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| What can Wireless Network be classified broadly as? |
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- Wireless Personal-area network (WPAN)-operates in the range of few feet(Bluetooth.)
- Wireless LAN(WLAN)-Operates in the range of a few hundred feet.
- Wireless wide-area network(WWAN)-Operates in the range of miles.
- Bluetooth - An IEEE 802.15 WPAN standard , use a devisce pairing process to communicate over distance up to 0.5 miles 100m.
- Wi-Fi(wireless fidelity) An IEEE 802.11 WLAN standard provies network access to home and corportate users to include data voice and video traffice to distances up to 0.18 miles (300m)
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Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA)
- To avoid collisions
- IEEE 802.11 standard
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| Wireless Client Three-Stage Process? |
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- Discover AP
- Authenticate
- Associate
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Service Set ID(SSID)
- case sensitive
- IEEE 802.11 WLAN architecture.
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Wired Equivalent Protection(WEP)
- Wired Equivalent Protection (WEP)
- is a security algorithm for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks.
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WiFi Protected Access(WPA)
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In computer networking, a wireless Access Point (AP) is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, or related standards.
IEEE 802.11 standard.
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maximum data rate is 54Mbps
Range 50 Feet max
less prone to interfernce |
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- Operates in 2.4Ghz
- Speed upto 54Mbps
- Range 100 Feet max
- Prone to interference
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2.4GHz
range 70m (0.5 miles)
Data rate from 150mbs to 600mbs
(2014 standard)
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| Briefly Explain the role of ITU? |
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| Allocates RF Spectrum bands and Satellites |
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| Briefly Explain the role of IEEE? |
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| IEEE maintans 802 standards Ethernet standards. |
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| Briefly Explain the role of Wifi Alliance? |
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| WiFi Maintain compatibility standard between vendors. |
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| Tabulate the standards , Speeds and ranges for WPAN? |
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A Wireless personal area network (PAN).
§An IEEE 802.15
Range from .05 m to 100 m
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| Tabulate the standard , Speed and Range for Wireless network WLAN? |
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Wireless local area network (WLAN)
IEEE 802.11 standard
2.4GHz band
Range 300 meters (0.18 miles) max
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| Tabulate the Standards , Speed and Ranges MAN? |
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Metropolitan area network(MAN).
IEEE 802.16 standard.
range = 10 kilometres
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| Tabulate the Standards , Speed and Range for WWAN? |
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Wireless Wide Area Networks
IEEE 802.16
Range 30 Miles
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802.16 = Max Range 30 miles
802.11ac = Max speed 1.3Gb
802.11ad = Max Speed 7GB |
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Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.
802.16 standard
Range 30 Miles |
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