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Mobile computing unit 1 | PPTX
UNIT - 1




Instructor :- Rajveer Singh
College:- Invertis Institute of engineering and management.
   Introduction of Mobile Computing
   Issues in mobile computing
   Overview of wireless telephony: cellular
    concept
   GSM (channel structure, location management: HLR-VLR,
    hierarchical, handoffs)
   CDMA, GPRS.
   Accessing a network or other communication partner
    without using wire.




   The wire is replaced by the       transmission   of
    electromagnetic waves/signals.
    Fixed & Wired
1.    Desktop computer in an office
2.    The devices use fixed networks for performance reasons.
    Mobile & Wired
1.    Users carry the laptop from one hotel to the next,
      reconnecting to the company’s network via the telephone
      network and a modem.



                                                    Laptop
Fixed Phone


                    Modem
   Fixed & Wireless

Example:- Ad-hoc networks (in trade show)
   Mobile & Wireless

Example:- GSM/CDMA System
   Wireless systems operate by transmission
    through space.

   Major problems:-
   The channel over which communication takes place is time
    varying (nodes move rapidly).

   Interference between multiple users using a common
    communication medium.
   Mobile (eg. cell phones, radio transceivers mounted
    on cars, aircrafts, etc)

                         Or

   Stationary (eg. base stations(BTS/BS) of cellular
    networks).
   Signals are physical representation of data.

   In a communication system, Data is exchanged through
    signals.

   Physical Layer of ISO/OSI reference model converts the
    data(bits), into signals, and vice-versa.

   In a wireless channel, signals are transmitted via
    electromagnetic radiations which are analog in nature.
Fig. A Simple Wireless Network Model
   The most interesting types of signals for radio transmission
    are periodic signals, especially sine waves as carriers.

   The general function of a sine wave is:
            g(t) = At sin(2 π ftt + φt)

    Signal    parameters      are:-   amplitude      At,    the
    frequency ft, and the phase shift φt.
Third figure shows the amplitude M of a signal and its phase φ in polar coordinates.
(The length of the vector represents the amplitude, the angle the phase shift.)
   Transmission range
• communication possible
• low error rate
   Detection range
•detection of the signal possible
• no communication possible
   Interference range
• signal may not be detected
•signal adds to the background
   noise
    Propagation in free space always like light (straight line)
    Receiving power proportional to 1/d² in vacuum – much
     more in real environments (d = distance between sender and
     receiver)Receiving power additionally influenced by:-

1.    shadowing
2.    reflection at large obstacles
3.    refraction depending on the density of a medium
4.    scattering at small obstacles
5.    diffraction at edges
1. An extreme form of signal’s attenuation is blocking or shadowing of radio
   signals due to large obstacles.

2. If an object is large compared to the wavelength of the signal, e.g., huge
   buildings, the signal is reflected.

3. Refraction:- The velocity of the electromagnetic waves depends on the density
   of the medium through which it travels.

4. If the size of an obstacle is in the order of the wavelength or less, then waves can
   be scattered. An incoming signal is scattered into several weaker outgoing
   signals.
   In free space radio signals propagate as light does, i.e., they
    follow a straight line.

   Even if no matter exists between the sender and the receiver
    (i.e., if there is a vacuum), the signal still experiences the free
    space loss.

   The received power Pr is proportional to 1/d2 with d being
    the distance between sender and receiver.

                       S = 4*Π *d2
Signal can take many different paths between
sender and receiver due to reflection, scattering,
diffraction, etc..
  Channel characteristics change over time and location
• signal paths change
• different delay variations of different signal parts
• different phases of signal parts
• quick changes in the power received (short term fading)

   Additional changes in

• obstacles further away
• slow changes in the average
power received long term fading
  Multiplexing in 4 dimensions
• space (si)
• time (t)
• frequency (f)
• code (c)

   Goal: multiple use of a shared medium

   Important: guard spaces needed
   Separation of the whole spectrum into smaller frequency
    bands.
   A channel gets a certain band of the spectrum for the whole
    time.

