Wireless in-building network architecture and protocols

The authors highlight the topology, architecture, and protocols developed for a wireless in-building network based on 18-GHz radio technology. They introduce the requirements of an in-building office environment that involves desktop computing applications and describe a microcellular topology with store-and-forward radio modules that uses time division duplex techniques to organize transmitting and receiving. Unique to the architecture and protocols are methods for coordinating devices with sectorized antennas, for providing high performance in terms of high throughput and low delay, and for compatibility with networking standards