Wireless Protocol - IEEE
Everything we do revolves around the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard.
IEEE 802.15, popularly known as BlueTooth, is a very low-power, very short-range communications protocol for personal devices. Coexistence Task Group 2 is helping to make sure that BlueTooth devices don't interfere unduly with our IEEE 802.11 networks.
Wireless in the United States falls under the purvey of the Federal Communications Commission. We are using so-called "Part 15" devices which operate in an "ISM" (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band and do not require licensed operation. These are the federal regulations (from the Government Printing Office) which apply to 2.4GHz unlicensed spread-spectrum wireless data.
http://www.fcc.gov/ (FCC home page)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=47&PART=15&SECTION=247&YEAR=1999&TYPE=TEXT
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=47&PART=15&SECTION=249&YEAR=1999&TYPE=TEXT
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Orders/2000/fcc00312.txt (Amendment)
Unofficial 802.11 Standards Page
Links to IETF and IEEE specifications relating to 802.11 security. Includes lots of information on IEEE 802.1X, RADIUS, EAP, and 802.11f.
Network Layer Protocol
There is an IETF Working Group on Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANET).
This article suggests that IPv6 is particularly suitable for wireless networks.
Mobile IP is a proposed standard protocol that builds on the Internet Protocol by making mobility transparent to applications and higher level protocols like TCP.
Miscellaneous
Intel plans to develop technical standards for wireless Internet devices.
