Arcadyan Technology WN4403A User Manual

Product Specifications

WN4403A-LF-17

Product Specification

IEEE 802.11b/g miniPCI

Arcadyan T echnology Corporation

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4F, No 9 Park Avenue II, Science-based Industrial Park HsinChu 300, Taiwan

Subject to Change without Notices

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Table of Contents

Revision History ____________________________________________________________3 Chapter 1 Introduction_____________________________________________________ 4

1. Introduction ________________________________________________________4

1.1 Product Features____________________________________________________ 4

1.2 Applications _______________________________________________________4

Chapter 2 Hardware_______________________________________________________5

2.1 General Overview __________________________________________________5

2.2 Hardware Architecture_______________________________________________5

2.3 Main Chipset Information ____________________________________________5

Chapter 3 Software _______________________________________________________6

3.1 Operating System Supported __________________________________________ 6

3.2 Wireless Mode Supported ____________________________________________ 6

3.3 Security___________________________________________________________6

3.4 Configuration ______________________________________________________6 Chapter 4 Appearance _____________________________________________________7 Chapter 5 Specifications ___________________________________________________8 Table 1: Modulation Scheme and Nominal Transmit Power __________________________ 9 Table 2: Typical Range at Which Frame (1000 Bytes PDUs) Packet___________________10 References________________________________________________________________11

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Revision History

Edition # Reason for revision Issue date Written by

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♦ Initial Document ♦ ♦

Dec. 5, 2008 Katherine Hsieh

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1. Introduction

WN4403A is an industrial miniPCI Card which enables wireless networking systems to attain data transmission speeds at least up to 54 megabits-per-second (Mbps), while remaining backward compatible to the existing installed base of over 15 million Wi-Fi systems worldwide. The product must be RoHS compliant and supports operation to both the IEEE

802.11b and IEEE 802.11g standards. WN4403A will enable a next generation of high-data-rate platforms for operation in the 2.4 GHz band that deliver a five-fold speed increase. It is fully IEEE 802.11g standard compliant, and uses prioritization algorithms and enhanced protection mechanisms to significantly increase pure 802.11g as well as mixed-mode network performance. The cost and performance advantages will make it an ideal solution for high bandwidth enterprise applications, such as wireless video conferencing and large file transfers, as well as advanced home networking applications such as multi-channel CD-quality audio and DVD-quality video streaming. WN4403A incorporates the 802.11g Standard's mandatory modulation schemes—Complementary Code Keying (CCK), which is used in 802.11b, and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) used in 802.11g. Using CCK ensures backward-compatibility with the installed Wi-Fi 802.11b base, while OFDM provides the speed required for today's high-bandwidth applications.

1.1 Product Features

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High speed for wireless LAN connection, up to 54 Mbps data rate.

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IEEE 802.11g

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Backward compatible to the existing IEEE 802.11b WLAN infrastructure.

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Wireless data encryption using WEP 64, 128-bit encryption for security.

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Support for WPA-PSK

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Hardware AES Accelerator.

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Built-in Hirose antenna connectors.

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Firmware upgrade-able by only changing driver.

1.2 Applications

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Home networking for device sharing.

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Wireless office for extension Ethernet range.

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Mobile networking for notebook PC, PDA, We or Wireless Gateway Built-in Application.

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