Advantages
      no dynamic coordination
      necessary
      works also for analog signals

Disadvantages
    waste of bandwidth
    if the traffic is distributed unevenly inflexible
Fig. Frequency division multiplexing (FDM)
   This scheme is used for radio stations within the same
    region, where each radio station has its own frequency.


   Assigning a separate frequency for each possible
    communication scenario would be a tremendous waste of
    (scarce) frequency resources.


   The fixed assignment of a frequency to a sender makes the
    scheme very inflexible and limits the number of senders.
   A channel gets the whole spectrum for a certain
    amount of time.

   Advantages
• only one carrier in the medium at any time
• throughput high even for many users

   Disadvantages
• precise synchronization necessary
Fig. Time division multiplexing (TDM)
   Combination of both methods
   A channel gets a certain frequency band for a
    certain amount of time

Example: GSM Network

Advantages
• better protection against tapping
• protection against frequency selective interference
but: precise coordination required
   Two senders will interfere as soon as they select the same
   frequency at the same time.
Fig. Frequency and time division multiplexing combined
   Each channel has a unique code
   All channels use the same spectrum at the same time

   Advantages
• bandwidth efficient
• no coordination and synchronization necessary
• good protection against interference and tapping

   Disadvantages
• varying user data rates
• more complex signal regeneration

   Implemented using spread spectrum technology
Fig. Code division multiplexing (CDM)
   Each channel assigned a fixed space.

Example:-
 In highway each lane for each car.
 Many radio stations around the world can use the same
  frequency without interference.
Fig. Space Division Multiplexing
   Modulation is the process of facilitating the transfer of
    information over a medium.

                          or


   The process of converting information (voice) so that it can
    be successfully sent through a medium (wire or radio
    waves) is called modulation.
    Digital modulation is required if digital data has to be
     transmitted over a medium (wireless) that only allows for
     analog transmission.

    In wireless networks, digital transmission cannot be used.

    So, the binary bit-stream has to be translated into an analog
     signal(Baseband Signal) first.

    The three basic methods for this translation are.
1.      Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
2.      Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
3.      Phase Shift Keying (PSK).
   Modulation of digital signals known as Shift Keying.

   All the techniques vary a parameter (amplitude, phase, or
    frequency) of a sinusoid to represent the information which we
    wish to send.

   Modulation is a process of mapping such that it takes the voice
    signals, converts it into some aspect of sine wave and then
    transmit the sine wave, leaving behind the actual voice.

   The sine wave on receiver side remapped back to a near copy of
    original voice.
   Sine wave is called carrier wave.
    Wireless transmission requires an additional modulation, an
     analog modulation, it shifts the center frequency of the
     baseband signal generated by the digital modulation up to
     the radio carrier, so that it can be sent to the receiver.

    Three types of analog modulation:-
1.    Amplitude Modulation(AM)
2.    Phase Modulation(PM)
3.    Frequency Modulation(FM)
   The two binary values, 1 and 0, are represented by two
    different amplitudes.
   Very simple
   Low bandwidth requirements
   Very susceptible to interference
   Needs larger bandwidth.

   The simplest form of FSK, also called Binary FSK (BFSK), assigns one
    frequency f1 to the binary 1 and another frequency f2 to the binary 0.

   To avoid sudden changes in phase, special frequency modulators with
    continuous phase modulation, (CPM) can be used. Sudden changes in
    phase cause high frequencies, which is an undesired side-effect.
   PSK uses shifts in the phase of a signal to represent data.
   A phase shift of 180° as the 0 follows the 1 (the same
    happens as the 1 follows the 0).
   It is also called Binary PSK (BPSK).
   More complex.
   Robust against interference.
   A famous FSK scheme used in many wireless systems is
    minimum shift keying (MSK).


   MSK is basically BFSK without abrupt phase changes, i.e., it
    belongs to CPM.
   Data bits are separated into even and odd bits.

   The duration of each bit being doubled.

