IEEE 802 Wireless Systems: Protocols, Multi-Hop Mesh/Relaying, Performance and Spectrum Coexistence

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 18
1.1 Standardization......Page 22
1.2 Next-generation Systems......Page 24
1.3 The IEEE 802 Project......Page 25
1.4 Motivation and Outline......Page 26
Note......Page 27
2.1 Radio Transmission Fundamentals......Page 28
2.2 Duplexing Schemes......Page 43
2.3 Multiplexing......Page 44
2.4 Switching in Communication Networks......Page 50
2.5 Channel Coding for Error Correction and Error Detection......Page 51
2.6 Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols......Page 54
3 Radio Spectrum Regulation......Page 64
3.1 Regulation Bodies and Global Institutions......Page 65
3.2 Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum......Page 68
3.3 Open Spectrum......Page 72
Note......Page 73
4 Mesh Networks – Basics......Page 74
4.1 Introduction......Page 75
4.2 Classification of Wireless Mesh Networks......Page 78
4.3 General Problem Statement......Page 79
4.4 Exploiting the Capacity of the Radio Channel by Spatial Reuse......Page 80
4.5 Fairness and Congestion Avoidance......Page 84
4.6 Routing......Page 86
4.7 Summary......Page 96
Note......Page 97
5.1 Scope of 802.11......Page 98
5.2 Reference Model, Architecture, Services, Frame Formats......Page 99
5.3 Physical Layer......Page 103
5.4 Medium Access Control Protocol......Page 105
5.5 Medium Access Control with Support for Quality-of-Service......Page 115
5.6 Radio Spectrum Management......Page 128
5.7 History and Selected Sub-standards, i.e., Amendments......Page 136
Note......Page 138
6 IEEE 802.15 Wireless Personal Area Networks......Page 140
6.1 Scope of 802.15......Page 141
6.2 802.15.3 – High-speed Wireless Personal Area Networks......Page 142
6.3 Task Group 3......Page 143
6.4 Task Group 3a......Page 149
6.6 Task Group 3c......Page 154
6.7 WiMedia (Multiband OFDM) Alliance MAC Layer......Page 155
6.8 Next-generation WPAN Technologies......Page 166
Note......Page 167
7.1 Scope of 802.16......Page 168
7.2 Deployment Concept, Reference Model and Target Frequency Bands......Page 169
7.3 History and Different Subgroups......Page 172
7.4 Physical Layer......Page 175
7.5 Medium Access Control Layer......Page 178
7.6 System Profiles......Page 194
7.7 Space Division Multiple Access......Page 195
7.8 Performance Evaluation of 802.16......Page 201
7.9 Performance of SDMA Enabled 802.16 Networks......Page 213
Note......Page 216
8 IEEE 802.11, 802.15 and 802.16 for Mesh Networks......Page 218
8.1 Approaches to Wireless Mesh Networks in IEEE and Industry......Page 219
8.2 Extensions to IEEE 802 MAC Protocols – Homogeneous Multi-hop Networks......Page 233
8.3 Extensions to IEEE 802 MAC Protocols for Heterogeneous Multi-hop Networks......Page 245
Notes......Page 256
9 Coexistence in IEEE 802 Networks......Page 258
9.1 Homogeneous Coexistence – Spectrum Sharing 802.11e Networks......Page 259
9.2 Heterogeneous Coexistence – Unlicensed Operation of 802.164......Page 271
9.3 Summary and Conclusion......Page 274
Notes......Page 275
10.1 Definitions......Page 276
10.2 Rationale......Page 277
10.3 Related Work......Page 279
10.4 Relay-based Deployment Concept for Cellular Broadband Networks......Page 280
Note......Page 288
11 Mutual Integration and Cooperation of Radio Access Networks......Page 290
11.1 State-of-the-Art Overview......Page 291
11.2 Mobility and Handover......Page 296
11.3 Trigger......Page 307
12.1 Facts on Medium Access Control......Page 310
12.2 Mesh Networking for 802.11 WLAN......Page 319
12.3 Conclusion......Page 329
Note......Page 330
13.1 From Software-Defined Radio to Cognitive Radio......Page 332
13.2 Cognitive Radio Networks......Page 335
13.3 Spectrum Sharing and Flexible Spectrum Access......Page 338
13.4 Coexistence-based Spectrum Sharing......Page 345
13.5 Coordination-based Horizontal Spectrum Sharing......Page 347
13.6 Coordination-based Vertical Spectrum Sharing......Page 350
13.7 Policies and Etiquette in Spectrum Usage......Page 352
13.8 Summary and Conclusion......Page 355
Note......Page 357
Spectrum Regulation......Page 358
802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks......Page 359
802.16 Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks......Page 360
Coexistence Control of 802 Radio Systems......Page 361
Mutual Integration and Cooperation in Wireless Systems......Page 362
Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Sharing......Page 363
Abbreviations......Page 366
References......Page 376
Index......Page 396