Wireless Technologies

Seyoum T.
Oct 27, 2010 MIT

Outline

Introduction WPAN WLAN WWAN Ad Hoc Networks

Introduction

PAN

WPAN WLAN WWAN

Personal area networks

LAN

Local area networks

WAN

Wide area networks

Wireless Technologies

Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN)

Bluetooth Wi-Fi WiMAX GSM, GPRS, WCDMA

Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN)

Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWAN)

Cellular wireless

WPAN

Cable replacement technology Range of 10 meters

No mobile Network Fee

Upto 1 Mbps

WLAN

Wireless LAN With in 1 building 150 ms range Requires wireless router or access point to setup

connects all the wireless devices into the wired network.

Wi-Fi Setup

Upto 56 Mbps (ideally upto 200 Mbps)

WWAN

Wireless WAN/MAN Long range Wi-Fi Last mile Internet connectivity

Final leg of delivering connectivity Provide broadband applications

WiMAX

Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Scenarios

Class room mesh networks Meeting rooms and conferences Small aircrafts Emergency operations search-andrescue Military environments soldiers, tanks, planes

Ad Hoc Networks

MANET

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks mobile devices No router No access point peer-to-peer No planning Self-organizing Self-configuring

Infrastructure-less

On the fly

Formed when two or more devices are in proximity of each other Devices leave and join the network as they wish

Devices are movable Network itself is movable

Ad Hoc Setup
Ad Hoc network

r3 r1 r4 Device is not part of the ad hoc network Each device also acts as a router/switch r2 r5

Thank You