Infrared links running at 10Mbps provide the network connection to mobile laptop users. It also uses an adaptive data link layer protocol with forward error correction.
Management software allows for roaming between base stations.
Lucent Technologies, which own Bell Labs, is commercializing wireless LAN products through its WaveLAN division. The companies also plan to provide software capabilities for service selection, network translation, provisioning and billing. Pulsecom is a manufacturer of digital transmission equipment for the telecommunications industry. The switches will be used to build a 622Mbps ATM backbone for LDDS WorldCom's Frame Relay traffic and will allow the company to expand its native ATM offerings. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.