Evolution mobile wireless networks [1]
• 1G
• Mobile voice services
• FDMA
• Advance Mobile Phone Servise (AMPS) in USA
• European Total Access Communication System (E-tacs) in Europe
• Frequency range 800 – 900 MHz
• 2G
• Voice and then slow speed data
• Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
• TDMA
• IS-95
• CDMA
• 800/1900 MHz
• USA, Europe, Asia
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Evolution mobile wireless networks [2]
• 2.5G
• Higher data rate
• General Packet Radio Services (GPRS)
• Packet switched data for GSM
• Transmission rate: 170 kbps
• Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
• Circuit switched voice and packet switched data
• Maximum of 475 kbps when combining multiple slots
• Step towards 3G
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Evolution mobile wireless networks [3]
• 3G
• Seamless integration of voice and data
• High data rates
• Support for streaming
• Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems (UMTS)
• IMT-2000 standard
• Bandwidth up to 2 MBps
• HSPA+ has maximum of 21.6 Mbps
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Evolution mobile wireless networks [4]
• 4G
• Technological advancement
• MIMO – multiple input multiple output
• OFDM – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
• High speed, high quality, high capacity
• Improved security
• IP telephony
• Standards: WiMAX and LTE
• 5G? Massive MIMO?
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WiFi [1]
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Standardization communities
WiFi [2]
• 802.11 family of standards
• First released in 1997
• 802.11b
• 1999
• 2.4 GHz, maximum of 11 Mbps, range of ~50 m
• Slowest maximum speed of all 802.11 standards
• Problem with interferences
• 802.11a
• 1999
• More complex – OFDM scheme
• 5 GHZ, maximum of 54 Mbps
• Mainly for business application due to the cost
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WiFi [3]
• 802.11g
• 2003
• OFDM
• 2.4 GHz and 54 Mbps
• Better speed and coverage
• 802.11n
• 2009
• MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output)
• Both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, maximum of 300 Mbps
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WiFi [4]
• 802.11ac
• 2014
• 433 Mbps up to 1 Gbps, working only on 5 GHz
• Beamforming – up to 8 special streams directed toward one device
• Multiuser MIMO – multiple clients at the same time
• 802.11p
• Vehicular networks and intelligent transportation systems
• 5.9 GHz, up to 1000 m range, 6-27 Mbps
• Half-duplex
• Also known as WAVE (wireless access in vehicular environments)
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802.15 wireless personal area networks
• Bluetooth (802.15.4)
• Wireless alternative to serial communication (start)
• 2.4 GHz, relatively low range (depending on the class 1m, 10m, 100m)
• 802.15.4
• Low rate wireless personal area networks
• Specific physical and MAC layer
• 868 MHz in Europe, 900 MHz in USA, 2.4 GHz worldwide
• 802.15.6
• 2011
• Body area networks
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Wireless spectrum [1]
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Wireless spectrum [2]
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Wireless spectrum [3]
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Wireless spectrum [4]
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Wireless networks - recap
• Signals (EM waves, representation, Fourier transform,…)
• Transfer of signals (models)
• Multiplexing
• Modulation
• Coding (block and convolutional)
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