A high-speed wireless LAN system is disclosed. The system includes a
mobile station for transmitting/receiving data encrypted by a
predetermined encryption method, communicating the data to associated
access points by an ultra wide-band (UWB) communication method, and
communicating an encryption key according to the encryption method to
said associated access points by an optical or infra-red (IR)
communication method; the plurality of access points, installed in a
plurality of predetermined service areas, for relaying between the mobile
station and a gateway of a remote place by communicating the data and the
encryption key with the mobile station located in the corresponding
service area by the UWB and the optical or IR communication methods and
transmitting/receiving the data and the encryption key to/from the
gateway by an optical communication method; and the gateway for providing
an optical interface between an internal network and an external network,
being provided with a plurality of gateway sub-modules for
transmitting/receiving the data and the encryption key by communicating
with the plurality of access points by the optical communication method,
and transmitting a subscriber service transmitted from the external
network to the corresponding access point.