Table of Contents
Wireless and Mobile Networks
Overview
IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
Mobile vs Wireless
Wireless Networking Challenges
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Spectrum
Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum CDMA
DS Spectrum
Two Sender CDMA Example
Peer-to-Peer or Base Stations?
Single-Hop vs. Multi-Hop
Hidden Node Problem
Characteristics of selected wireless link standards
IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN PHYs
IEEE 802.11 Features
802.11: Channels and Association
802.11: Passive/Active Scanning
4-Way Handshake
IEEE 802.11 MAC
IEEE 802.11 Architecture
IEEE 802.11 Priorities
Transmission Example
802.11 Frame Format
802.11 Frame Addressing
802.11 Rate Adaptation
Power Management
IEEE 802.11 LAN: Review
Review Exercises
Homework 6A
Other Wireless Networks and Mobility
Bluetooth
WiMAX
Key Features of WiMAX
Cellular Architecture
Evolution of Cellular Technologies
GSM
Mobility: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mobile IP: Mechanisms
Mobile IP: Processes
Encapsulation/Tunneling
GSM: Routing to Mobile
GSM: Handoff with Common MSC
GSM: Handoff between MSCs
Mobility: GSM versus Mobile IP
Impact on Higher Layer Protocols
Other Wireless Networks: Review
Summary
Review Exercises |