Tutorial of draft standard D3.0 of IEEE P802.11

March 1996doc.: IEEE P802.11-96/49C802.11 Tutorial March 96802.11 Tutorial802.11 MAC Entity:MAC Basic Access MechanismPrivacy and Access ControlCopyright ©1996 IEEE, All rights reserved. This contains parts from an unapproved draft, subject to change 1802.11 Tutorial March 96802.11 Protocol EntitiesLLCMAC LayerManagementMACMACSublayer StationManagementPHY LayerPLCP SublayerManagementPHYPMD SublayerCopyright ©1996 IEEE, All rights reserved. This contains parts from an unapproved draft, subject to change 21 Wim Diepstraten, Lucent TechnologiesSubmissionPhil Belanger Aironet Wireless Communications1March 1996doc.: IEEE P802.11-96/49C802.11 Tutorial March 96Main Requirements• Single MAC to support multiple PHYs.– Support single and multiple channel PHYs.– and PHYs with different Medium Sense characteristics• Should allow overlap of multiple networks in thesame area and channel space.– Need to be able to share the medium.– Allow re-use of the same medium.• Need to be Robust for Interference.– Microwave interferers– Other un-licensed spectrum users– Co-channel interference• Need mechanisms to deal with Hidden Nodes.• Need provisions for Time Bounded Services.• Need provisions for Privacy and Access Control.Copyright ©1996 IEEE, All rights reserved. This contains parts from an unapproved draft, subject to change 3802.11 Tutorial March 96Basic Access Protocol Features• Use Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) for efficient ...