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Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

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Background on Networking 251.4.1 IEEE 802.11 St<strong>and</strong>ardThe IEEE 802.11 st<strong>and</strong>ard (IEEE st<strong>and</strong>ard 1999) is proposed to developa medium access control (MAC) <strong>and</strong> physical layer (PHY) specificationfor wireless connectivity for fixed, portable, <strong>and</strong> moving users within alocal area.This st<strong>and</strong>ard also offers regulatory bodies a means of st<strong>and</strong>ardizingaccess to one or more frequency b<strong>and</strong>s for the purpose of local areacommunication. This st<strong>and</strong>ard has great significance because of thefollowing features:1. Describes the functions <strong>and</strong> services required by an IEEE 802.11compliant device to operate within ad hoc <strong>and</strong> infrastructurenetworks as well as the aspects of user mobility (transition) withinthe network2. Defines the MAC procedures to support the asynchronous MACservice data unit (MSDU) delivery services3. Defines several physical layer signaling techniques <strong>and</strong> interfacefunctions that are controlled by the IEEE 802.11 MAC4. Permits the operation of an IEEE 802.11 conformant device withina wireless LAN that may coexist with multiple overlapping IEEE802.11 wireless LANs5. Describes the requirements <strong>and</strong> procedures to provide privacy ofuser information being transferred over the wireless medium(WM) <strong>and</strong> authentication of IEEE 802.11 conformant devices1.4.2 IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer SpecificationsIEEE, in May 1997, published the initial st<strong>and</strong>ard, “<strong>Wireless</strong> LANMedium Access Control (MAC) <strong>and</strong> Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications”also known as IEEE 802.11. The st<strong>and</strong>ard provides three physicallayer specifications for radio, operating in the 2400- to 2483.5-MHz b<strong>and</strong>,902 to 928 MHz, 5.725- to 5.85-GHz regions. The st<strong>and</strong>ard (IEEE St<strong>and</strong>ard1999) allowed three different transmissions.Frequency hopping spread spectrum radio physical layer: This physicallayer provides for 1 Mbps (with 2 Mbps optional) operation. The1-Mbps version uses 2-level Gaussian frequency shift keying (GF-SK) modulation <strong>and</strong> the 2-Mbps version uses 4-level GFSK.Direct sequence spread spectrum radio physical layer: This physical layerprovides both 1- <strong>and</strong> 2-Mbps operation. The 1-Mbps version usesdifferential binary phase shift keying (DBPSK) <strong>and</strong> the 2-Mbpsversion uses differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK).

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