diff --git a/content/notes/23-wireless-mobile.md b/content/notes/23-wireless-mobile.md index 435551014..61d393475 100644 --- a/content/notes/23-wireless-mobile.md +++ b/content/notes/23-wireless-mobile.md @@ -96,10 +96,35 @@ reciever - return ACK after SIFS (short interframe space) - ACK needed due to hidden terminal problems - - -# Hidden terminal problem +collision avoidance +- handshake to "reserve" channel use for data frames using request-to-send (RTS) and clear-to-send (CTS) packets +- ![](https://i.imgur.com/awsot1V.png) # Cellular networks +solution for wide-area mobile internet +![generations](https://i.imgur.com/AyQEeMF.png) +basic concepts +- base stations: a.k.a., cell tower +- cell: geographical area covered by a BS +- frequency reuse principle + - set of freqs is limited + - neighboring cells cannot use the same set of freqs +- a freq reuse pattern is a configuration of N cells where N is the reuse factor + +![reuse factor](https://i.imgur.com/QKOhTQ5.png) + +handoff +- transfer ongoing call or data connection from one BS to another +- methods + - hard handoff + - break before make + - soft handoff + - make before break +- roaming + - users can use cell services when traveling outside the coverage area of home network by using a visited network + - roaming agreement bettween home at visited network + # 4G LTE +similarity to wired +- \ No newline at end of file