Wireless Specifications - Barron 2-25-12 Cisco3 Important points about wireless: WAPs are hubs Wireless is half duplex

like a hub.

802.11a 5GHz more expensive

802.11b 2.4GHz cheap

802.11g

not prone to interference

prone to interference

shorter range wavelength shorter so harder to penetrate obstacles

longer range wavelength longer so penetrate objects better

802.11n not new frequency 2.4GHz special or radio technology backward Just more of what compatible (DSSS) we already have might have 3 or 4 antennas. plus Need to upgrade more radios and hosts to get higher dedicate different data rates. frerqencies When operating in mixed mode, performance is 2.4GHz 802.11 affected b/g/n

Shared bandwidth, like a hub 6 users on a 11Mbps connection, throughput is 11Mbps/6 802.11b: 3 APs = 3 x 11Mbps = 33 / n users

5GHz 802.11 a/n

Up to 23 channels nonoverlapping Much higher data rates More money for less coverage

11 channels available Only 3 are nonoverlapping Lower data rates Less money for more coverage

54Mbit, etc rates. 1,2,5.5,11 Mbit rates OFDM DSSS SUPERIOR coverage and data rates Modulation techniques: DSSS - Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing MIMO - Multiple Input Multiple Output

11 channels, 3 non overlapping, *With 802.11g and newer only the channels 1, 5, 9, and 13 shall be used in order to obey the nonoverlapping 20 MHz OFDM channel scheme 802.11a: 23APs = borrowed from 23*54Mbps = 1242/n 802.11a. Channel bonding users 20MHz+20MHz = High data rate 40MHz Less money for More channels and higher data rate wider channels Up to 54Mbps N-only allows rates wider channels DSSS and OFDM MIMO * from Wikipedia

Notes from Humberto Barron Lecture 2-25-12 Cisco 3 by Sandra Hall