   The scheme also uses two frequencies:

               f1 - the lower frequency
               f2 - the higher frequency

                   Such that:- f2 = 2f1
   If the even and the odd bit are both 0, then the higher
    frequency f2 is inverted.
   If the even bit is 1, the odd bit 0, then the lower frequency f1
    is inverted.
   If the even bit is 0 and the odd bit is 1, f1 is taken without
    changing the phase.
   If both bits are 1 then the original f2 is taken.
                       Even Bit   Odd Bit   Frequency

                          0         0         `F2
                          1         0         `F1
                          0         1          F1
                          1         1          F2
 Spreading the bandwidth needed to transmit data.
 Advantage:-
  Resistance to narrowband interference.
  Many users can simultaneously use the same bandwidth
   without significantly interfering with one another.




Power Density            Idealized narrowband signal from a sender of user data

           Narrow Band Signal
   Since narrowband interference effects only a small portion of
    the spread spectrum signal.


   Narrowband interference can easily be removed through
    notch filtering without much loss of information.


   Resistance to multipath fading is another advantage.
   Spreads the signal i.e., convert the narrowband signal into a
    broadband signal.
   The power level of the spread signal can be much lower than
    that of the original narrowband signal without losing data.
   Power density is same in both figure (i & ii).
   During transmission, narrowband       and         broadband
    interference add to the signal.




                            Narrowband Interference

                           Broadband Interference
                            User Signal
   Receiver now dispread the signal, converting the spread user
    signal into a narrowband signal again, while spreading the
    narrowband interference and leaving the broadband
    interference.
   Receiver applies a band-pass filter to cut off frequencies left
    and right of the narrowband signal.
   Receiver can reconstruct the original data because the power
    level of the user signal is high enough, than the remaining
    interference.
    Spreading the spectrum can be achieved in two different ways:-




1.    Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum(DSSS)


2.    Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum(FHSS)
    Take a user bit stream and perform an (XOR) with a so-called
        chipping sequence.

       User bit has a duration   tb
Chipping sequence has a duration      tc
   The spreading factor s   = tb/tc determines the bandwidth of
    the resulting signal.

   If the original signal needs a bandwidth w, the resulting
    signal needs s·w after spreading.

   Example a user signal with a bandwidth of 1 MHz. Spreading
    with the above 11-chip Barker code would result in a signal
    with 11 MHz bandwidth.

   The radio carrier then shifts this signal to the carrier
    frequency. This signal is then transmitted.
   The first step in the receiver involves demodulating the
    received signal.

   This is achieved using the same carrier as the transmitter
    reversing the modulation and results in a signal with
    approximately the same bandwidth as the original spread
    spectrum signal.
   User Data                                       01
   11-chip Barker code                        10110111000
   Results in the spread ‘signal’    1011011100001001000111
   On the receiver side, this ‘signal’ is XORed bit-wise after
    demodulation with the same Barker code as chipping
    sequence.
   This results in the sum of products equal to 0 for the first bit
    and to 11 for the second bit.
   The decision unit can now map the first sum (=0) to a binary
    0, the second sum (=11) to a binary 1 – this constitutes the
    original user data.
   Total available bandwidth is split into many channels of
    smaller bandwidth plus guard spaces between the channels.

   Transmitter and receiver stay on one of these channels for a
    certain time and then hop to another channel.

   This system implements FDM and TDM.

   The pattern of channel usage is called the hopping sequence.

   The time spend on a channel with a certain frequency is
    called the dwell time.
   FHSS comes in two variants, slow and fast hopping.
Slow Hopping:-
 The transmitter uses one frequency for several bit periods.
 Example:-    3 bits/hop

Fast Hopping:-
 The transmitter changes the frequency several times during
  the transmission of a single bit. 3 Hops/bit

Example of an FHSS system is Bluetooth.
 Bluetooth performs 1,600 hops per second and uses 79 hop
  carriers equally spaced with 1 MHz in the 2.4 GHz ISM band.
   Implements space division multiplex.

