Course Name
IEEE 802.11 WiFi Training
Course Overview
This course on IEEE 802.11 WiFi training is designed for people who work on development, testing and verification of IEEE 802.11 protocol. Participants will learn the internals of IEEE 802.11 protocol that helps them with a much better understanding of their current IEEE 802.11 work.
Target Audience
- Professionals and Students who are working in Storage/Networking/IT Domain
- Developers, Testers/QA and Verification Engineers who are working on or keen to know IEEE 802.11
Fee, Schedule & Registration
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IEEE 802.11 WiFi Training Course Outline
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WLAN Network Basics WLAN network topology – Infrastructure Mode – Repeater Mode – Bridge Mode – Ad-hoc Mode Channel scanning and synchronization – Passive Scan – Active Scan Authentication and association – Open Authentication – Shared Key Authentication Data transfer mechanism |
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Physical Layer Technologies Radio channels and frequencies – Frequency Channel Allocation for 802.11a/b/g Modulation technologies – Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) PHY data rates used – 802.11b – 802 11a – 802 11g – 802 11n Improving data transfer:diversity and polarization – Antenna Diversity – Polarization |
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Protocol Architecture The Physical Medium Dependent Layer The Data Link Layer The Network Layer The Transport Layer |
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802.11 MAC Protocol Framing data to be transmitted – Management Frames – Control Frames – Data Frames Spacing between frames – Inter Frame Spaces (IFS) Avoiding collisions: carrier sensing – Physical Carrier Sensing – Virtual Carrier Sensing Avoiding collisions:the backoff algorithm |
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Security Protocols in WLANs Common WLAN Attacks – Passive Attacks: eavesdropping – PHY Layer attacks: RF Jamming – Active Attacks: hacking – Man in the Middle Attack WLAN Security Solutions – WEP-SharedKey – WPA-PSK – WPA-Open – Server Based Authentication – Server-based security: 802.1x / 802.11i |
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Advanced Topics in WLANs Load Balancing and Rate Adaptation – Load Balancing – Rate Adaptation (dynamic rate shifting) Power Management Roaming Quality of Service The next-generation WLAN: IEEE 802.11n |
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Wireless LAN Standards 802.11a – 54 Mbps standard, 5 GHz signaling (ratified 1999) 802.11b – 11 Mbps standard, 2.4 GHz signaling (1999) 11 Mbps standard, 2.4 GHz signaling (1999) 802.11c – operation of bridge connections (moved to 802.1) 802.11d – worldwide compliance with regulations for use of wireless signal spectrum (2001) 802 11e – Quality of Service (QoS) support (2005) 802.11f – Inter access point protocol to support roaming clients (2003) 802.11g – 54 Mbps standard, 2.4 GHz signaling (2003) 802.11h – Enhanced version of 802.11a to support European regulatory requirements (2003) 802.11i – Security improvements for the 802.11 family (2004) 802.11j – Enhancements to 5 GHz signaling to support Japan regulatory requirements (2004) requirements (2004) 802.11k – WLAN system management (in progress) 802.11l – Skipped to avoid confusion with 802.11i 802.11m – Maintenance of 802.11 family documentation 802.11n – Future 100+ Mbps standard (in progress) 802.11o – Voice over WLAN, faster handoff, prioritize voice traffic over data (in progress) 802.11p – Using 5.9GHz band for ITS (long range) (in progress) 802.11q – Support for VLAN (in progress) 802.11r – Handling fast handoff when roaming between APs (in progress) 802.11s – Self-healing/self-configuring mesh networks (in progress) 802.11t – Wireless Performance Prediction (in progress) 802.11u – Interworking with External Networks 802 11v – Wireless Network Management standard (in progress) 802.11w – Protected Management Frames standard (in progress) 802.11x – Summarize all 802.11 standards, but it is not a standard. 802.11y – Contention Based Protocol Study Group (in progress) |
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WLAN Testing Challenges and Test Metrics RF level testing Protocol Conformance Testing Protocol Conformance Testing Performance Testing Interoperability Testing Functional Testing Management/Data plane testing Management/Data plane testing Stress/Load Testing Scalability Testing Testing pp QoS support Testing security protocols VoIP over WLAN testing Testing Roaming Testing Rate Adaptation Testing Rate Adaptation Testing mixed mode networks Testing for protection against security attacks Deployment Testing, site survey |
