无线网络基础知识

big picture:

1）802.15.4

demand: A set of applications requiring simple wireless connectivity, relaxed throughput, very low power, short distance and inexpensive

General characteristics：

Datarates of 250 kbps , 20 kbps and 40kpbs.

Staror Peer-to-Peer operation.

Supportfor low latency devices.

CSMA-CAchannel access.

Dynamicdevice addressing.

Fullyhandshaked protocol for transfer reliability.

Lowpower consumption.

16channels in the 2.4GHz ISM band, 10 channels in the 915MHz ISM band and onechannel in the European 868MHz band.

Extremelylow duty-cycle (<0.1%)

PHY:

The standard specifies two PHYs :

=>868 MHz/915 MHz direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) PHY (11 channels)

---------->1 channel (20Kb/s) in European868MHz band

---------->10 channels (40Kb/s) in 915(902-928)MHz ISM band

=>2450 MHz direct sequence spreadspectrum (DSSS) PHY (16 channels)

----------->16 channels (250Kb/s) in 2.4GHzband 

MAC:

Two type channel access mechanism:

====>In non-beacon-enabled networks à unslottedCSMA/CA channel access mechanism

====>In beacon-enabled networks à slotted CSMA/CA channel accessmechanism

2) 802.11 

MAC:

Functionality;

Reliable data delivery

Fairly control access

Protection of data

Deals;

Noisy and unreliable medium

Frame exchange protocol - ACK

Overhead to IEEE 802.3 -

Hidden Node Problem – RTS/CTS

Participation of all stations

Reaction to every frame