WIRELESS LAN

Presented by

SUBRATA CHAKRABORTY
1 Dept- Information Technology
Roll No-IT-48/07
WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN

A wireless LAN or WLAN is the linking of more

devices without the use of wires.
WLAN utilizes the modulation technology based on
radio waves to communicate between devices in a
limited network area.
It gives users the mobility to move around within a
broad coverage area & still be connected to the
network.
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WHY WIRELESS LAN
Previously Ethernet LANs was used,which was
very costly, messy & movement of those LANs
was difficult.To reduce this problems related to
Wired LANs the concept of Wireless LAN has
evolved.

This is very much cost effective,less messy &

movement of this LANs are very easy because in
this type of LANs, problems related to wires are
removed.

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TYPES OF WLAN
There are two types of WLAN:-
IEEE 802.11
- 802.11b
- 802.11a
- 802.11g
Bluetooth

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IEEE 802.11 WLAN(ARCHITECTURE)
The standard defines two kinds of services
i) Basic Service Set(BSS)
ii) Extended Service Set(ESS)

BSS:-
Set of all stations that can communicate with each
other.
Access Point:-
Base stations for the wireless network.

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IEEE 802.11 WLAN(ARCHITECTURE)
ESS:-
Set of connected two or more BSS. It uses two types of
stations: mobile and stationary.
Distribution System:-
Wired LAN through which BSSs are connected.

Station:- All components that can connect into a wireless

medium in a network.
Three types of stations:
No-transition,
BSS-transition
ESS-transition

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 802.11 WIRELESS LAN

Provides network connectivity over wireless media

An Access Point(AP) is installed to act as the
Bridge between Wireless and Wired network
An AP is connected to wired network and is
equipped with antenna to provide wireless 7

connectivity
802.11 WIRELESS LAN

Range depends on structural hindrances and RF

gain of the antenna at the Access Point.
To service larger areas, multiple APs may be
installed with 20-30% overlap
A client is always associated with one AP and when
the client moves closer to another AP, it associates
with the new AP.

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MAC SUBLAYER
IEEE 802.11 defines two MAC sublayers:-
i) Distributed Coordination Function(DCF)
ii) Point Coordination Function(PCF)
DCF:- One of the two protocols defined by IEEE at the MAC
sublayer is called the distributed coordination function. Wireless
LANs cannot implement CSMA/CD for three reasons:-
1. For collision detection a station must be able to send data &
receive collision signals at the same time. This can mean costly
stations & increased bandwidth requirements.
2. Collision may not be detected because of the hidden station
problem.
3. The distance between stations can be great. Signal fading
could prevent a station at one end from hearing a collision at the
other end.
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MAC SUBLAYER
PCF:-
-The point coordination function is an optional access
method that can be implemented in an infrastructure
network.
-PCF has a centralized,contention-free access method.
The AP performs polling for stations that are capable of
being polled.

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WLAN : 802.11B
Supports 1, 2, 5.5 and 11 Mbps data rates in the
2.4-GHz band.
802.11b systems will interoperate with 1 Mbps
and 2 Mbps 802.11 DSSS system but not with
FHSS systems.
Uses Complementary Code Keying(CCK)

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WLAN : 802.11A
Operates in 5-GHz band.
Incompatible with devices operating in 2.4-GHz.

Support data rates up to 54 Mbps.

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WLAN : 802.11G
IEEE 802.11g defines forward error correction
using the 2.4-GHz band
The modulation technique achieves a 22 Mbps or
54 Mbps data rates on the 2.4-GHz band.

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SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Two basic system architectures:-
a) Ad hoc
b) Infrastructure based

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AD HOC WIRELESS LANS

A BSS without an AP is
called as Ad hoc
network.
A group of stations
using the same radio
.
frequency.

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INFRASTRUCTURE BASED WIRELESS LANS

A BSS with an Access

Point is called an
Infrastructure based
network.
Distribution system
connects cells via access
point to form a single
network..

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BLUETOOTH
Short-range wireless LAN technology.
It is an ad hoc network.

It connects the device of different functions.

A bluetooth device has the data rate of 1 Mbps

with a 2.4-GHz bandwidth
It defines two types of networks:- Piconet &
Scatternet.

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ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF
WLAN
Advantages:-
i) Convenience
ii) Productivity
iii) Deployment
iv) Expandability
v) Cost
Disadvantages:-
i) Security
ii) Range
iii) Reliability
iv) Speed

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REFERENCES
Data communications & Networking(Forouzan)
WWW.Google.Com

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THANK YOU

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