Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & BLE Physical Layers Training

• 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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