Dumas+Ch14+Wireless+Networks

Chapter Fourteen: [|dumas_ch14 Wireless Networks.ppt] ** Learning Objectives: **
 * Principles of Computer Networks and Communications **

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
 * Describe the role of wireless transmission in computer communications and the physical phenomena that enable wireless communications.
 * Identify characteristics that are common in all wireless networks.
 * Differentiate between contemporary wireless network configurations and provide practical examples of their application.
 * Provide examples of alternative LAN protocol sets including their capabilities and drawbacks.
 * Identify the essential elements of a wireless personal area network including various configurations, protocols, advantages and disadvantages associated with Bluetooth.
 * Describe the essential elements of the IEEE 802.15.1 WPAN and IEEE 802.16 wireless standards.
 * Explain various aspects of cellular telephony including current configurations.
 * Provide characteristics of satellite communications including differentiating between orbital differences.