IEEE Overview Onno W. Purbo
Context Wireless Differences Power management Bandwidth Security addressing Presentation Physical Link Network Transport Session Application PHY MAC LLC OSIIEEE
Logical Link Control Services Upper Layer Upper Layer Unack Connectionless Connectionless Oriented Ack Connectionless
Topology Basic Service Set (BSS) Extended Service Set (ESS) BSS DS BSS AP
Independent BSS
Extended Service Set
Topology Characteristics Mobility No transitions BSS transition ESS transition (not guaranteed) Within ESS BSSs that are partially overlap BSSs that are physically disjoint BSSs that are physically collocated
Logical Architecture Service primitives Request Confirm Indication responds DSSSFHSSIR MAC LLC CSMA/CA 2.4GHz 1W 300 meter
services Station Services Authentication, deauthentication, privacy (WEP), MSDU delivery. Disrtibuted System Services Association, deassociation, distribution, integration, reassociation.
How does a station join a BSS? Scanning Passive Active Authentication Association
MAC Details CSMA/CA (time slot = 20 us) Distributed Coordination Function (DCF). Virtual carrier sense (RTS/CTS) Exponential random backoff algorithm. Priority Based Point Coordination Function (PCF). Segmentation & Reassembly.
Physical – DSSS details 2Mbps w/DQPSK or 1Mbps w/DBPSK 14 channels (11 channels for US). 5 plans – 3 max. non-overlapping channels.
Physical – FHSS details 1Mbps w/ 2 level GFSK 79 1Mbps channels (2.402 – GHz) 78 sequences (3 sets of 26) Minimum hop rate = 2.5 hop/s Minimum hop distance = 6MHz
Future a High data rates 2.4GHz band: 5GHz band: 20 Mbps b High data rates 2.4GHz band: FH 4.5Mbps: DS 25.5Mbps WPAN Wearable Devices (30 feet, 1Mbps, 0.5 in3, lower power, low cost).