Notes
Outline
Network Communications
Chapter 15
Wireless LANs
IEEE 802.11b
11 Mbit/s
Encrypted (but questionable security)
Multiple Access Points
Supports roaming
Other Wireless Systems
InfraRed: Short range, slow connection
Bluetooth: Short range, fast connection
Cell/PCS: Wide Area Network
CDPD: 10 Kbit/sec data on old analog
cell systems (Cellular Digital Packet Data)
GSM: 13 Kbit/sec data (European cell standard)
G3: High Speed (promised)
Radio Frequency Technology
 Wavelength
C = 3*108 m/sec
F = frequency (Hz)
Modulation
Narrow Band (AM, FM)
Wide Band (Spread Spectrum)
Industrial, Scientific, and Medical Frequency Bands
Spread Spectrum
Frequency Hopping:
Invented by Heddy Lamar during WWII
Direct Sequence :
Invented at ITT Labs in Nutley NJ ~1950
Spread Spectrum (cont.)
Spread Spectrum Properties
Difficult to jam
Difficult to
eavesdrop
Less interference
with other services
Direct Sequence Hardware
CSMA/CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance