Technical Seminar Topic:

40 GB Wi-Fi

By: Sumeer Singh Rana

 Table of Contents
● I. Introduction
● II. Governing Standards Body
● III. History
● IV. Specifications
● V. Privacy and Security
● VI. Interoperability and Support
● VII. Application of Standard
● VIII. Conclusion
 Wi-Fi
● Wi-Fi is trademarked name for popular
wireless technology that uses radio waves
to provide high-speed Internet and
network connections.
● The governing body that owns the term
Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi Alliance, defines it as any
WLAN (wireless area network) products
that are based on the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE)
802.11 standards.
The ultra-high 240GHz frequency is
required to push such heavy data,
which at 40Gbit/s is about 293x
faster than the theoretical
maximum of 802.11n (140Mbit/s),
and 47x faster than the current top-
end 802.11ac (866Mbit/s). Oh - and
it's also 6x faster than the future
802.11ad wireless standard
(7Gbit/s).
 Range :

The folks there have created a Wi-Fi

solution that uses "better hardware"
along with a high radio frequency of
240GHz to produce a constant
connection speed of 40Gbit/s (5GB/s) at
a distance of about 0.6 miles
 40GB wifi

● The governing body that owns the term Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi Alliance,
defines it as any WLAN (wireless area network) products that are
based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’
(IEEE) 802.11 standards.
 Governing Standards Body

● Formed in 1999
● Founding Companies:
● 3Com
● Aironet
● Harris Semi Conductor
● Lucent
● Symbol Technologies
● Nokia
 History of Wi-Fi
● In 1985 the FCC allowed the opening of several bands of
the wireless spectrum. Allowing those bands to be used
without government license.
● The bands were taken from the scientific, medical, and
industrial bands of the wireless spectrum.
● The FCC made these bands available for communication
purposes.
● Using spread spectrum technology, which spreads a
radio signal over wide range of frequencies they were
able to steer around interference from other equipment.
● When Ethernet became popular vendors came to the
realization that a wireless standard was best.
 History of Wi-Fi continued….
● In 1988, the NCR Corporation wanted to use the
unlicensed spectrum to hook up wireless cash register,
they looked into getting a standard started.
● Victor Hayes and Bruce Tuch were hired and they went
to the IEEE and created the committee known as 802.3.
 History of wifi

● Vendors took a while to agree on an acceptable

standard due to the fragmented market.
● In 1997 the committee agreed on a basic specification
that allowed for a data-transfer rate of two megabits
per second.
● Two technologies known as frequency hopping, and
direct-sequence transmission allowed for this data-
transfer rate.
In the early 2000s, many cities around
the world announced plans to
construct citywide Wi-Fi networks.
There are many successful examples;
in 2004, Mysore (Mysuru) became
India's first Wi-Fi-enabled city. A
company called WiFiyNet has set up
hotspots in Mysore, covering the
complete city and a few nearby
villages.
 History of Wi-Fi continued
● The new standard was finally published in 1997, and engineers
immediately began working on prototype equipment that was
compliant.
● Two variants 802.11b (operates in 2.4GHz band), and 802.11a
(operates in 5.8GHz band) were ratified in December 1999 and
January 2000 respectively.
● Companies soon began creating 802.11b companies arose.
● In August 1999 the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA)
was created with the intention to assure compatibility between
products from various vendors.
● A consumer friendly name was need for this new technology and
the term “Wi-Fi” came to be.
● Apple was the first to supply their computers with Wi-Fi slots on all
their laptops, thus sparking the mainstream penetration of Wi-Fi.
 Specifications

● 802.11a
● 802.11b
● 802.11g
● 802.11n
 Privacy and Security

● MAC Address Filtering

● WEP
● WPA
● WPA2
Radio spectrum

802.11b/g/n can use the 2.4 GHz ISM

band, operating in the United States
under Part 15 Rules and Regulations.
In this frequency band equipment may
occasionally suffer interference from
microwave ovens, cordless
telephones, USB 3.0 hubs, and
Bluetooth devices.
 Performance

Wi-Fi operational range depends on

factors such as the frequency band,
radio power output, receiver
sensitivity, antenna gain and
antenna type as well as the
modulation technique.
Transmitter power

To reach requirements for wireless

LAN applications, Wi-Fi has higher
power consumption compared to
some other standards designed to
support wireless personal area
network (PAN) applications.
Distance record

Distance records (using non-standard

devices) include 382 km (237 mi) in
June 2007, held by Ermanno
Pietrosemoli and EsLaRed of
Venezuela, transferring about 3 MB of
data between the mountain-tops of El
Águila and Platillon.
 Wireless connection

Wireless adapters allow devices to

connect to a wireless network. These
adapters connect to devices using
various external or internal
interconnects such as PCI, miniPCI,
USB, ExpressCard, Cardbus and PC
Card.
 Interoperability and Support

● Made for
Interoperability
● Many public locales
support Wi-Fi
 Application of Wi-Fi
● Many electronic devices use
Wi-Fi due to its simple
functions.

● Companies use Wi-Fi to create

wireless networks within their
company.

● Phone companies such as use

Wi-Fi Hot Spots for their users
to get free calling/internet
access.

● Gaming companies like

Nintendo use Wi-Fi to synch
their products and to use
global network usage.
 Conclusion

● The future is WiMax

● Can reach over 50km
in range and have a
maximum throughput
of 70 Mbps.