SEMINAR ON WI-FI , WLAN AND UMTS

Presented By: Hemant Kumar(1705433)

What is Wi-Fi?
Wi-Fi i.e. Wireless Fidelity is a wireless technology that uses radio frequency to transmit data through the air.

Wi-Fi refers to a type of Ethernet specified under the IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11b Standards operating in the 5-and 2.4-GHz frequency bands respectively.

History
IEEE established the 802.11 Group in 1990. Initial speeds were 1 and 2 Mbps IEEE modified the standard in 1999 to include 802.11 a and b 802.11g was added in 2003 802.11b equipment was first available, then a,followed by g

Why Wi-Fi?
Setup Cost Reduced cabling required Flexibility Quick and easy to setup in temprorary or permanent space Freedom You can work from any location that you can get a signal The current version of Wi-Fi Protected Access encryption (WPA2) is not easily defeated Mobile Users Can access the Corporate network from any public hotspot

Disadvantages
It is prone to interference from other devices (microwave ovens, cordless phones, etc) and also has security disadvantages It limits to the number of access points in range of each other Spectrum assignments and operational limitations are not consistent worldwide There is no physical barrier to the interception of the signals

Future Scope
The 802.11a Wi-Fi standard is expected to replace the current 802.11b. 802.11a units offer throughput thats five to ten times faster than todays Wi-Fi Frequency band is free of interference from HomeRF, microwave ovens, cordless phones and other gear that can impede communications in the current 2.4GHz band.

What is WLAN?
A wireless local area network (LAN) is a flexible data communications system implemented as an extension to, or as an alternative for, a wired LAN. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, wireless LANs transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for wired connections.

Why Wireless LAN?

With public wireless networks, users can access the internet even outside their normal work environment Users connected to a wireless network can maintain a nearly constant affiliation with their desired network as they move from place to place Wireless networks can serve a suddenly-increased number of clients with the existing equipment. Savings in cost

Disadvantages
Small Range use of repeators increase cost Less Security because of no physical Barrier Like any radio frequency transmission, wireless networking signals are subject to a wide variety of interferennce The speed on most wireless networks (typically 1108 Mbit/s) is reasonably slow compared to the slowest common wired networks (100 Mbit/s up to several Gbit/s).

What is UMTS?
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications technologies, which is also being developed into a 4G technology. The most common form of UMTS uses WCDMA as the underlying air interface. UMTS, using W-CDMA, supports up to 21 Mbit/s data transfer rates

Why UMTS?
Always-on Personalised

Location aware
Real-time and flexible Greater range of enriched multimedia services Higher data rates for a greater number of users

Disadvantages
United States and Japan, have allocated spectrum differently from the ITU recommendations Compared to GSM, UMTS networks initially required a higher base station density Problems with handover from UMTS to GSM Different Spectrum leads to different Equipments

Applications
Internet services - Internet Web pages browsing by Mobile Devices Location services Finder Multimedia messaging Picture messaging Video messaging Banking Games Animated Chat Downloads

Future Scope of UMTS

Video Conferencing to be made easier Adopting recent advances in the Internet arena and in UMTS by exploring applicability of native internet protocols Handover from UMTS to GSM will be easier The telephony services will be combined with inherent capabilities of UMTS satellites like wide area coverage, broadcasting, and location determination.

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