Broadband wireless access

Summary form only given. This tutorial addresses recent developments in broadband wireless technologies and networking. The tutorial starts by providing a quick overview of the different classes of wireless systems and their respective applications and limitations, then it moves on to describe the most recent techniques that are opening the way for reliable and robust broadband wireless access. The presentation addresses the dominant standards such as IEEE 802.11a, b, and g, 3G/4G cellular and 802.16a wireless WAN. The tutorial also covers recent advances in ad-hoc and MESH wireless networking. The network models are presented as well as the expected applications and limitations.