Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: May 2001
Product Code: R97-684Description 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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