Wireless communication or Unguided Transmission Media

In layman language it is communication in which information is

transferred between two or more points without any wire

Transmitting/receiving voice and data using electromagnetic waves in

open space.

The information from sender to receiver is carried over a well defined

channel.

Each channel has a fixed frequency bandwidth & capacity(bit rate).

Different channels can be used to transmit information in parallel and

independently.

James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)

Scottish, Professor of physics, King’s College

(London) and

Cambridge University. Formulated the theory of

electromagnetism from 1865 to 1873.

His work established the theoretical foundation

for the

development of wireless communications.

Timeline of Wireless Communications Development . . .

Prof. H. Hertz (1857-1894) experimentalvalidation of Maxwell1886-1888 atKarlsruhe

Guglielmo Marconi(1874-1937)development ofwireless telegraphytrans-Atlantic 1901

Martin Cooper,Motorola, developsfirst handheld cellularphone in 1973

Dave interviewsat Bell Labs forMobile Phoneproject – “Thisthing isn’t goinganywhere.”

2003 - UScellularsubscribersexceed 150M

Prof. J. Maxwell(1831-1879) theoryofelectromagnetismdeveloped in 1865

KDKA Radio -1920

Two-way mobileradio services1960s – 1970s

2008 - Indiancellularsubscribersexceed 300M

1860 1880 19201900 1940 1960 1980 2000

Freedom from wires

– No cost of installing wires or rewiring

– No bunches of wires running here and

there

– “Auto magical” instantaneous

communications

without physical connection setup, e.g.,

Bluetooth,WiFi

Global Coverage

– Communications can reach where

wiring isinfeasible or costly, e.g., rural

areas, old buildings,

battlefield, vehicles, outer space (through

Communication Satellites)

Stay Connected

– Roaming allows flexibility to stay connected

anywhere and any time

– Rapidly growing market attests to public need for

mobility and uninterrupted access

Flexibility

– Services reach you wherever you go (Mobility).

E.g, you don’t have to go to your lab to check your

mail

– Connect to multiple devices simultaneously (no

physical connection required)

Transmitting SignalReceived Signal

Satellite

Transmitting Antenna

ReceivingAntenna

Efficient Hardware

– Low power Transmitters, Receivers

– Low Power Signal Processing Tools

Efficient use of finite radio spectrum

– Cellular frequency reuse, medium access control

protocols,...

Integrated services

– voice, data, multimedia over a single network

– service differentiation, priorities, resource

sharing,...

Fading

Multipath

Higher probability of data corruption

– Hence, need for stronger channel codes

Need for stronger Security mechanisms

– privacy, authentication,…

Advantages: Working professionals can work and access Internet anywhere and anytime

without carrying cables or wires wherever they go. This also helps to complete

the work anywhere on time and improves the productivity.

A wireless communication network is a solution in areas where cables are

impossible to install (e.g. hazardous areas, long distances etc.)

Wireless networks are cheaper to install and maintain

Disadvantages: Has security vulnerabilities

High costs for setting the infrastructure

Unlike wired communication, wireless communication is influenced by physical

obstructions, climatic conditions, interference from other wireless devices

RADIO TRANSMISSION:- easily generated, Omni-directional , travel long distance , easily penetrates buildings.

PROBLEMS:- frequency dependent , relatively low bandwidth for data communication , tightly licensed by government.

MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION:- widely used for long distance communication , relatively inexpensive.

PROBLEMS:- don’t pass through buildings , weather and frequency dependent.

INFRARED AND MILIMETER WAVES:-

Widely used for short range communication , unable to pass

through solid objects , used for indoor wireless LANs , not for

outdoors.

LIGHT WAVE TRANSMISSION:- unguided optical signal such as

laser , unidirectional , easy to install , no license required.

PROBLEMS:- unable to penetrate rain or thick fog , laser beam can

be easily diverted by air.

CELLULAR SYSTEM

WIRELESS LANs

SATELLITE SYSTEM

PAGING SYSTEM

PANs(BLUETOOTH)

DefinitionPractical

Wireless communication technology in which several small exchanges (called cells) equipped with low-power radio antennas (strategically located over a wide geographical area) are interconnected through a central exchange. As a receiver (cell phone) moves from one place to the next, its identity, location, and radio frequency is handed-over by one cell to another without interrupting a call.

