Wireless Networks

Categories of wireless networks:

• System interconnection
• Wireless LANs
• Wireless WANs
Wireless Networks

(a) Bluetooth configuration

(b) Wireless LAN
 Wireless LANs

(a) Wireless networking with a base station.

(b) Ad hoc networking.
 Wireless LANs (2)

The range of a single radio may not cover the entire system.
Wireless LANs (3)

A multicell 802.11 network.

Wireless Networks (3)

(a) Individual mobile computers

(b) A flying LAN
2.2 Home Networks

Many devices are capable of being networked. Some of the more

obvious categories (with examples) are as follows:
.Computers (desktop PC, notebook PC, PDA, shared peripherals) .1
.Entertainment (TV, DVD, VCR, camcorder, camera, stereo, MP3) .2
.Telecommunications (telephone, mobile telephone, intercom, fax) .3
.Appliances (microwave, refrigerator, clock, furnace, air co, lights) .4
.Telemetry (utility meter, smoke/burglar alarm, thermostat, baby cam) .5
Home networking has some fundamentally different properties than other
network types.
. First, the network and devices have to be easy to install.
. Second, the network and devices have to be foolproof in operation
. Third, low price is essential for success.
. Fourth, the main application is likely to involve multimedia, so the network
needs sufficient capacity.
. Fifth, it must be possible to start out with one or two devices and expand
the reach of the network gradually.
. Sixth, security and reliability will be very important
Internet works 2.3
Network Software 2.4
Protocol Hierarchies 2.4.1

.Figure 2-5 .Layers, protocols ,and inter faces

Figure 2-6. Example information flow supporting virtual
communication in layer 5.
 Design Issues for the Layers

• Addressing
• Error Control
• Flow Control
• Multiplexing
• Routing
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services 2.5

Figure 2-6 Six different types of service

Service Primitives 2.6

Figure 2-7. Five service primitives for implementing

a simple connection-oriented service
Figure 2-8. Packets sent in a simple client-server
.interaction on a connection-oriented network
The Relationship of Services to Protocols 2.7

Figure 2-9. The relationship between a service and

.a protocol