HIPER LAN (High Performance Radio LAN)

 Two main standards families for Wireless Lan:  IEEE (802.11b, a, g...)  ETSI Hiperlan (Hiperlan Type 1, Type 2, HiperAccess, HiperLink...)  HiperLAN Family Hiperlan 1Hiperlan2HiperAccessHiperLink DescriptionWireless Ethernet Wireless ATMWireless Local Loop Wireless Point- to-Point Freq. Range5GHz 17GHz PHY Bit Rate23.5Mbps6~54Mbps ~25Mbps (data rate) ~155Mbps (data rate)

 Motivation of HiperLAN  Massive Growth in wireless and mobile communications  Emergence of multimedia applications  Demands for high-speed Internet access  Deregulation of the telecommunications industry

 The History, Present and Future  HiperLAN Type 1  Developed by ETSI during 1991 to 1996  Goal: to achieve higher data rate than IEEE data rates: 1~2 Mbps, and to be used in ad hoc networking of portable devices  Support asynchronous data transfer, carrier-sense multiple access multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA), no QoS guaranteed.

 HiperLAN Type 2  Goal: Providing high-speed (raw bit rate ~54Mbps) communications access to different broadband core networks and moving terminals  Features: connection-oriented, QoS guaranteed, security mechanism, highly flexibility  HiperAccess and HiperLink  In parallel to developing the HIPERLAN Type 2 standards, ETSI BRAN has started work on standards complementary to HIPERLAN Type 2

MAC CAC PHY HiperLAN Type 1 Reference Model PHY MAC EC ACFDCC RLC DLC CL HiperLAN Type 2 Reference Model Control PlaneUser Plane MAC: Medium Access SublayerEC: Error Control CAC: Channel Access Control SublayerRLC: Radio Link Control PHY: Physical LayerRRC: Radio Resource Control DLC: Data Link Control LayerACF: Association Control Function CL: Convergence LayerDCC: DLC Connection Control  Architecture RRC

CAC: Channel Access Control Sublayer  This sub layer deals with the access request to the channels.  The accomplishing of the request is dependent on the usage of the channel and the priority request.

HIPERLAN2 Protocol Stack

 DLC: MAC Sublayer " The medium access control creates frames of 2 ms duration as shown in Figure. With a constant symbol length of four μs this results in 500 OFDM symbols.

Each MAC frame is further sub-divided into four phases with variable boundaries: Broadcast phase: The AP of a cell broadcasts the content of the current frame plus information about the cell (identification, status, resources). Downlink phase: Transmission of user data from an AP to the MTs. Uplink phase: Transmission of user data from MTs to an AP. Random access phase: Capacity requests from already registered MTs and access requests from non-registered MTs.

HiperLAN2 defines six different so-called transport channels for data transfer in the above listed phases. These transport channels describe the basic message format within a MAC frame.  Broadcast channel (BCH): This channel conveys basic information for the radio cell to all MTs. This comprises the identification and current transmission power of the AP. The length is 15 bytes.  Frame channel (FCH): This channel contains a directory of the downlink and uplink phases (LCHs, SCHs, and empty parts). This also comprises the PHY mode used. The length is a multiple of 27 bytes.

 Access feedback channel (ACH): This channel gives feedback to MTs regarding the random access during the RCH of the previous frame. The length is 9 bytes.  Long transport channel (LCH): This channel transports user and control data for downlinks and uplinks. The length is 54 bytes.  Short transport channel (SCH): This channel transports control data for downlinks and uplinks. The length is 9 bytes. " Random channel (RCH): This channel is needed to give an MT the opportunity to send information to the AP/CC even without a granted SCH. The length is 9 bytes.

 DLC: Error Control  Acknowledged mode: selective-repeat ARQ  Repetition mode: typically used for broadcast  Unacknowledged mode: unreliable, low latency  DLC: other features  Radio network functions: Dynamic frequency selection; handover; link adaptation; multibeam antennas; power control  QoS support: Appropriate error control mode selected; Scheduling performed at MAC level; link adaptation; internal functions (admission, congestion control, and dropping mechanisms) for avoiding overload

Radio Link Control Sublayer  It offers connection oriented systems,offering QoS.  Three main control functions  Association control function (ACF): authentication, key management, association, disassociation, encryption  Radio resource control function (RRC): handover, dynamic frequency selection, mobile terminal alive/absent, power saving, power control  DLC user connection control function (DCC): setup and release of user connections, multicast and broadcast

Convergence Layer HiperLAN2 supports two different types of CLs: cell-based and packet-based. cell-based CL expects data packets of fixed size (cells, e.g., ATM cells). packet-based CL handles packets that are variable in size (e.g., Ethernet )