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Ch03-Ieee802 11wlan
Ch03-Ieee802 11wlan
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Wireless Local Area Networks
Department of Computer Science
Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taiwan 100, R.O.C.
Shih Tsung Liang
stliang@ieee.tw
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Table of Content
Introduction to IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN
IEEE 802.11 MAC Operation
IEEE 802.11 MAC Management
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Introduction to IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN
Department of Math. Computer Science Education Engineering
Taipei Municipal Teachers College, Taiwan 100, R.O.C.
Shih Tsung Liang
stliang@tmtc.edu.tw
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Outline
What a Wireless LAN is ?
Standardization of Wireless LAN
IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer Evolutions
Other IEEE Wireless Projects
WLAN Driving Factors
Wireless LAN Applications
IEEE 802.11 WLAN Architecture
IEEE 802.11 specified Services
Services Invoked for a Mobile Station
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What a Wireless LAN is ?
A WLAN can be considered as a
wireless version of an Ethernet
LAN
Main WLAN components :
Wireless Terminals (or
Stations);
Access Points (linking the
WLAN to other networks)
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Standardization of Wireless LAN
Wireless networks are standardized by IEEE
Under 802 LAN MAN standards committee
mobile terminal
access point
server
fixed terminal
Application
TCP
802.11 PHY
802.11 MAC
IP
802.3 MAC
802.3 PHY
Application
TCP
802.3 PHY
802.3 MAC
IP
802.11 MAC
802.11 PHY
LLC
infrastructure network
LLC LLC
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Standardization of Wireless LAN
IEEE 802.11 Adopted in 1997.
Defines:
MAC sublayer
MAC management protocols and services
Three Physical (PHY) layers
IR: Infra-Red
FHSS: Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum radio, 2.4GHz band
DSSS: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum radio, 2.4Ghz band
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IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer Evolutions
802.2 Logical Link Control
802.1 Bridging
802.11
Medium Access
802.3
Medium Access
802.11b
Physical
802.11a
Physical
802.11
Physical
802.11g
Physical
802.3
Physical
Data
Link
Layer
Physical
Layer