   Base station covers a certain transmission area (cell).

   Mobile stations communicate only via the base station.

Advantages of cell structures
 Higher capacity, higher number of users
 Less transmission power needed
 More robust, decentralized
 Base station deals with interference, transmission area etc.
  locally.
Problems
 Fixed network needed for the base stations
 Handover (changing from one cell to another) necessary
 Interference with other cells.



   Cell sizes from some 100 m in cities to, e.g., 35 km on the
    rural area.
   Frequency reuse only with a certain distance between the
    base stations.
   Standard model using 7 frequencies:-
   Higher capacity:-Implementing SDM allows frequency
    reuse. If one transmitter is far away from another, i.e.,
    outside the interference range, it can reuse the same
    frequencies.

   Less transmission power:- A receiver far away from a base
    station would need much more transmit power.

   Local interference only:- Long distances between sender
    and receiver results in even more interference problems.

   Robustness:- Cellular systems are decentralized and so,
    more robust against the failure of single components.
   Infrastructure needed:- Cellular systems need a complex
    infrastructure to connect all base stations.


   Handover needed:- The mobile station has to perform a
    handover when changing from one cell to another.


   Frequency planning:- To avoid interference between
    transmitters using the same frequencies, frequencies have to
    be distributed carefully.
Fixed frequency assignment: GSM
 Certain frequencies are assigned to a certain cell
 Problem: different traffic load in different cells.
 Cells with more traffic are dynamically allotted more
   frequencies. This scheme is known as borrowing channel
   allocation (BCA).

Dynamic frequency assignment:
 Base station chooses frequencies depending on the
  frequencies already used in neighbor cells.
 More capacity in cells with more traffic.
 Assignment     can also be based on interference
  measurements.
   In CDM, users are separated through the code they use, not
    through the frequency.

   Cell planning faces another problem – the cell size depends
    on the current load.

   Accordingly, CDM cells are commonly said to ‘breathe’.

   While a cell can cover a larger area under a light load, it
    shrinks if the load increases.

   The reason for this is the growing noise level if more users
    are in a cell.
Mobile computing unit 1
Mobile computing unit 1