• Communication between the base station and mobiles is defined by the standard common air interface (CAI)

– Forward voice channel (FVC): voice transmission from base station to mobile

– Reverse voice channel (RVC): voice transmission from mobile to base station

– Forward control channels (FCC): initiating mobile call from base station to mobile

– Reverse control channel (RCC): initiating mobile call from mobile to base station

• Provide connection to the PSTN for any user location within the radio range of the system.

• Characteristic

– Large number of users

– Large Geographic area

– Limited frequency spectrum

– Reuse of the radio frequency by the concept of “cell’’.

• Basic cellular system: mobile stations, base stations, and mobile switching center.

• Cordless telephone systems are full duplex communication systems.

• First generation cordless phone

– in-home use

– communication to dedicated base unit

– few tens of meters

• Second generation cordless phone

– outdoor

– combine with paging system

– few hundred meters per station

Examples

Cordless phone

Remote controller

Hand-held walkie-talkies

Pagers

Cellular telephone

Wireless LAN

Mobile - any radio terminal that could be moves during operation

Portable - hand-held and used at walking speed

Subscriber - mobile or portable user

• Classification of mobile radio transmission system– Simplex: communication in only one direction

– Half-duplex: same radio channel for both transmission and reception (push-to-talk)

– Full-duplex: simultaneous radio transmission and reception (FDD, TDD)

• Frequency division duplexing uses two radio channel– Forward channel: base station to mobile user

– Reverse channel: mobile user to base station

• Time division duplexing shares a single radio channel in time.

Forward Channel

Reverse Channel

WLAN connect local computers

Range (100 m) confined region

Break data into packets

Channel access is shared

Backbone internet provides best service

Poor performance in some application like videos

Low mobility

Global coverage

Optimized for good transmission

Expensive base stations.

Voice and data transmission

Telecommunication application

GPS , global telephone connection

TV broadcasting , military , weather broadcasting

Broad coverage for short messages

Message broadcast from all base stations

Simple terminals

Optimized for one way transmission

Answer back hard

Overtaken by cellular

Pager system

• Conventional paging system send brief messages to a subscriber

• Modern paging system: news headline, stock quotations, faxes, etc.

• Simultaneously broadcast paging message from each base station.

• Large transmission power to cover wide area.

DefinitionPractical

Wireless communication technology in which several small exchanges (called cells) equipped with low-power radio antennas (strategically located over a wide geographical area) are interconnected through a central exchange. As a receiver (cell phone) moves from one place to the next, its identity, location, and radio frequency is handed-over by one cell to another without interrupting a call.

Bluetooth is a method for data communication that used short range radio links to replace cables between computers and their connected units.

Named on – Danish king haraldBluetooth

Developed in Scandinavia.

Bluetooth networking transmits data via low-power radio waves. It communicates on a frequency of 2.45 gigahertz.

Bluetooth doesn't require line of sight between communicating devices.

Bluetooth can connect up to eight devices simultaneously.

Bluetooth uses a technique called spread-spectrum frequency hopping

Ad hoc wireless networks

Sensor networks

Distributed control networks

Ultra Wideband (UWB) Systems

Peer-to-peer communications.

No backbone infrastructure.

Routing can be multihop.

Topology is dynamic.

Fully connected with different link SINRs

Automated Vehicles

- Cars

- UAVs

(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

- Insect flyers

• Packet loss and/or delays impacts controller performance.• Controller design should be robust to network faults.• Joint application and communication network design.

A wireless sensor network (WSN) (sometimes called a wireless sensor and actuator network [1] (WSAN)) are spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, pressure, etc. and to cooperatively pass their data through thenetwork to a main location.

Ultra Wide Band Systems (1)

• Ultra Wide Band (UWB) is an emerging wireless

communications technology that can transmit data at

around 100 Mb/s (up to 1000 Mb/s).

• UWB transmits ultra-low power radio signals with

very narrow pulses (nanosecond).

• Because of its low power requirements, UWB is very

difficult to detect (hence secure).

A typical UWB pulse

Why UWB?

Exceptional multi-path immunity

Low power consumption

Large bandwidth

Secure Communications

Low interference

No need for a license to operate

Next generation communication system

Home entertainment

Wireless desktopWearable computing

lifi is transmission of data through illumination by taking the fiber out of fiber optics by sending data through LED light bulb.

This varies in intensity faster than human eye can follow.

It is the fast and cheap wireless communication system which is optical version of wifi.