Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks

Axel Sikora is the author of Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks, published by Wiley.

• Preface xiStructure of the book xii1 Introduction 11.1 Definition and restriction 11.2 Overview of advantages and disadvantages 11.3 Applications overview 31.4 Market events 61.5 Organizations and governing bodies 122 Basics 172.1 History of wireless vs. wired 172.2 Technical communication models and classification 202.3 Demands on transfer networks 262.4 Properties of electromagnetic waves 282.5 Digital modulation technology 332.6 Channel access 382.7 Spread spectrum techniques 392.8 Orthogonal frequency division multiplex procedure 432.9 Antennae2.10 Special features of wireless networks 472.11 Frequency allocations 483 Applications, devices and standards 513.1 Application scenarios 513.2 Device types 533.3 Standards 544 IEEE802.11 574.1 The standard 574.2 Architectures 594.3 Channel access 614.4 The Physical layer and bit transfer 814.5 Other services 864.6 Security 864.7 Extensions to the standard 885 Bluetooth 955.1 The standard 955.2 Architectures 995.3 Channel access 995.4 Controlling states 1045.5 Bit transfer 1085.6 Security 1105.7 System implementation 1106 DECT 1136.1 The standard 1136.2 Architectures 1136.3 Channel access 1146.4 Bit transfer 1156.5 Application profiles 1157 HomeRF 1177.1 The standard 1177.2 Architectures 1177.3 Channel access 1197.4 Bit transfer 1218 HiperLAN/2 1238.1 The standard 1238.2 Architectures 1258.3 Channel access 1278.4 Bit transfer 1308.5 Other services 1328.6 The HiperLAN/2 standard versus IEEE802.1 a 1329 Operating an IEEE802.11b-complaint WLAN 1339.1 Introduction 1339.2 Mobile stations 1339.3 Access points 1369.4 Extended networks 1419.5 Network analysis 1439.6 Examples from real life 14810 Various aspects of WLAN technology 15310.1 Security10.2 Sources of interference 16110.3 Selecting a spread spectrum technique 16310.4 Aspects of EMT interference 16510.5 WLANs and TCP/IP 16710.6 Deciding factors 16710.7 Future prospects 169Appendix 171A.1 Maxwellian equations 171A.2 Physical basis of direct sequence spread spectrum process 171A.3 Directional antennae 174B Bibliography 179B.1 English-language publications 179B.2 German-language publications 182C Abbreviations 185