Mobile computing unit 1

  • 1.
    UNIT - 1 Instructor:- Rajveer Singh College:- Invertis Institute of engineering and management.
  • 2.
    Introduction of Mobile Computing  Issues in mobile computing  Overview of wireless telephony: cellular concept  GSM (channel structure, location management: HLR-VLR, hierarchical, handoffs)  CDMA, GPRS.
  • 3.
    Accessing a network or other communication partner without using wire.  The wire is replaced by the transmission of electromagnetic waves/signals.
  • 4.
    Fixed & Wired 1. Desktop computer in an office 2. The devices use fixed networks for performance reasons.
  • 5.
    Mobile & Wired 1. Users carry the laptop from one hotel to the next, reconnecting to the company’s network via the telephone network and a modem. Laptop Fixed Phone Modem
  • 6.
    Fixed & Wireless Example:- Ad-hoc networks (in trade show)
  • 7.
    Mobile & Wireless Example:- GSM/CDMA System
  • 8.
    Wireless systems operate by transmission through space.  Major problems:-  The channel over which communication takes place is time varying (nodes move rapidly).  Interference between multiple users using a common communication medium.
  • 9.
    Mobile (eg. cell phones, radio transceivers mounted on cars, aircrafts, etc) Or  Stationary (eg. base stations(BTS/BS) of cellular networks).
  • 10.
    Signals are physical representation of data.  In a communication system, Data is exchanged through signals.  Physical Layer of ISO/OSI reference model converts the data(bits), into signals, and vice-versa.  In a wireless channel, signals are transmitted via electromagnetic radiations which are analog in nature.
  • 11.
    Fig. A SimpleWireless Network Model
  • 12.
    The most interesting types of signals for radio transmission are periodic signals, especially sine waves as carriers.  The general function of a sine wave is: g(t) = At sin(2 π ftt + φt) Signal parameters are:- amplitude At, the frequency ft, and the phase shift φt.
  • 13.
    Third figure showsthe amplitude M of a signal and its phase φ in polar coordinates. (The length of the vector represents the amplitude, the angle the phase shift.)
  • 14.
    Transmission range • communication possible • low error rate  Detection range •detection of the signal possible • no communication possible  Interference range • signal may not be detected •signal adds to the background noise
  • 15.
    Propagation in free space always like light (straight line)  Receiving power proportional to 1/d² in vacuum – much more in real environments (d = distance between sender and receiver)Receiving power additionally influenced by:- 1. shadowing 2. reflection at large obstacles 3. refraction depending on the density of a medium 4. scattering at small obstacles 5. diffraction at edges
  • 16.
    1. An extremeform of signal’s attenuation is blocking or shadowing of radio signals due to large obstacles. 2. If an object is large compared to the wavelength of the signal, e.g., huge buildings, the signal is reflected. 3. Refraction:- The velocity of the electromagnetic waves depends on the density of the medium through which it travels. 4. If the size of an obstacle is in the order of the wavelength or less, then waves can be scattered. An incoming signal is scattered into several weaker outgoing signals.
  • 17.
    In free space radio signals propagate as light does, i.e., they follow a straight line.  Even if no matter exists between the sender and the receiver (i.e., if there is a vacuum), the signal still experiences the free space loss.  The received power Pr is proportional to 1/d2 with d being the distance between sender and receiver. S = 4*Π *d2
  • 18.
    Signal can takemany different paths between sender and receiver due to reflection, scattering, diffraction, etc..
  • 19.
     Channelcharacteristics change over time and location • signal paths change • different delay variations of different signal parts • different phases of signal parts • quick changes in the power received (short term fading)  Additional changes in • obstacles further away • slow changes in the average power received long term fading
  • 20.
     Multiplexingin 4 dimensions • space (si) • time (t) • frequency (f) • code (c)  Goal: multiple use of a shared medium  Important: guard spaces needed
  • 21.
    Separation of the whole spectrum into smaller frequency bands.  A channel gets a certain band of the spectrum for the whole time. Advantages  no dynamic coordination  necessary  works also for analog signals Disadvantages  waste of bandwidth  if the traffic is distributed unevenly inflexible
  • 22.
    Fig. Frequency divisionmultiplexing (FDM)
  • 23.
    This scheme is used for radio stations within the same region, where each radio station has its own frequency.  Assigning a separate frequency for each possible communication scenario would be a tremendous waste of (scarce) frequency resources.  The fixed assignment of a frequency to a sender makes the scheme very inflexible and limits the number of senders.
  • 24.
    A channel gets the whole spectrum for a certain amount of time.  Advantages • only one carrier in the medium at any time • throughput high even for many users  Disadvantages • precise synchronization necessary
  • 25.
