Wireless and Mobile Communications Outline • Overview • MAC • Routing • Wireless in real world • Leverage broadcasting nature • Wireless security 2 From Wired to Wireless The Difference: # 1 The Difference #2 Unicast vs. Broadcast Why? signal - to - noise - ratio • Interference • Your signal is noise to others • Broadcast nature Existing Wireless Networks • Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN) • Cellular/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) (GSM, WCDMA, EV-DO) • Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) • Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) • Ad hoc networks • Sensor networks • Emerging networks (variations of ad hoc networks • Info-stations • Vehicular networks • Cognitive Radio Networks • IEEE 802.22 Data Rate Transmission Range