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Chapter 15 Wireless LANs. IEEE 802 Standards Working Groups. WiMAX, an acronym that stands for W orldwide I nteroperability for M icrowave Acc ess(802.16). WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) : 802.11. Introduction. Architecture. Physical Layer. MAC Layer. Addressing Mechanism.
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IEEE 802 Standards Working Groups WiMAX, an acronym that stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(802.16) WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) : 802.11
Introduction • Architecture • Physical Layer • MAC Layer • Addressing Mechanism
15.1 IEEE 802.11 - Architecture • Basic Service Set (BSS) • Extended Service Set (ESS)
Basic Service Set • made up of stationary or mobile wireless stations, and possibly a central base station (access point) • BSS without an AP is stand-alone, cannot send data to other BSSs
ESS – Extended Service Set • Made up of two or more BSSs with APs – connected through a distribution system (usually a wired LAN)
Station Types • No-transition mobility – either stationary or moving only inside a BSS • BSS-transition mobility – can move from one BSS to another, confined to one ESS • ESS-transition mobility – can move from one ESS to another
Physical layer specifications • 802.11 defines the specs for the conversion of bits to a signal
FHSS – Frequency hopping spread spectrum • sender sends on one carrier frequency for a short amount of time, hops to another frequency for the same time, then another, and so on, eventually the cycle is repeated • makes it difficult for unauthorized person to make sense of data • 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band – 79 subbands of 1MHz • modulation is FSK (two-level or four-level)
DSSS – direct sequence spread spectrum • Each bit sent is replaced by a chip code (similar to CDMA, but this is at the physical layer, not a multiple-access data link layer method) • 2.4 GHz ISM band • Modulation is PSK (BPSK or QPSK)
802.11 • 802.11 Infrared • Two capacities 1 Mbps or 2 Mbps. • Range is 10 to 20 meters and cannot penetrate walls. • Does not work outdoors. • 802.11 FHSS (Frequence Hopping Spread Spectrum) • The main issue is multipath fading. • 79 non-overlapping channels, each 1 Mhz wide at low end of 2.4 GHz ISM band. • Same pseudo-random number generator used by all stations. • Dwell time: min. time on channel before hopping (400msec).
801.11a,b,g • 802.11a OFDM – orthogonal frequency division multiplexing • 5-GHz ISM band • 48 subbands for sending 48 groups of bits at a time, 4 subbands for control information • PSK for 18Mbps and QAM for 54 Mbps • 802.11b HR-DSSS – high-rate direct sequence spread spectrum • 2.4 GHz band • similar to DSSS except for encoding, complementary code keying (CCK), encodes 4 or 8 bits to one CCK symbol • modulation BPSK and QPSK • 4 data rates (1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps) : DSSS for 1, 2 Mbps, BPSKllfor 5.5, QPSK for 11 Mbps • Range is 7 times greater than 11a. • 802.11b and 11a are incompatible!!
801.11a,b,g (cont’d) • 802.11g OFDM • 2.4 GHz band • 54-Mbps data rate • Is backward compatible with 802.11b.
MAC layers in IEEE 802.11 standard PCF : Point Coordination Function DCF : Distributed Coordination Function
CSMA/CA • Cannot implement CSMA/CD: • collision detection implies the ability to send and receive at the same time, which implies costly stations and increased bandwidth requirements • collision may not be detected because of a hidden terminal • distance could cause signal fading which could prevent a station from hearing a collision
Hidden and Exposed Terminals (a)The hidden station problem (b) The exposed station problem
CSMA/CA and NAV DIFS – distributed interframe spread NAV – network allocation vector SIFS – short interframe spread collision only occurs during RTS – request to send handshake period (RTS, CTS) CTS – clear to send
Values of subfields in control frames • type field : 01
Addressing mechanism: case 1 • To DS = 0 and From DS = 0 • Frame is not going to a distribution system • Frame is going from one station in a BSS to another • ACK sent to original sender
Addressing mechanism: case 2 • To DS = 0 and From DS = 1 • Frame is coming from a distribution system • Frame is coming from an AP and going to a station • ACK sent to AP
Addressing mechanism: case 3 • To DS = 1 and From DS = 0 • Frame is going to a distribution system • Frame is coming from a station to an AP • ACK sent to original station • address 3 contains final destination of frame
Addressing mechanism: case 4 • To DS = 1 and From DS = 1 • Distribution system is wireless • Frame is coming from an AP going to another AP
15.2 Bluetooth • Architecture • Radio Layer • Baseband Layer • L2CAP Layer • Other Upper Layers
Architecture - Two Types of Networks • Piconets • Scatternet
Piconet • up to eight stations, one is the master, rest are slaves • slaves synchronize their clocks and hopping sequence with master • only one master • communication between master and slave can be 1-1 or 1-many • can have up to eight additional slaves in parked state • slave in parked state is synchronized, but cannot communicate
Scatternet • scatternet – combined piconets • slave in one piconet can be master in another
Radio Layers • roughly equivalent to the physical layer of the Internet model • 2.4-GHz ISM band • FHSS – frequency hopping spread spectrum • modulation – sophisticated version of FSK, called GFSK (FSK w/ Gaussian bandwidth filtering)
Baseband Layer • roughly equivalent to MAC sublayer in LANs • access method is TDMA • TDD-TDMA (time division duplexing TDMA) – a kind of half duplex communication • single slave communication – master uses even number slots, slave uses odd numbered • multiple slave communication – master uses even number slots, slave sends in the next odd-numbered slot if the packet in the previous slot was addressed to it
Physical Links • SCO – synchronous connection oriented link – avoiding latency is more important than integrity – damaged packet is never retransmitted • ACL – asynchronous connectionless link – data integrity is more important than avoiding latency – if packet is damaged, it is retransmitted
L2CAP data packet format • Logical link control and adaptation protocol – roughly equivalent to the LLC sublayer in LANs • used for data exchange on an ACL link • specific duties: multiplexing, segmentation and reassembly, quality of service, and group management