Chapter 8 – Revision Questions

Name: Azilatulhana Binti Mat Daud (2022798339)

Group: RCS2402B

1. What is the difference between a BSS and an ESS?

Basic Service Set (BSS) Extended Service Set (ESS)

BSS is made of stationary or mobile wireless station and
possible central base station known as access point (AP).
A BSS without an AP is called an ad hoc network; a BSS
with an AP is called an infrastructure network.
It provides short-range wireless communication.
BSS has a smaller number of user than ESS.
It is highly secure because of small range.
BSS is easy process but rarely used.
An ESS is made up of two or more BSSs with APs. The
BSSs are connected through a distribution system which
is usually a wired LAN.
It uses two types of stations: mobile and stationary. The
mobile are normal stations inside BSS and stationary
station are AP stations.
It provides long range wireless communication.
ESS has a greater number of user than BSS.
It is less secure than BSS because of wide range.
ESS is more complex than BSS but is highly used.

2. Discuss the three types of mobility in a wireless LAN.

 No-Transition Mobility
 BSS-Transition Mobility
 ESS-Transition Mobility

3. How is OFDM different from FDM?

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)

While in OFDM, Guard band is not compulsory.
While the spectral efficiency of OFDM is high.
The effect of interference in OFDM is trivial.
There is exist the relationship between the carriers in
OFDM.
In OFDM, Single data source attaches all the sub-channels.
While OFDM gives higher data rate.
Carriers in OFDM are densely arranged and close to each
other.
Applications of OFDM are in LTE technologies and
broadband internet.
In FDM, Guard band is required.
The spectral efficiency of FDM is low.
The effect of interference in FDM is face down.
There is no relationship exist between the carriers in FDM.
In FDM, Bandwidth(B) is committed to the different
sources.
FDM supports low data rate.
Carriers in FDM are loosely arranged and much aside from
each other.
Applications of FDM are in radio and satellite
communication.

4. What is the access method used by wireless LANs?

 Stations on wireless LANs normally use CSMA/CA. Using radio or infrared transmissions to
link devices in a local area network.
 5. What is the purpose of the NAV?

 The network allocation vector (NAV) is a virtual carrier sensing mechanism that forms an
important part of the carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA). It is
implemented in wireless network protocols, IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.16, which operates in
the medium access control (MAC) layer.

6. Compare a piconet and a scatternet.

Piconet
Formed by different networks linked together with the
Bluetooth technology.
Has the ability serve up to 7-8 devices.
Smaller area is covered.
Allows less efficient use of channel bandwidth.
Scatternet
Formed by combining two or more piconets.
Can serve more than 8 devices.
Larger area is covered.
More efficient use of channel bandwidth.

7. Match the layers in Bluetooth and the Internet model.

 Bluetooth uses several layers that do not exactly match those of the Internet model. The
layers are radio, baseband, L2CAP and others.

8. What are the two types of links between a Bluetooth primary and a Bluetooth secondary?

 Piconet
 Scatternet