Hotspots: Implementation and Operation...Oct. 2004

Suggested Topics:

• Billing, backhaul, security, authentication, support
• Roaming partnerships
• Hotspot hardware and management software

WLAN Gateways vs. Switches...Nov. 2004

Suggested Topics:

• "Fat" and intelligent APs vs. "thin" and dumb APs
• Centralized management mechanisms
• Pros and cons of various hardware/software solutions

Voice-over-WiFi (VoWiFi)...Dec. 2004

Suggested Topics:

• Melding cellular and WiFi
• Standardized solutions to traffic prioritization, session handoffs
• SIP and other software as solutions for Voice-over-WiFi

How to Fight Next Generation WLAN Attack Tools...Jan. 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Tools: LeapCracker, AirJack, AirSnarf, Hunter_Killer and others; LeapCrack and Old
• Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
• Layer 3 attacks; ARP spoofing

WiMax...Feb. 2005

Suggested Topics:

• WiMax as a component of an overall broadband wireless networking picture
• Mobile WiMax
• WiMax vs. 3G

WiFi Department of Defense Security Requirements...March 2005

Suggested Topics:

• WEP, WPA, and RC4
• 3DES and newer AES algorithms
• How to meet tighter security demands

WiFi Strategies for Telcos...April 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Carriers as owners/operators or customers
• Benefits for carriers from adding Wi-Fi to their menu of services
• Prepaid and other billing/OSS topics

RFID...May 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Global standardization of specifications
• Economic impact in the workplace
• Security and privacy issues

WLAN/Cellular coexistence...June 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Smart Radio Resource Management and Smart Antenna technologies
• Developing 802.11 protocol stack for quick handoffs between access for voice applications
• WiFi and phone mobility

Mesh Networking...July 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Self-healing, self-configuring wireless mesh LANs
• Mesh network scalability
• Mesh networks as true wireless networks

New Tools for WLAN Design...August 2005

Suggested Topics:

• New electronic aids RF prediction techniques;
• Hand-held sniffers, monitors, and analyzers;
• Emerging systems for building self-healing, self regulating WLANs which adapt and change to RF conditions.

Hotspots: Business Aspects...Sept. 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Making money in hotspots
• Billing; backhaul; security; authentication; support; roaming partnerships
• Multiple locations; multiple users; mixed public and private network access; multiple methods of payment and authentication.

WLAN Security...Oct. 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Prevention of common vulnerabilities
• Stronger access control measures (MAC lists, SSL portals, 802.1X port access controls)
• 802.1X, certificate vs. password authentication

Alternative Networking Technologies...Nov. 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Ultrawideband (UWB)
• Bluetooth
• ZigBee

First Responders: WiFi in Municipal Emergency Services...Dec. 2005

Suggested Topics:

• Hotzones and emergency personnel
• How to use WiFi for municipal services
• WiFi, WiMax, and cellular working together on the front line