This document provides an overview of wireless communication topics that will be covered in a course. It includes:
1. A brief history of wireless communication from the 1800s to present day, covering major innovations and standards.
2. An introduction to topics that will be covered in the course, including wireless transmission, GSM, GPRS, satellite systems, wireless LAN technologies, and an introduction to 3G, 4G and 5G.
3. Information about frequencies used for radio transmission, signals, antennas, and the electromagnetic spectrum.
1. UNIT I : Wireless Communication
By
Mr.S.Selvaraj
Asst. Professor (SRG) / CSE
Kongu Engineering College
Perundurai, Erode, Tamilnadu, India
Thanks to and Resource from : Wireless communication by Jochen H. Schiller, 2nd Edition, Pearson, 2009.
18CST63 – Mobile Communication and IoT
5. Text Book and Reference Book
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6. Unit I : Contents
1. Wireless transmission
– Frequencies for radio transmission
– Signals
– Antennas
2. GSM
3. GPRS
4. Satellite Systems
5. Wireless LAN
– Infrared Vs Radio Transmission
– Infrastructure Networks and Adhoc Networks
– IEEE 802.11
– Bluetooth
– Introduction to 3G, 4G and 5G.
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Early history of wireless communication
• Many people in history used light for communication
– heliographs, flags (“semaphore”), ...
– 150 BC smoke signals for communication;
(Polybius, Greece)
– 1794, optical telegraph, Claude Chappe
• Here electromagnetic waves are
of special importance:
– 1831 Faraday demonstrates electromagnetic induction
– J. Maxwell (1831-79): theory of electromagnetic Fields, wave
equations (1864)
– H. Hertz (1857-94): demonstrates
with an experiment the wave character
of electrical transmission through space
(1888, in Karlsruhe, Germany)
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History of wireless communication I
• 1896 Guglielmo Marconi
– first demonstration of wireless
telegraphy (digital!)
– long wave transmission, high
transmission power necessary (> 200kW)
• 1907 Commercial transatlantic connections
– huge base stations
(30 100m high antennas)
• 1915 Wireless voice transmission New York - San Francisco
• 1920 Discovery of short waves by Marconi
– reflection at the ionosphere
– smaller sender and receiver, possible due to the invention of the vacuum
tube (1906, Lee DeForest and Robert von Lieben)
• 1926 Train-phone on the line Hamburg - Berlin
• wires parallel to the railroad track
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History of wireless communication II
• 1928 many TV broadcast trials (across Atlantic, color TV, news)
• 1933 Frequency modulation (E. H. Armstrong)
• 1958 A-Netz in Germany
– analog, 160MHz, connection setup only from the mobile station, no
handover, 80% coverage, 1971 11000 customers
• 1972 B-Netz in Germany
– analog, 160MHz, connection setup from the fixed network too (but
location of the mobile station has to be known)
– available also in A, NL and LUX, 1979 13000 customers in D
• 1979 NMT at 450MHz (Scandinavian countries)
• 1982 Start of GSM-specification
– goal: pan-European digital mobile phone system with roaming
• 1983 Start of the American AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone
System, analog)
• 1984 CT-1 standard (Europe) for cordless telephones
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History of wireless communication III
• 1986 C-Netz in Germany
– analog voice transmission, 450MHz, hand-over possible, digital signaling,
automatic location of mobile device
– was in use until 2000, services: FAX, modem, X.25, e-mail, 98% coverage
• 1991 Specification of DECT
– Digital European Cordless Telephone (today: Digital Enhanced Cordless
Telecommunications)
– 1880-1900MHz, ~100-500m range, 120 duplex channels, 1.2Mbit/s data
transmission, voice encryption, authentication, up to several 10000
user/km2, used in more than 50 countries
• 1992 Start of GSM
– in D as D1 and D2, fully digital, 900MHz, 124 channels
– automatic location, hand-over, cellular
– roaming in Europe - now worldwide in more than 200 countries
– services: data with 9.6kbit/s, FAX, voice, ...
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History of wireless communication IV
• 1994 E-Netz in Germany
– GSM with 1800MHz, smaller cells
– as Eplus in D (1997 98% coverage of the population)
• 1996 HiperLAN (High Performance Radio Local Area
Network)
– ETSI, standardization of type 1: 5.15 - 5.30GHz, 23.5Mbit/s
– recommendations for type 2 and 3 (both 5GHz) and 4 (17GHz) as wireless
ATM-networks (up to 155Mbit/s)
• 1997 Wireless LAN - IEEE802.11
– IEEE standard, 2.4 - 2.5GHz and infrared, 2Mbit/s
– already many (proprietary) products available in the beginning
• 1998 Specification of GSM successors
– for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) as European
proposals for IMT-2000
– Iridium
• 66 satellites (+6 spare), 1.6GHz to the mobile phone
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History of wireless communication V
• 1999 Standardization of additional wireless LANs
– IEEE standard 802.11b, 2.4-2.5GHz, 11Mbit/s
– Bluetooth for piconets, 2.4GHz, <1Mbit/s
– decision about IMT-2000
• several “members” of a “family”: UMTS, cdma2000, DECT, …
– Start of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and i-mode
• first step towards a unified Internet/mobile communication system
• access to many services via the mobile phone
• 2000 GSM with higher data rates
– HSCSD offers up to 57,6kbit/s
– first GPRS trials with up to 50 kbit/s (packet oriented!)
– UMTS auctions/beauty contests
• Hype followed by disillusionment (50 B$ paid in Germany for 6 licenses!)
