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COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL
July 2002
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PRELIMINARY
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Introduction
The Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter is an IEEE 802.11a two-chip
solution reference design based on the Atheros AR5111 and AR5311 chipset.
This reference design implements a half-duplex, Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing (OFDM) baseband processor supporting all IEEE
802.11a data rates (6 to 54 Mbps) and 802.11b. It also supports the Atheros
Turbo Mode
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supporting data rates up to 108 Mbps. The host interface is
compatible with the PC Card 7.1 standard. You can find information
regarding the Atheros Station Reference Designs in the detailed AR5001 STA
802.11a Solution Description Reference Guide.
Package Contents
Make sure the following materials are available before you begin:
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Atheros AR5001 Release V2.0 CD, or electronic equivalent
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Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter, AR5BCB-00012A, AR5BCB-
00013A, or Atheros customer station designs using AR5110A-ES/
AR5210A-ES or later
