Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training

Onsite Training: M2M, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zig Bee, IoT
  • Course:Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training
  • Course ID:PHY-WIBLUE Duration:2-4 days Where: Your Office (7+ Persons)
  • Available as a private, customized course for your group at your offices or ours and in some cases as a WebLive(TM) class.

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Course Outline

  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 1: Introduction
    • Course objectives and overview
    • A close look at the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands
      • FCC regulations (transmit power level, EIRP)
      • Devices that use this band
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 2: IEEE 802.11 Physical Layers
    • IEEE 802.11 working group and specification
    • IEEE 802.11 physical layers
    • High level architecture and protocol stack
    • How devices connect to a Wi-Fi network
    • Carrier Sensing Multiple Access – Collision Avoidance (CSMA-CA)
    • Channel numbers and channel bandwidth: 2.4 and 5 GHz bands; primary and secondary channels
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 3: IEEE 802.11b Physical Layer
    • Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
    • Channel bandwidths
    • IEEE 802.11b data rates
    • How to disable IEEE 802.11b
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 4: IEEE 802.11g Physical Layer
    • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDM)
      • Advantages
      • Subcarrier allocation
    • Major components of an 802.11g transmitter
      • Binary Convolutional Coders
      • Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCS)
      • Cyclic prefix / Guard Interval (GI)
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 5: IEEE 802.11n Physical Layer
    • Extending the functionality of IEEE 802.11g OFDM
      • Wider channels
      • IEEE 802.11n subcarrier allocation
      • Low Density Parity Check Coders (LDPC)
      • Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCS)
      • Shorter Cyclic prefix / Guard Interval (GI)
    • MIMO
      • Spatial Multiplexing (SM)
      • Space Time Block coding (STBC)
    • Physical header packet header
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 6: Bluetooth Physical Layer
    • Bluetooth SIG
    • Bluetooth specifications
    • High level architecture and protocol stack
    • Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
    • Channel numbers and channel bandwidth
    • How devices connect to a Bluetooth network
      • Legacy Bluetooth BR/EDR
      • Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE)
    • Major components of a Bluetooth radio
      • Modulation
      • Forward Error Correction (FEC)
      • Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ)
    • Physical links
      • Asynchronous Connectionless (ACL)
      • Synchronous Connection-Orientated (SCO)
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 7: Bluetooth Low Energy
    • Power optimization techniques
    • Architecture and protocol stack overview
    • Adaptive frequency hopping
    • Channel numbers and channel bandwidth
    • Modulation
    • Power modes consumption
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 8: Radio Propagation and Range
    • Link budgets
      • Maximum available path loss
      • Fade margin
    • Decibels
    • Multipath
      • Reflections, refraction, absorption
      • Delay spread
      • Impact on RSSI
    • Radio performance mechanisms
      • Diversity
      • Equalization
      • Error correction
    • Receiver sensitivity
    • Antennas
      • Radiation patterns
    • Wi-Fi channel planning
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 9: Coexistence in the Unlicensed Frequency Bands
    • Other devices in the 2.4 and 5.0 GHz bands
    • Characteristics of Bluetooth interference
    • Characteristics of Wi-Fi interference
    • How Bluetooth and Wi-Fi coexist
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 10: Higher Wi-Fi Protocols (of your choice) in Brief
    • IEEE 802.11ac Very High Throughput
      • Beamforming
      • MU-MIMO
    • IEEE 802.11ax High Efficiency WLAN
      • OFDMA
    • Other IEEE 802.11 Protocols
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 11: Internet of Things (IoT)
    • Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications
    • Internet of Things (IoT)
    • IoT applications
    • IoT-enabling technologies
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training Part 12: Lab Exercises to Understand the RF Environment in Which Your Products Operate
    • Hands-on lab using inSSIDer (freeware), a Wi-Fi network visualization tool: The objective of this lab is to use a Wi-Fi analysis tool to visualize Wi-Fi in use in the immediate vicinity and understand how Wi-Fi CCI (Co Channel Interference) and Wi-Fi ACI (Adjacent Channel Interference) can impact the operation of your devices
    • Demo of Chanelyzer, an interference analysis tool
    • Demo of advanced Wi-Fi tools such as Ekahau (which offers interference analytic, predictive, and measurement capabilities) and Eye PA (a frame capture software).
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training: Course Recap and Q/A

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