WirelessNetworksPPT.pptVIP

Wireless Networks Anatomy of a radio LAN The radio modem? Analog transmitter The MAC controller? Interface to transmitter At least partly in hardware The host interface? How the software(driver) talks to the MAC PCI, PCMCIA, USB, Ethernet The driver? How the App talks to the device Implements the part of MAC not in hardware The Radio Modem (Physical Layer)? ISM frequency bands (900 MHz 2.4 GHz)? 5 GHz frequency bands (HiperLan and UNII band)? Spread Spectrum techniques?? Modulations? Interferences and noises? Other (analog concerns) The MAC level (link layer)? Main channel access mechanism