LAN Topics in the News
- Bluetooth & 802.11b Coexistence
- IEEE 802.11a & HiperLAN2 ΠCan We Just Get Along?
- A Plethora of Standards ΠConfused?
- Components of a Wireless LAN
- Radio
- Baseband Processor & MAC
- Memory
- Antenna
- Design Considerations
- Worldwide Wireless LAN IC Forecast
- Market Growth of Wireless LAN IC Consumers
- Wireless LAN Component Manufacturers
- Agere (Formerly Part of Lucent Microelectronics)
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Agilent Technologies (Formerly a Part of HP)
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Atheros
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Cisco (Radiata)
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- ComSilica
- Analysis
- Envara (formerly hLAN)
- Analysis
- Intersil
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Mobilian
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Parker Vision
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Philips
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Ratheon
- Company Profile
- Products
- Analysis
- ShareWave
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Time Domain
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Systemonic
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Texas Instruments
- Company Focus
- Products
- Analysis
- Conclusion
- Appendix A
- Terms
List of Tables
- Table 1 - Worldwide WLAN Chipset Revenue
- Table 2 - Wireless LAN Timeline
- Table 3 - Worldwide 2.4 GHz Frequency Bands
- Table 4 - Worldwide 5 GHz Frequency Bands
- Table 5 - 5 GHz Power Limits
- Table 6 - 802.11a & HiperLan/2 Data Rates
- Table 7 - Wireless LAN Technology Matrix
- Table 8 - WLAN Chipset Vertical Breakdown
- Table 9 - Residential WLAN Chipset Market
- Table 10 - Total Worldwide WLAN Chipset Market
- Table 11 - NIC Chipset ASP by Standard
- Table 12 - Access Point Chip ASP by Standard
- Table 13 - WLAN NIC Chipset Revenue by Standard
- Table 14 - WLAN AP Chipset Revenue by Standard
- Table 15 - Intersil Partners
List of Figures
- Figure 1 - Frequency Hopping vs. Direct Sequence
- Figure 2 - Network Capacity for FHSS vs. DSSSFigure 3 - 802.11a
U.S. Channel Utilization
- Figure 4 - Wireless LAN Block Diagram
- Figure 5 - WLAN Chipset Vertical Breakdown (x1000)
- Figure 6 ΠTotal WLAN Chipsets by Standard (x1000)
- Figure 7 - Total WLAN Chipsets by Frequency (x1000)
- Figure 8 - WLAN NIC Chipset Revenue by Standard (US$M)
- Figure 9 - WLAN AP Chipset Revenue by Standard (US$M)
- Figure 10 - WLAN Chipset Revenue by Function (US$M)
- Figure 11 - WLAN Chipset Revenue by Frequency (US$M)
- Figure 12 - PRISM 3 Block Diagram
- Figure 13 - Mobilian TrueRadio Block Diagram
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