introWirelessTech
introWirelessTech
introWirelessTech
Carrier
Transmitted Received
signal signal
Transmitter Channel Receiver
Information to
be transmitted Recovery of
information
(Baseband signal)
Wireless Communications
BASE
STATION
MTS
O
Type of Cells
Global
Satellite
Suburban Urban
In-Building
Picocell
Microcell
Macrocell
Basic Terminal
PDA Terminal
Audio/Visual Terminal
Type of Cells
Cell radii can be vary from 10’s of meters in
buildings to 100’s of meters in the cities, up to
several km’s in the countryside.
Macrocells, provide overall area coverage
Microcells, focus on slow moving subscribers
moving between buildings.
Picocells, focus on the halls of a theater, or
exhibition centre.
Cellular Phone Networks
Taxila
BS
BS
Internet
Lahore
MTSO MTSO
PSTN
BS
The Wireless Revolution
Cellular is the fastest growing sector of communication
industry (exponential growth since 1982, with over 2 billion users
worldwide today)
Access
Point
Since 2008,
802.11a (Emerging Generation) all WLAN
Standard for 5GHz NII band (300 MHz) Cards have
OFDM with time division
20-70 Mbps, variable range
all 3
Similar to HiperLAN in Europe standards
802.11g (New Standard)
Standard in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands
OFDM
Speeds up to 54 Mbps
Satellite Systems
Cover very large areas
Different orbit heights
GEOs (39000 Km)
LEOs (2000 Km)
M.A. Uusitalo, “ The Wireless World Research Forum - Global Vision of Wireless World,” IWCT2005, Oulu, Finland, June 2005.