    Fig. Time divisionmultiplexing (TDM)
  • 26.
    Combination of both methods  A channel gets a certain frequency band for a certain amount of time Example: GSM Network Advantages • better protection against tapping • protection against frequency selective interference but: precise coordination required Two senders will interfere as soon as they select the same frequency at the same time.
  • 27.
    Fig. Frequency andtime division multiplexing combined
  • 28.
    Each channel has a unique code  All channels use the same spectrum at the same time  Advantages • bandwidth efficient • no coordination and synchronization necessary • good protection against interference and tapping  Disadvantages • varying user data rates • more complex signal regeneration  Implemented using spread spectrum technology
  • 29.
    Fig. Code divisionmultiplexing (CDM)
  • 30.
    Each channel assigned a fixed space. Example:-  In highway each lane for each car.  Many radio stations around the world can use the same frequency without interference.
  • 31.
    Fig. Space DivisionMultiplexing
  • 32.
    Modulation is the process of facilitating the transfer of information over a medium. or  The process of converting information (voice) so that it can be successfully sent through a medium (wire or radio waves) is called modulation.
  • 33.
    Digital modulation is required if digital data has to be transmitted over a medium (wireless) that only allows for analog transmission.  In wireless networks, digital transmission cannot be used.  So, the binary bit-stream has to be translated into an analog signal(Baseband Signal) first.  The three basic methods for this translation are. 1. Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) 2. Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) 3. Phase Shift Keying (PSK).
  • 34.
    Modulation of digital signals known as Shift Keying.  All the techniques vary a parameter (amplitude, phase, or frequency) of a sinusoid to represent the information which we wish to send.  Modulation is a process of mapping such that it takes the voice signals, converts it into some aspect of sine wave and then transmit the sine wave, leaving behind the actual voice.  The sine wave on receiver side remapped back to a near copy of original voice.  Sine wave is called carrier wave.
  • 35.
    Wireless transmission requires an additional modulation, an analog modulation, it shifts the center frequency of the baseband signal generated by the digital modulation up to the radio carrier, so that it can be sent to the receiver.  Three types of analog modulation:- 1. Amplitude Modulation(AM) 2. Phase Modulation(PM) 3. Frequency Modulation(FM)
  • 38.
    The two binary values, 1 and 0, are represented by two different amplitudes.  Very simple  Low bandwidth requirements  Very susceptible to interference
  • 39.
    Needs larger bandwidth.  The simplest form of FSK, also called Binary FSK (BFSK), assigns one frequency f1 to the binary 1 and another frequency f2 to the binary 0.  To avoid sudden changes in phase, special frequency modulators with continuous phase modulation, (CPM) can be used. Sudden changes in phase cause high frequencies, which is an undesired side-effect.
  • 40.
    PSK uses shifts in the phase of a signal to represent data.  A phase shift of 180° as the 0 follows the 1 (the same happens as the 1 follows the 0).  It is also called Binary PSK (BPSK).  More complex.  Robust against interference.
  • 41.
    A famous FSK scheme used in many wireless systems is minimum shift keying (MSK).  MSK is basically BFSK without abrupt phase changes, i.e., it belongs to CPM.
  • 42.
    Data bits are separated into even and odd bits.  The duration of each bit being doubled.  The scheme also uses two frequencies: f1 - the lower frequency f2 - the higher frequency Such that:- f2 = 2f1
  • 43.
    If the even and the odd bit are both 0, then the higher frequency f2 is inverted.  If the even bit is 1, the odd bit 0, then the lower frequency f1 is inverted.  If the even bit is 0 and the odd bit is 1, f1 is taken without changing the phase.  If both bits are 1 then the original f2 is taken. Even Bit Odd Bit Frequency 0 0 `F2 1 0 `F1 0 1 F1 1 1 F2
  • 45.
     Spreading thebandwidth needed to transmit data. Advantage:-  Resistance to narrowband interference.  Many users can simultaneously use the same bandwidth without significantly interfering with one another. Power Density Idealized narrowband signal from a sender of user data Narrow Band Signal
  • 46.
    Since narrowband interference effects only a small portion of the spread spectrum signal.  Narrowband interference can easily be removed through notch filtering without much loss of information.  Resistance to multipath fading is another advantage.
  • 47.
    Spreads the signal i.e., convert the narrowband signal into a broadband signal.  The power level of the spread signal can be much lower than that of the original narrowband signal without losing data.  Power density is same in both figure (i & ii).
  • 48.
    During transmission, narrowband and broadband interference add to the signal. Narrowband Interference Broadband Interference User Signal
  • 49.
