Wireless Networks

PROJECT

European Virtual Learning Platform for Electrical and Information Engineering
http://www.techepdia.eu

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

AUTHOR

Jordi Salazar

ANNOTATION

This module provides an introduction to wireless networks in general and wireless LANs in particular. It describes and explains what the different wireless technologies are, their main features, security issues, advantages, disadvantages and uses or applications.

OBJECTIVES

Learn architectural differences of various wireless networks. Learn about security aspects of wireless networks. Know pros and cons of wireless networks.

KEYWORDS

Wireless networks, WPAN, WLAN, WMAN, WWAN, network architecture, network security

LITERATURE

[1] William Stallings, Wireless Communications and Networks, Second Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2005. ISBN 0-13-191835-4.
[2] B. Ciubotaru, G.M. Muntean, Advanced Network Programming. Principles and Techniques, Springer-Verlag London, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4471-5292-7.
[3] K. Sharma, N. Dhir, “A study of wireless networks: WLANs, WPANs, WMANs, and WWANs with comparison”, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies, vol. 5 (6), pp. 7810-7813, 2014.
[4] K. Pothuganti, A. Chitneni, “A comparative study of wireless protocols: Bluetooth, UWB, ZigBee, and Wi-Fi”, Advance in Electronic and Electric Engineering, vol. 4 (6), pp. 655-662, 2014.
[5] “An introduction to Wi-Fi”, Rabbit product manual, Digi International Inc., 2007-2008. (www.rabbit.com)
[6] IEEE Standards Association web site (http://standards.ieee.org/index.html).

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