Garis besar topik

  • Wireless Transmission

    This chapter introduces only those fundamental aspects of wireless transmission which are necessary to understand the problems of higher layers and the complexity needed to handle transmission impairments. Wherever appropriate, the reader is referred to literature giving a deeper insight into the topic. To avoid too many details blurring the overall picture, this chapter sometimes simplifies the real-world characteristics of wireless transmission.

    Medium Access Control (MAC)

    This chapter aims to explain why special MACs are needed in the wireless domain and why standard MAC schemes known from wired networks often fail. (In contrast to wired networks, hidden and exposed terminals or near and far terminals present serious problems here.)