802.11 Protocols in Wireless and Mobile Networks

Why Networks need to be Wireless and Mobile?

Nowadays, Network of Internet has already merged the communications networks and the computer networks, the terminal devices in subscribers are portable and mobile such as laptops, palmtops, PDAs, the number of them is keeping increasing. The challenge is how to keep wireless and mobile access Internet for so many terminal devices. 

At first, we must give the detail definition of Wireless and Mobility of the Access network.

• Wireless means communication over wireless link
• Mobility means keeping ongoing communications when the user moves from one network attachment point to another.

The elements of a wireless network are sender, receiver and wireless links. In specified Wireless Access Network they are base stations, wireless hosts and wireless links, as follows. 

• Wireless hosts: laptop, PDA, IP phone, run applications, etc.(wireless does not always mean mobility)
• Base stations: 1/typically connected to wired network;2/as a relay - responsible for sending packets between wired network and wireless hosts, e.g., cell towers, 802.11 access points.
• Wireless link: 1/typically used to connect mobile to base station;2/ also used as backbone link;3/ multiple access protocol coordinates link access;4/ various data rates with transmission distance.

By combining the upcoming wireless networks such as wireless mesh networks, hybrid ad hoc networks, mobile ad hoc networks, vehicular ad hoc network