– Iridium goes bankrupt
• 2001 Start of 3G systems
– Cdma2000 in Korea, UMTS tests in Europe, Foma (almost UMTS) in Japan
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History of wireless communication VI
• 2002
– WLAN hot-spots start to spread
• 2003
– UMTS starts in Germany
– Start of DVB-T in Germany replacing analog TV
• 2005
– WiMax starts as DSL alternative (not mobile)
– first ZigBee products
• 2006
– HSDPA starts in Germany as fast UMTS download version offering > 3 Mbit/s
– WLAN draft for 250 Mbit/s (802.11n) using MIMO
– WPA2 mandatory for Wi-Fi WLAN devices
• 2007
– over 3.3 billion subscribers for mobile phones (NOT 3 bn people!)
• 2008
– “real” Internet widely available on mobile phones (standard browsers, decent data
rates)
– 7.2 Mbit/s HSDPA, 1.4 Mbit/s HSUPA available in Germany, more than 100 operators
support HSPA worldwide, first LTE tests (>100 Mbit/s)
• 2009 – the story continues with netbooks, iphones, VoIPoWLAN…
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Wireless systems: overview of the development
cellular phones satellites
wireless
LAN
cordless
phones
1992:
GSM
1994:
DCS 1800
2001:
IMT-2000
1987:
CT1+
1982:
Inmarsat-
A
1992:
Inmarsat-B
Inmarsat-M
1998:
Iridium
1989:
CT 2
1991:
DECT 199x:
proprietary
1997:
IEEE 802.11
1999:
802.11b, Bluetooth
1988:
Inmarsat-
C
analog
digital
1991:
D-AMPS
1991:
CDMA
1981:
NMT 450
1986:
NMT 900
1980:
CT0
1984:
CT1
1983:
AMPS
1993:
PDC
4G – fourth generation: when and how?
… rather an incremental deployment!
2000:
GPRS
2000:
IEEE 802.11a
200?:
Fourth Generation
(Internet based)
27. Quiz 3
• Which frequency is used for Wireless
LAN(Bluetooth, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Wifi HaLow,
LoRaWAN, WiMAX)?
A. SHF
B. UHF
C. VHF
D. VLF
E. EHF
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28. Quiz 4
• Which frequency is used for FM Radio?
A. SHF
B. UHF
C. VHF
D. VLF
E. EHF
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29. Quiz 5
• Which frequency is used for Mobile Networks
/ Cellular Network?
A. SHF
B. UHF
C. VHF
D. VLF
E. EHF
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30. Quiz 6
• Which frequency is used for RADAR?
A. SHF
B. UHF
C. VHF
D. VLF
E. EHF
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31. Quiz 7
• Which agency is responsible for worldwide
coordination of telecommunication activities
(wired and wireless)?
A. FCC
B. CEPT
C. ITU
D. ETSI
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32. Analog Vs Digital Data
• Data can be analog or digital.
• The term analog data refers to information that is continuous; digital data
refers to information that has discrete states.
• For example, an analog clock that has hour, minute, and second hands
gives information in a continuous form; the movements of the hands are
continuous. On the other hand, a digital clock that reports the hours and
the minutes will change suddenly from 8:05 to 8:06.
• Analog data, such as the sounds made by a human voice, take on
continuous values. When someone speaks, an analog wave is created in
the air. This can be captured by a microphone and converted to an analog
signal or sampled and converted to a digital signal.
• Digital data take on discrete values. For example, data are stored in
computer memory in the form of 0s and 1s. They can be converted to a
digital signal or modulated into an analog signal for transmission across a
medium.
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34. Periodic Vs Non-periodic Signal
• A periodic signal completes a pattern within a
measurable time frame, called a period, and repeats
that pattern over subsequent identical periods. The
completion of one full pattern is called a cycle.
• A non-periodic signal changes without exhibiting a
pattern or cycle that repeats over time.
• Both analog and digital signals can be periodic or non-
periodic.
• In data communications, we commonly use periodic
analog signals and non-periodic digital signals.
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35. Periodic Signal – Sine Wave
• sine wave can be represented by three
parameters: the peak amplitude, the
frequency, and the phase.
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36. Peak Amplitude
• The peak amplitude of a signal is the absolute
value of its highest intensity, proportional to
the energy it carries. For electric signals, peak
amplitude is normally measured in volts.
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37. Period and Frequency
• Period refers to the amount of time, in seconds, a
signal needs to complete 1 cycle.
• Frequency refers to the number of periods in 1 s.
• Note that period and frequency are just one
characteristic defined in two ways.
• Period is the inverse of frequency, and frequency is the
inverse of period, as the following formulas show.
• Period is formally expressed in seconds.
• Frequency is formally expressed in Hertz (Hz), which is
cycle per second.
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44. Quiz 4
• Which layer of ISO/OSI basic reference model
is responsible for the conversion of data, i.e.,
bits, into signals and vice versa?
A. Application
B. Transport
C. Network
D. Data Link
E. Physical
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45. Antenna
• Antennas couple electromagnetic energy to and from space to and
from a wire or coaxial cable (or any other appropriate conductor).
• In radio engineering, an antenna or aerial is the interface
between radio waves propagating through space and electric
currents moving in metal conductors, used with
a transmitter or receiver.
• In transmission, a radio transmitter supplies an electric current to
the antenna's terminals, and the antenna radiates the energy from
the current as electromagnetic waves (radio waves).
• In reception, an antenna intercepts some of the power of a radio
wave in order to produce an electric current at its terminals, that is
applied to a receiver to be amplified.
• Antennas are essential components of all radio equipment
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46. Basic Antenna’s
• Omnidirectional – Wipe Antenna Used in Car.
• Directional – Yagi-Uda Antenna Used in Home.
• Parabolic Antenna
• Cellular Antenna
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