K1
April 1, 9:15am – 9:45am
Topic: "Building the Next-Generation Wireless LAN: Addressing the Challenges of
Pervasive Wireless Connectivity"
Speaker: Mr Matthew Gast, Principal Engineer, Strategic Technology, Trapeze Networks

Abstract
Pervasive wireless networking is changing the way that networks are built. Many new devices, for businesses or for leisure, now include wireless LAN interfaces to take advantage of ubiquitous high-bandwidth connectivity, and the variety of these devices has led to an explosion in the deployment of wireless LAN technology. What should wireless network designers do to meet the challenges of satisfying these WLAN-enabled client devices? This session discusses various technologies, standards and reference network designs that help wireless network experts to build non-stop wireless networks.

Speaker Biography
Matthew Gast is the Principal Engineer for Strategic Technology at Trapeze Networks, where he works on the development of open wireless network standards and their application to the Trapeze architecture. He is a voting member of the IEEE 802.11 working group, and serves as Secretary of 802.11 Task Group U on interworking with external networks.

Matthew's most recent book, 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly Media), now in its second edition, is the top selling reference work in the field and has been translated into six languages.

He is also the vice chair of the Wi-Fi Alliance's security marketing task group. In 2007, Matthew was a founder of the OpenSEA Alliance, a group organized to support the development of open-source network security solutions. He currently serves on the engineering steering committee, the organization's board of directors, and as its corporate secretary. <back>