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Wireless Technologies
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Outline
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Wireless technology overview
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Cellular communications
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Satellite systems
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Wireless LAN
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802.11, Bluetooth, UWB
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Mobility support
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WAP
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Wireless applications
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Why Wireless?
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Human freedom
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Portability v. Mobility
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Objective: “anything, anytime, anywhere”
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Mobility
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Size, weight, power
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Functionality
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Content
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Infrastructure required
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Cost
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Capital, operational
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Worldwide Mobile Subscribers
SOURCE: CTIA, iGillottResearch, 2001
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
SOURCE: JSC.MIL
SOUND
LIGHT
RADIO
HARMFUL RADIATION
VHF = VERY HIGH FREQUENCY
UHF = ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY
SHF = SUPER HIGH FREQUENCY
EHF = EXTRA HIGH FREQUENCY
4G CELLULAR
56-100 GHz
3G CELLULAR
1.5-5.2 GHz
1G, 2G CELLULAR
0.4-1.5GHz
UWB
3.1-10.6 GHz
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MOBILE
FIXED
MARITIME MOBILE
BROADCAST
AERO
RADIOLOCATION
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Wireless Telephony
SOURCE: IEC.ORG
AIR LINK
PUBLIC SWITCHED
TELEPHONE NETWORK
WIRED
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Cell Clusters
SOURCE: IEC.ORG
ACTUAL COVERAGE
AREA OF CELL 1
ACTUAL COVERAGE
AREA OF CELL 3
CELL 1 OVERLAPS 6 OTHERS
DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES
MUST BE USED IN ADJACENT
CELLS
SEVEN DIFFERENT SETS OF
FREQUENCIES REQUIRED
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Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA)
PATTERN CAN BE
REPLICATED OVER
THE ENTIRE EARTH
200 FREQUENCIES
IN ONE CELL
TOTAL NUM BER OF
FREQUENCIES = 1400
WORLDWIDE
MANY CELLS CAN SHARE
SAME FREQUENCIES IF
SEPARATED IN SPACE
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Cell Handover
SOURCE: R. C. LEVINE, SMU
AS PHONE MOVES FROM CELL “A” TO CELL “B”:
• CELL “A” MUST HAND THE CALL OVER TO “B”
• PHONE MUST CHANGE FREQUENCIES
• CELL “A” MUST STOP TRANSMITTING
Minimum
performance
contour
Handover threshold
contour
A
Bx y
z
ANIMATION
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Cell Sizes
MACROCELL: $1M
MICROCELL: $250K
SLOW-MOVING
SUBSCRIBERS
FAST-MOVING
SUBSCRIBERS
PICOCELLS
GSM:
100m - 50 km
250 km/hr
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Multiple Access
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Many users sharing a resource at the “same time”
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Needed because user must share cells
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FDMA (frequency division)
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Use different frequencies
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TDMA (time division)
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Use same frequency, different times
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CDMA (code division)
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Use same frequency, same time, different “codes”
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Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDMA)
Advantages:
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No dynamic coordination
Disadvantages:
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Inflexible & inefficient if
channel load is dynamic
and uneven
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Each channel gets a band (range) of frequencies
Used in traditional radio, TV, 1G cellular
EACH CHANNEL
OCCUPIES SAME
FREQUENCY
AT ALL TIMES
SOURCE: NORMAN SADEH
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Time Division Multiplexing (TDMA)
Each channel gets entire spectrum for a certain (rotating)
time period
Advantage: Can assign more time to senders with heavier loads
3X capacity of FDMA, 1/3 of power consumption
Disadvantage: Requires precise synchronization
SOURCE: NORMAN SADEH
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Combining TDMA and FDMA
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Each channel gets a certain frequency band for a certain
amount of time. Example: GSM
Advantages:
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More robust against frequency-
selective interference
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Much greater capacity with
time compression
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Inherent tapping protection
Disadvantages
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Frequency
changes must
be coordinated
SOURCE: NORMAN SADEH
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Time-Division Multiple Access
SOURCE: QUALCOMM
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Code Division Multiplexing (CDMA)
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Each channel has unique
“code”
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All channels use same spectrum
at same time but orthogonal codes
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Advantages:
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bandwidth efficient – code space is huge
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no coordination or synchronization
between different channels
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resists interference and tapping
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3X capacity of TDMA, 1/25 power consumption
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Disadvantages:
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more complex signal regeneration
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Implemented using spread spectrum
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Cellular Generations
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First
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Analog, circuit-switched (AMPS)
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Second
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Digital, circuit-switched (GSM, Palm) 10 Kbps
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Advanced second
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Digital, circuit switched, Internet-enabled (WAP)
10 Kbps
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2.5
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Digital, packet-switched, TDMA (GPRS, EDGE)
40-400 Kbps
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Third
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Digital, packet-switched, wideband CDMA (UMTS)
0.4 – 2 Mbps
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Fourth
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Data rate 100 Mbps; achieves “telepresence”
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GSM Architecture
SOURCE: UWC
LIST OF
ROAMING
VISITORS
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
IN THIS AREA
STOLEN, BROKEN
CELLPHONE LIST
ENCRYPTION,
AUTHENTICATION
INTERFACE TO LAND
TELEPHONE NETWORKS
HIERARCHY
OF CELLS
CELL TRANSMITTER
& RECEIVER
PHONE
SIM:
IDENTIFIES A
SUBSCRIBER
DATA RATE: 9.6 Kbps
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SMS – Short Message Service
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Integral part of GSM standard
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Added to other standards as well
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Uses control channel of phone
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Send/Receive short text messages
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Sender pays (if from mobile phone)
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Phone has "email" address
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SMTP Interface
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Only in the US, not the rest of the world
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Allows messages to be sent for free!
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1 BILLION SMS/day worldwide
Technology Message
Length
2
way?
GSM 160 bytes Yes
TDMA/PDC 160 bytes No
CDMA 256 bytes Yes
iDEN 140 bytes Yes
SOURCE: GEMBROOK SYSTEMS
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SMS in Banking
Credit card used
Joe’s HiFi
$1245
Bank
Back-end
Systems
Internet
Bank Web Site
Message from YourBank: Credit card
purchase of $1245 at Joe’s HiFi.
Message appears within seconds
on the customer’s phone
SMS
Monitoring
Application
Customer
Alert me to all credit
card transactions
greater than $100.
Cell Tower
Air
Wireless
Carrier
SMS
Carrier
SOURCE: GEMBROOK SYSTEMS
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Satellite Systems
SOURCE: WASHINGTON UNIV.
GEO
M EO
LEO
GEO (22,300 mi., equatorial)
high bandwidth, power, latency
MEO
high bandwidth, power, latency
LEO (400 mi.)
low power, latency
more satellites
small footprint
V-SAT (Very Small Aperture)
private WAN
SATELLITE MAP
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Geostationary Orbit
SOURCE: BILL LUTHER, FCC
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GPS Satellite Constellation
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Global Positioning
System
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Operated by USAF
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28 satellites
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6 orbital planes at a
height of 20,200 km
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Positioned so a
minimum of 5 satellites
are visible at all times
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Receiver measures
distance to satellite
SOURCE: NAVSTAR
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GPS Trilateration
DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS
MUST BE VERY PRECISE
LIGHT TRAVELS 1018 FEET
EACH MICROSECOND
SOURCE: PETER DANA