Communications-Wireless Lan - Dell OPTIPLEX FX160 Technical Manualbook

DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ FX160 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK
C O M M U N I C A T I O N S - W I R E L E S S L A N
N O T E : T h e c u r r e n t d r a w v a l u e s w e r e m e a s u r e d o v e r a 1 - s e c o n d i n t e r v a l . T h e m a x i m u m t r a n s m i t
a n d r e c e i v e v a l u e s w e r e m e a s u r e d w h i l e t r a n s f e r r i n g a c o n t i n u o u s U D P d a t a s t r e a m a t t h e
h i g h e s t r a t e s e t t i n g o f 2 7 0 M b p s .
DELL WIRELESS 1397 HALF MINI-CARD
Form Factor
Temperature and Humidity Limitations
Operating Temperature
Operating humidity
Storage temperature
Storage humidity
Power Characteristics*
Current draw, Power Save mode
Current draw, Receive mode
Current draw, Transmit mode
Power supply
Networking Characteristics
Compatibility
Network Operating System
Host Operating System
Medium access protocol
Data rate (Mbps)
Radio Characteristics
Frequency band
Modulation technique
Spreading
Bit error rate (BER)
Nominal output power
PCI Express Half Mini Card ECN, March 16, 2006
0–75°C
95% maximum (no condensation allowed)
–40 to +80°C
95% maximum (no condensation allowed)
80mW
500mW
800mW
3.3V
IEEE 802.11g standard for wireless LAN (OFDM)
IEEE 802.11b standard for wireless LAN (DSSS)
Microsoft Windows Networking
Microsoft Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
NDIS6 miniport driver
CSMA/CA (collision avoidance) with acknowledgment
(ACK)
IEEE 802.11b: 1,2,5.5,11
IEEE 802.11g: 1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54
NOTE: The Dell wireless WLAN card uses an
automatic transmit rate select mechanism
IEEE 802.11b: 2.4 GHz (2400-2500 MHz)
IEEE 802.11g: 2.4 GHz (2400-2500 MHz)
IEEE 802.11b: direct sequence spread spectrum
(DSSS)
CCK for high and medium transmit rate
DQPSK for standard transmit rate
DBPSK for low transmit rate
IEEE 802.11g: orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (OFDM)
52 subcarriers with BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM or 64-QAM
Forward error correction convolution coding rate: 1/2,
2/3, 3/4
IEEE 802.11b: 11-chip Barker sequence
Better than 10
IEEE 802.11b: 19 dBm
IEEE 802.11g: 15 dBm
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