Wireless local area network in a prehospital environment

Table 4 Cost of a WLAN of similar scale to the one implemented here

Component	No. needed	Unit price (US $)	Total US$
Workstation and accessories	1	2500	2500
Laptop and accessories	2	2500	5000
Pocket PC and accessories	3	600	1800
Palm Pilot and accessories	2	500	1000
APs	2	400	800
Patch antennas	2	200	400
Wireless adaptors	5	300	1500
Cellular phone and network costs	1	250	250
		Total (US $)	13250

Note: software costs are usually associated with the purchase of hardware and not included.

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