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Sensor networks are another form of infrastructureless network, with many similarities to ad-hock
What is a Cell?
Cell is the Basic Union in The System
defined as the area where radio coverage is given by one base station.
Cell characteristics
Implements space division multiplex: base station covers a certain transmission area (cell) Mobile stations communicate only via the base station Advantages of cell structures:
higher capacity, higher number of users less transmission power needed more robust, decentralized base station deals with interference, transmission area etc. locally
Problems:
fixed network needed for the base stations handover (changing from one cell to another) necessary interference with other cells
Cell sizes from some 100 m in cities to, e.g., 35 km on the country side (GSM) - even less for higher frequencies
3K * R
D = 4.58R
The cluster size is specified in terms of the offset of the center of a cluster from the center of the adjacent cluster
G3 B3 B1 B2 D1 D2 F3
G1 G3 G2 F3 F1 F2
G1 G2 F1 F2
A1 A2 B3 C1 C2 D3 E1 E2
C3
B1 B2 D1 D2
C3
C2 E1 E2
D3
E3
E3
Frequency reuse
Cell splitting
Decrease transmission power in base and mobile Results in more and smaller cells Reuse frequencies in non-contiguous cell groups Example: cell radius leads 4 fold capacity increase
WLAN: Definition
A fast-growing market introducing the flexibility of wireless access into office, home, or production environments. Typically restricted in their diameter to buildings, a campus, single rooms etc. The global goal of WLANs is to replace office cabling and, additionally, to introduce a higher flexibility for ad hoc communication in, e.g., group meetings .
WLAN: Characteristics
Advantages:
very flexible within radio coverage ad-hoc networks without previous planning possible wireless networks allow for the design of small, independent devices more robust against disasters (e.g., earthquakes, fire)
Disadvantages:
typically very low bandwidth compared to wired networks (~11 54 Mbit/s) due to limitations in radio transmission, higher error rates due to interference, and higher delay/delay variation due to extensive error correction and error detection mechanisms
offer lower QoS
many proprietary solutions offered by companies, especially for higher bit-rates, standards take their time (e.g., IEEE 802.11) slow standardization procedures
standardized functionality plus many enhanced features these additional features only work in a homogeneous environment (i.e., when adapters from the same vendors are used for all wireless nodes)
products have to follow many national restrictions if working wireless, it takes a very long time to establish global solutions
Facilitating technologies
RF-Id IrDA Home-RF
MAN
LAN PAN
WLAN: Technology
Can be categorized according to the transmission technique being used
Infrared (IR) LANs: Very limited coverage area (IR can t penetrate walls!) Spread Spectrum LANs: Operate in industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) bands Narrowband Microwave LANS: Operate at microwave frequencies but not using spread spectrum (in licensing or ISM bands)
Radio
typically using the license free ISM band at 2.4 GHz
Advantages
simple, cheap, available in many mobile devices no licenses needed simple shielding possible
Advantages
experience from wireless WAN and mobile phones can be used coverage of larger areas possible (radio can penetrate walls, furniture etc.)
Disadvantages
interference by sunlight, heat sources etc. many things shield or absorb IR light low bandwidth
Disadvantages
very limited license free frequency bands shielding more difficult, interference with other electrical devices
Example
IrDA (Infrared Data Association) interface available everywhere
Example:
WaveLAN, HIPERLAN, Bluetooth
AP
ad-hoc network
Network functionality lies within the access point (controls network flow), whereas the wireless clients can remain quite simple. Use different access schemes with or without collision.
Collisions may occur if medium access of the wireless nodes and the access point is not coordinated.
If only the access point controls medium access, no collisions are possible.
Useful for quality of service guarantees (e.g., minimum bandwidth for certain nodes) The access point may poll the single wireless nodes to ensure the data rate.
Infrastructure-based wireless networks lose some of the flexibility wireless networks can offer in general:
They cannot be used for disaster relief in cases where no infrastructure is left.
Each node communicate with other nodes, so no access point controlling medium access is necessary.
The complexity of each node is higher
implement medium access mechanisms, forwarding data
Nodes within an ad-hoc network can only communicate if they can reach each other physically
if they are within each others radio range if other nodes can forward the message
WLAN: Standards
Wireles s LAN
2.4 GHz
5 GHz
802.11
(2 Mbps)
802.11b
(11 Mbps)
802.11g
(22-54 Mbps)
HiSWAN a
(54 Mbps)
802.11a
(54 Mbps)
HiperLAN 2
(54 Mbps)
HomeRF 2.0
(10 Mbps)
Bluetooth
(1 Mbps)
HomeRF 1.0
(2 Mbps)
802.11e
(QoS)
802.11f
(IAPP)
802.11h
(TPC-DFS)
802.11i
(Security)
IEEE released a new WLAN standard, 802.11a, operating at 5 GHz and offering gross data rates of 54 Mbit/s
Shading is much more severe compared to 2.4 GHz Depending on the SNR, propagation conditions and the distance between sender and receiver, data rates may drop fast
Operation
Broadcasting Routing Multicasting
QoS
End to End delay Bandwidth management Probability of packet loss
Two types:
Be notified -> topology change Be shortest -> finding route
source
source
Be notified
Be shortest
Specific assumption
Unidirectional link, Directional antenna, GPS
QoS-aware
Power, Delay, Bandwidth
Dynamic environmental conditions require the system to adapt over time to changing connectivity and system stimuli
Problems:
Intermediate nodes failing to forward a message Finding the shortest path (a routing protocol) Redundancy: a sensor may receive the same data packet more than once.