Hardware Design and Implementation for a Wireless Distributed Intelligent System Utilizing 802.11

Wireless devices using the IEEE 802.1 1 standard have two inherent fundamental limitations. The range of wireless devices themselves, entailing a point-to-point communication channel, constricts the area of coverage. Secondly, the standard only provides for a wireless communication path connecting devices, no facility is available for users to implement services at each wireless device To overcome these deficiencies, a separate subsystem that can be controlled and enhanced with added computational sub-systems is constructed. By introducing the ability to control the wireless module with supporting hardware and firmware, the extra intelligence required to implement peer-to-peer connectivity and the facility for users to introduced distributed intelligence. With these additions, wireless infrastructures that are truly scalable and distributed will be possible. This report will outline the design of a wireless device that will enable higher level systems to facilitate a wireless network that will be totally peer-to-peer and the ability to incorporate distributed intelligence.