diff --git a/content/notes/23-wireless-mobile.md b/content/notes/23-wireless-mobile.md index 722e152b7..eccdf0521 100644 --- a/content/notes/23-wireless-mobile.md +++ b/content/notes/23-wireless-mobile.md @@ -15,12 +15,49 @@ two different challenges elements - wireless hosts -- + - does not always mean mobile +- base station + - connected to wired network + - relay: sendig packets between wired network and wireless hosts in its "area" + - e.g., cell towers +- wireless link + - used to connect mobile to base station, also used as backbone link + - various transmission rates, distances, frequency bands +architecture +- infrastructure mode + - base station connect mobiles to wired network + - handoff: mobile changes base station +- ad hoc mode + - no base stations + - can only transmit to other nodes within link coverage +- nodes organize themselves into a network: route among themselves + +wireless link +- deccreased signal strength: radio signal attentuates as it travels +- interference from other sources: frequency shared by other technologies +- multipath propagation: signal reflects of objects arriving at sightly different times + +SNR BER tradeoffs +- SNR - signal to noise ratio + - larger SNR is easire to extract signal +- BER - bit error rate +- larger SNR => smaller BER +- many parameters at physical level which alter SNR + +hidden terminal problem +- multiple wireless sender, recievers create additional problems (beyond multiple access): +- ![](https://i.imgur.com/SK9pcMz.png) +- ![](https://i.imgur.com/12vOuH1.png) # WLAN and wireless link +Standards created and maintaned by IEEE +- covers data link layer and physical layer +![standards table](https://i.imgur.com/werOMuI.png) +- all use CSMA/CA for multiple access, and have base station and ad-hoc versions - +WLAN architecture +- wireless hosts communicates with base station (A) # CSMA/CA