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Standard Ethernet and Wireless LAN Overview

The document discusses the evolution of Standard Ethernet, detailing its four generations and specifications such as frame lengths and various implementations. It also covers the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LANs, including architecture, MAC sublayer, and physical layer details. Key topics include collision avoidance mechanisms and addressing issues in wireless communication.

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Standard Ethernet and Wireless LAN Overview

The document discusses the evolution of Standard Ethernet, detailing its four generations and specifications such as frame lengths and various implementations. It also covers the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LANs, including architecture, MAC sublayer, and physical layer details. Key topics include collision avoidance mechanisms and addressing issues in wireless communication.

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Medium Access Control Layer

Module 4
Dr. Hemanth C
Professor
School of Electronics Engineering
VIT Chennai
STANDARD ETHERNET
The original Ethernet was created in 1976 at Xerox’s
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Since then, it has
gone through four generations. We briefly discuss the
Standard (or traditional) Ethernet in this section.

Topics discussed in this section:


MAC Sublayer
Physical Layer
Ethernet evolution through four generations
Figure 13.4 802.3 MAC frame
Figure 13.5 Minimum and maximum lengths
Note

Frame length:
Minimum: 64 bytes (512 bits)
Maximum: 1518 bytes (12,144 bits)
Figure 13.8 Categories of Standard Ethernet
Figure 13.9 Encoding in a Standard Ethernet implementation
Figure 13.10 10Base5 implementation
Figure 13.11 10Base2 implementation
Figure 13.12 10Base-T implementation
Figure 13.13 10Base-F implementation
Table 13.1 Summary of Standard Ethernet implementations
Wireless LANs

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IEEE 802.11

IEEE has defined the specifications for a wireless LAN,


called IEEE 802.11, which covers the physical and data
link layers.

Topics discussed in this section:


Architecture
MAC Sublayer
Physical Layer

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Figure 14.1 Basic service sets (BSSs)

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Figure 14.2 Extended service sets (ESSs)

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Figure 14.3 MAC layers in IEEE 802.11 standard

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Figure 14.4 CSMA/CA flowchart

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Figure 14.5 CSMA/CA and NAV

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Figure 14.6 Example of repetition interval

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Figure 14.7 Frame format

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Table 14.1 Subfields in Frame Control field

Subtype: 0000 Association request, 1000 Beacon


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Figure 14.8 Control frames

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Table 14.2 Values of subfields in control frames

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Table 14.3 Addresses

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Figure 14.9 Addressing mechanisms

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Figure 14.10 Hidden station problem

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Note
The CTS frame in CSMA/CA handshake can prevent collision from
a hidden station.

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Figure 14.11 Use of handshaking to prevent hidden station problem

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Figure 14.12 Exposed station problem

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Figure 14.13 Use of handshaking in exposed station problem

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Table 14.4 Physical layers

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Figure 14.14 Industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band

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Figure 14.15 Physical layer of IEEE 802.11 FHSS

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Figure 14.16 Physical layer of IEEE 802.11 DSSS

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Figure 14.17 Physical layer of IEEE 802.11 infrared

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Figure 14.18 Physical layer of IEEE 802.11b

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