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What is AirBears?
Beginning in Fall 2001, a pilot wireless LAN service became available in a few selected locations around campus. The new service, known as AirBears, enables one to connect to the campus network using a laptop equipped with a wireless Ethernet card. The service is based on the IEEE standard 802.11b wireless LAN technology, which supports speeds of up to 11 Mbps.
In 2003, Philip Stark received a Grant from HP Applied Mobile Technology Solutions to utilize and analyze wireless connections in learning environments. The HP hardware allows us to add 140 new 802.11b wireless access points to the existing AirBears network, expanding it to cover most of campus. This will put us over a threshold density of coverage that allows faculty to rely on the wireless network in their teaching. Update: In April of 2004, Philip Stark received an extension to the HP grant, providing UC Berkeley with an additional 240 new 802.11 b/g access points. This will bring the total number of AirBears access points to about 500, roughly ten times the 2002 size.
AirBears was developed with the collaboration of NTT Multimedia Communications Laboratories, Inc. (NTT MCL), which is engaged in a joint research project with EECS, and is providing wireless equipment and technical support for the project.
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Beginning in Fall 2001, a pilot wireless LAN service became available in a few selected locations around campus. The new service, known as AirBears, enables one to connect to the campus network using a laptop equipped with a wireless Ethernet card. The service is based on the IEEE standard 802.11b wireless LAN technology, which supports speeds of up to 11 Mbps.
In 2003, Philip Stark received a Grant from HP Applied Mobile Technology Solutions to utilize and analyze wireless connections in learning environments. The HP hardware allows us to add 140 new 802.11b wireless access points to the existing AirBears network, expanding it to cover most of campus. This will put us over a threshold density of coverage that allows faculty to rely on the wireless network in their teaching. Update: In April of 2004, Philip Stark received an extension to the HP grant, providing UC Berkeley with an additional 240 new 802.11 b/g access points. This will bring the total number of AirBears access points to about 500, roughly ten times the 2002 size.
AirBears was developed with the collaboration of NTT Multimedia Communications Laboratories, Inc. (NTT MCL), which is engaged in a joint research project with EECS, and is providing wireless equipment and technical support for the project.