Dell OptiPlex FX160 - Manual (Page 14)

DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ FX160 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK
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COMMUNI CATI ONS - WI RELESS LAN
N OT E : T h e cu rr en t dra w v a lu es w ere m ea s u r ed ov e r a 1 -s e con d in t erv a l. T h e ma ximu m t ra n s mit
a n d rec eiv e v a lu es w e re m ea s u red w h il e t ra n s fer rin g a con t in u ou s UD P da t a s t rea m a t t h e
h igh es t ra t e s et t in g o f 2 7 0 Mbps .
Form Factor PCI Express Half Mini Card ECN, March 16, 2006
Temperature and Humidity Limitations
Operating Temperature 0–75°C
Operating humidity 95% maximum (no condensation allowed)
Storage temperature –40 to +80°C
Storage humidity 95% maximum (no condensation allowed)
Power Characteristics*
Current draw, Power Save mode 80mW
Current draw, Receive mode 500mW
Current draw, Transmit mode 800mW
Power supply 3.3V
Networking Characteristics
Compatibility
IEEE 802.11g standard for wireless LAN (OFDM)
IEEE 802.11b standard for wireless LAN (DSSS)
Network Operating System Microsoft Windows Networking
Host Operating System
Microsoft Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
NDIS6 miniport driver
Medium access protocol
CSMA/CA (collision avoidance) with acknowledgment
(ACK)
Data rate (Mbps)
IEEE 802.11b: 1,2,5.5,11
IEEE 802.11g: 1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54
NOTE: The Dell wireless WLAN card uses an
automatic transmit rate select mechanism
Radio Characteristics
Frequency band
IEEE 802.11b: 2.4 GHz (2400-2500 MHz)
IEEE 802.11g: 2.4 GHz (2400-2500 MHz)
Modulation technique
IEEE 802.11b: direct sequence spread spectrum
(DSSS)
CCK for high and medium transmit rate
DQPSK for standard transmit rate
DBPSK for low transmit rate
IEEE 802.11g: orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (OFDM)
52 subcarriers with BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM or 64-QAM
Forward error correction convolution coding rate: 1/2,
2/3, 3/4
Spreading IEEE 802.11b: 11-chip Barker sequence
Bit error rate (BER) Better than 10 –5
Nominal output power
IEEE 802.11b: 19 dBm
IEEE 802.11g: 15 dBm
DELL WIRELESS 1397 HALF MINI-CARD