WiFi Foundations 101 Rick Murphy
Modules
Introduction: Wifi Foundations
Chapter 1: Top 10 "Must Knows" Of WLAN
Lessons
Chapter 2: Review Of Regulations, Standards, And Compliance Organizations
Lessons
- Part 1 – Regulatory Bodies, Compatibility Organizations
- Part 2 – OSI Model continued, Basic Service Set, Standards Organizations, IEEE Working Groups, 802.11 Amendments
- Part 3 – 802.11 Amendment Overview, FHSS, DSSS, DRS
- Part 4 – OFDM Continued, ERP, HT, VHT
- Part 5 – Cell size, Amendment Review, DFS/TPC, WPA/WPA2, QoS, WMM, Fast Roaming, RRM, Wireless HDMI
- Part 6 – Cell size, Amendment Review, DFS/TPC, WPA/WPA2, QoS, WMM, Fast Roaming, RRM, Wireless HDMI
Chapter 3: Clients, APs, Bridges, And Repeaters
Lessons
- Part 1 – Stations Types, Configuration Utilities, SNR, Client Configurable Options, Power Management
- Part 2 – Client Configurable Options Continued, Radios, Client STA Capabilities, Client Devices
- Part 3 – Client Devices Continued, Access Point Stations, Bridge and Repeater Stations
- Part 4 – Point – to – Point Bridging, Point – to – Multipoint PTMP Bridging, Wi-Fi Repeaters
Chapter 4: "The Physical Layer"
Lessons
- Part 1 – Antenna Types, Passive Gain, Refraction, Gain/Loss, Elevation/Azimuth, IR, EIRP, RF Math Terms, RF Characteristics
- Part 2 – RF Characteristics Continued, Inverse Square Law, Frequency, Wavelength, Amplitude, Phase, Modulation, Signaling Techniques, BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM
- Part 3 – Signaling Techniques Continued, RF Math, Rule of 10’s, Rule of 3’s, RF Power Conversion, WLAN Power Level Settings Free Preview
- Part 4 – Examples of Rules of 3’s and 10’s, Diffusion, Absorption, Reflection, Scattering
- Part 5 – Multipath Reflecting, WiFi Bands and Channels 2.4GHz and 5 GHz
- Part 6 – Wi-Fi Bands and Channels, Modulation and Error Correction, Signal vs. Noise, Interference
- Part 7 – SNR Simulations, Transmission Rates, 802.11n- HT, Multiple Input Multiple Output
- Part 8 – Channel Bonding, Channel Simulator
- Part 9 – MIMO Continued, Channel Bonding, 802.11n MCS
- Part 10 – 802.11ac – VHT, TGac Enhancements, New 5 GHz Channels
- Part 11 – 802.11ac Continued, 802.11ac MCS Chart, Spectrum Analysis
Chapter 5: “The Data Link Layer”
Lessons
- Part 1 – Fair Access: Sharing the Medium, Collision Avoidance, Distributed Coordination Function
- Part 2 – DCF Procedure Animation
- Part 3 – DCF Continued
- Part 4 – Throughput Performance Test Tool
- Part 5 – Frame Forwarding
- Part 6 – 802.11 Frames
- Part 7 – Frames Continued
- Part 8 – Frame Types Continued
- Part 9 – Joining a WLAN Service Set, WLAN Mobility
- Part 10 – 802.11e QoS, 802.11n MAC Enhancements