InProComm Passes WiFi Test

HSINCHU, Taiwan -- Inprocomm, Inc. (INPROCOMM), a supplier of innovative Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) integrated circuits (ICs), announced today that its reference design using the IPN2120, a single IC "secured" 802.11b baseband and medium access controller (BB-MAC), passed Wi-Fi(TM) testing. A Wi-Fi(TM) certified product is able to interoperate with other WLAN products that are also Wi-Fi(TM) certified, which is essential for any WLAN system manufacturer's product to be successful in the WLAN market today. The Wi-Fi(TM) Interoperability Test Suite tests Access Points (AP) and a Station (STA) under test for interoperability with a variety of AP and STA configurations. These tests cover a large variety of AP configurations with multiple vendors' APs and checks for a STA's ability to communicate with them and the STA under test. These tests are compliant with the Wi-Fi(TM) Alliance, formerly known as WECA (Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance), test plan document "Wi-Fi(TM) System Interoperability Test Plan" Version 1.1a, dated December 11, 2001. This test plan is available from the Wi-Fi(TM) Website. Only after a product completes this rigorous testing can it be awarded a Wi-Fi(TM) "seal of interoperability". "With our IPN2120 reference design now Wi-Fi(TM) certified, it means that we have passed another key milestone in our aggressive product release cycle and that our product is now production ready for our customers," says Dr. K.C. Chen, President of INPROCOMM. "Also, first-time pass through Wi-Fi(TM) certification is a real compliment to our total team effort at INPROCOMM in bringing a viable WLAN solution to market," he adds. The IPN2120's features set it apart from its competitors, which include INPROCOMM's novel BB architecture and algorithm design, analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) converters, automatic gain control (AGC) servo loop to control the radio AGC, and equalization. The MAC is a hardwired design, which minimizes die size and current consumption relative to CPU-based solutions. The baseband and MAC are fully integrated and support 64/128-bit Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Wi-Fi(TM) Protected Access (WPA), and AES encryption. Multicast functions and queue management are included to better serve applications requiring quality of service (QoS) and public WLAN services. Integrated Programmable Communications Inc. (InProComm)