Wireless Personal Area Network Technologies / 802.15 ^TM

An advanced class covering the Wireless Personal Area Network standards that are most relevant to your next design project:
- Bluetooth (and 802.15.3)
- Wireless Multimedia (802.15.3)
- ZigBee (802.15.4)
- And their coexistence with 802.11 WLANs
  (802.15.2)

Course Description:
This course will provide the student with broad knowledge on current Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) standards, trends, issues and technologies. We have included content that is emerging from recent IEEE 802.15 WPAN working group meetings and letter ballots. These are critical topics for todays development projects.

Course length:
2 days

Audience:
This course is designed for students who are working on Wireless Personal Area Network products and services, or expect to be working on those projects soon. A student who is just beginning to work on WPAN projects will gain a full understanding of the entire set of WPAN standards.
 

This DoceoTech course was co-authored by Dr. James Gilb and Dr. Todor Cooklev, who are both founding members of 802.15.3. Dr. Gilb has been the technical editor of that standard since the founding of the task group, and is responsible for all future revisions of the standard. Dr. Gilb was chosen by the IEEE to author its reference book on 802.15.3, which is named Wireless Multimedia: A Guide to the IEEE 802.15.3 Standard. Dr. Cooklev was chosen by the IEEE to write their definitive book that covers all wireless standards, which is named Wireless Communication Standards: A Study of IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16.
 

Course Outline:

• Introduction to Wireless Personal Area Networks
  • WPAN Definition
  • Comparing WPAN and WLAN
  • Structure of 802 LAN/MAN standards committee
  • 802.15 Organization
  • 802 Standards development process
  • History of 802.15
• 802.15.1: The standardization of the Bluetooth ^TM specification
  • IEEE and the Bluetooth SIG
  • 802.15.1 applications
  • History of 802.15.1
  • Differences between 802.15.1 and Bluetooth
  • PHY details: Hopping channels, transmitter and receiver characteristics, radio implications
  • MAC details: Joining piconets, communications, power saving modes
  • 802.15.1a Updating to match Bluetooth 1.2
  • Bluetooth 2.0, Radio 2.0, UWB possibilities
• 802.15.2: Coexistence between 802.15.1 and 802.11
  • History of 802.15.2
  • The coexistence problem and solutions
  • Reduction in throughput
  • Scheduling transmissions
  • Adaptive frequency hopping
  • Current Status
• 802.15.3: Wireless Multimedia
  • Why a High-Rate Personal Area Network?
  • 802.15.3 Applications
  • Simple, ad hoc connections
  • Assurance of Privacy
  • Piconet Controllers and Devices
  • Four Types of Piconets
  • Forming a Piconet, with association and authentication
  • Channel Time Allocations
  • 802.15.3 addressing
  • CSMA vs Slotted Aloha
  • Power Management
  • Higher Layers above 802.15.3
  • 2.4 GHz PHY, with five data rates
  • 802.15.3a High-rate Alternate PHY
  • UltraWideband
  • Direct Sequence UWB and the UWB Forum
  • Multiband OFDM and the WiMedia Alliance
  • 802.15.3c:  Millimeter Wave Alternate PHY
• 802.15.4: Low cost, low power, low bit rate
  • History of 802.15.4
  • 802.15.4 Applications
  • MAC architecture and functionality
  • PHYs available
  • 802.15.4a Next generation PHY
  • 802.15.4b Updates to the standard
  • The role of the ZigBee Alliance

ZigBee is a trademark of the ZigBee Alliance