    Receiver now dispread the signal, converting the spread user signal into a narrowband signal again, while spreading the narrowband interference and leaving the broadband interference.
  • 50.
    Receiver applies a band-pass filter to cut off frequencies left and right of the narrowband signal.  Receiver can reconstruct the original data because the power level of the user signal is high enough, than the remaining interference.
  • 51.
    Spreading the spectrum can be achieved in two different ways:- 1. Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum(DSSS) 2. Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum(FHSS)
  • 52.
    Take a user bit stream and perform an (XOR) with a so-called chipping sequence. User bit has a duration tb Chipping sequence has a duration tc
  • 53.
    The spreading factor s = tb/tc determines the bandwidth of the resulting signal.  If the original signal needs a bandwidth w, the resulting signal needs s·w after spreading.  Example a user signal with a bandwidth of 1 MHz. Spreading with the above 11-chip Barker code would result in a signal with 11 MHz bandwidth.  The radio carrier then shifts this signal to the carrier frequency. This signal is then transmitted.
  • 55.
    The first step in the receiver involves demodulating the received signal.  This is achieved using the same carrier as the transmitter reversing the modulation and results in a signal with approximately the same bandwidth as the original spread spectrum signal.
  • 56.
    User Data 01  11-chip Barker code 10110111000  Results in the spread ‘signal’ 1011011100001001000111  On the receiver side, this ‘signal’ is XORed bit-wise after demodulation with the same Barker code as chipping sequence.  This results in the sum of products equal to 0 for the first bit and to 11 for the second bit.  The decision unit can now map the first sum (=0) to a binary 0, the second sum (=11) to a binary 1 – this constitutes the original user data.
  • 57.
    Total available bandwidth is split into many channels of smaller bandwidth plus guard spaces between the channels.  Transmitter and receiver stay on one of these channels for a certain time and then hop to another channel.  This system implements FDM and TDM.  The pattern of channel usage is called the hopping sequence.  The time spend on a channel with a certain frequency is called the dwell time.
  • 58.
    FHSS comes in two variants, slow and fast hopping.
  • 59.
    Slow Hopping:-  Thetransmitter uses one frequency for several bit periods.  Example:- 3 bits/hop Fast Hopping:-  The transmitter changes the frequency several times during the transmission of a single bit. 3 Hops/bit Example of an FHSS system is Bluetooth.  Bluetooth performs 1,600 hops per second and uses 79 hop carriers equally spaced with 1 MHz in the 2.4 GHz ISM band.
  • 60.
    Implements space division multiplex.  Base station covers a certain transmission area (cell).  Mobile stations communicate only via the base station. Advantages of cell structures  Higher capacity, higher number of users  Less transmission power needed  More robust, decentralized  Base station deals with interference, transmission area etc. locally.
  • 61.
    Problems  Fixed networkneeded for the base stations  Handover (changing from one cell to another) necessary  Interference with other cells.  Cell sizes from some 100 m in cities to, e.g., 35 km on the rural area.
  • 62.
    Frequency reuse only with a certain distance between the base stations.  Standard model using 7 frequencies:-
  • 63.
    Higher capacity:-Implementing SDM allows frequency reuse. If one transmitter is far away from another, i.e., outside the interference range, it can reuse the same frequencies.  Less transmission power:- A receiver far away from a base station would need much more transmit power.  Local interference only:- Long distances between sender and receiver results in even more interference problems.  Robustness:- Cellular systems are decentralized and so, more robust against the failure of single components.
  • 64.
    Infrastructure needed:- Cellular systems need a complex infrastructure to connect all base stations.  Handover needed:- The mobile station has to perform a handover when changing from one cell to another.  Frequency planning:- To avoid interference between transmitters using the same frequencies, frequencies have to be distributed carefully.
  • 66.
    Fixed frequency assignment:GSM  Certain frequencies are assigned to a certain cell  Problem: different traffic load in different cells.  Cells with more traffic are dynamically allotted more frequencies. This scheme is known as borrowing channel allocation (BCA). Dynamic frequency assignment:  Base station chooses frequencies depending on the frequencies already used in neighbor cells.  More capacity in cells with more traffic.  Assignment can also be based on interference measurements.
  • 67.
    In CDM, users are separated through the code they use, not through the frequency.  Cell planning faces another problem – the cell size depends on the current load.  Accordingly, CDM cells are commonly said to ‘breathe’.  While a cell can cover a larger area under a light load, it shrinks if the load increases.  The reason for this is the growing noise level if more users are in a cell.