User's Manual

Section One: Introduction

IBM Wireless Mini-PCI Module complied with IEEE 802.11b/g Standard, it can be

used to provide a variety of low-cost wireless network interface card to connect your

wireless LAN via fitting into the Mini-PCI Type III slot. The Wireless Mini-PCI

Module that complies with this specification and combines networking with high-

speed Internet access will let people connect to the Internet anywhere, anytime.

With seamless roaming, fully interoperability and advanced security with WEP

standard, Wireless Mini-PCI Module can allow user to switch to different vendors’

Access Points through the wireless networks and to prevent from eavesdropping.

1-1 Features

1-1-1 Wireless LAN Function

802.11g

Radio Technology

IEEE 802.11g

draft standard compliant

Operating Frequency

2400 ~ 2497MHz ISM band

Spreading

IEEE 802.11b DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread

Spectrum)

IEEE 802.11g OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division

Multiplexing)

Channel Numbers

11 channels for United States

13 channels for Europe Countries

14 channels for Japan

Data Rate

802.11g : 54Mbps with fall back rates of 48, 36, 24, 18,

12, 9 and 6Mbps

802.11b : 11Mbps with fall back rates of 5.5, 2, and

1Mbps

Modulation Schemes

802.11g: 64QAM(54Mbps, 48Mbps),

16QAM(36Mbps, 24Mbps), QPSK (18Mbps, 12Mbps),

BPSK (9Mbps, 6Mbps)

802.11b: CCK (11 Mbps, 5.5Mbps), DQPSK (2 Mbps),

DBPSK (1 Mbps)