Wireless 802.xx Networks Overview ^TM - a One-day Foundation Course

A foundation course covering all aspects of the Wireless standards from: IEEEs Committee 802, including 802.11 WLAN, 802.15 WPAN, 802.16 WMAN, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, UWB, and ZigBee.

Course Description:
This course will provide the student with foundational knowledge on the wireless standards that are established in the IEEE Committee 802.

These standards include the very popular Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) standards from the 802.11 working group, which implementers market as Wi-Fi. Working group 802.15 defines Wireless Personal Area Networks, such as the standardization of Bluetooth, Wireless Multimedia, and ZigBee. And 802.16 publishes the Broadband Wireless Access standards, implemented as WiMAX.

If you need to sort out all these emerging wireless standards and their impact on your products and services, then this is the course for you.

Audience:
This course is designed for the beginner to intermediate student who has had minimal exposure to the wireless standards.
 

This DoceoTech course was authored by Dr. Todor Cooklev, who is a contributor to and voting member of the IEEE 802.11 and 802.15 committees. Dr. Cooklev was chosen by the IEEE to write their definitive book that covers all wireless standards, which is named Wireless Communication Standards: A Study of IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16.
 

Course Outline:

• Introduction
  • Major Wireless data markets
  • Driving forces in the development of wireless data
  • Technical challenges
  • Government regulations
  • Types of standards organizations
  • IEEE Wireless 802 standards
• IEEE 802.11 Local Area Wireless Networks (WLAN)
  • Overview and Network Architecture
  • Wi-Fi
  • Security (WEP, 802.11i and AES)
  • Access mechanisms and QoS (Quality of Service)
  • Physical layers (PHY)
    • 802.11b
    • OFDM and 802.11a
    • 802.11g
  • Future PHYs
    • 802.11n
    • MIMO
  • Current 802.11 projects
    • 802.11k Radio resource
    • 802.11r Fast roaming
    • 802.11s Mesh Networks
    • 802.11t Wireless performance prediction
  • Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology and business trends
• IEEE 802.15 - Personal Area Wireless Networks (PAN)
  • History
  • Bluetooth
  • 802.15.1
  • 802.15.2 coexistence and interference
  • 802.15.3 High rate WPAN
    • Competing PHY standards
      • The MBOA
      • The DS-UWB
    • MAC structure
  • 802.15.4 Low-rate WPAN ZigBee
    • Architecture
    • Security
    • PHYs
• IEEE 802.16 fixed  - Metropolitan Area Wireless Networks (WMAN)
  • Architecture
  • WiMAX
  • ATM and Packet convergence
  • MAC
  • PHYs
  • QoS
  • Security
  • Mesh architectures
  • Wireless MAN SC1, SC2
  • Wireless MAN -  OFDM / OFDMA
  • Multiple antenna architectures - MIMO
  • Future directions and conclusions

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