I'm trying to understand the wireless 802.11g protocol. My understanding is that the sender and receiver use the same frequency. How do they prevent interfering with one another? I'm guessing there's some kind of TDMA, but I can't find a layman's explanation of the details.
Thanks.
snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com hath wroth:
Correct. On a given infrastructure wireless network, all radios are on the same channel (as controlled by the access point).
Easy. The radios only transmit and receive one at a time. If you have a room full of laptop users, only one laptop may transmit at a time. Of course, everyone can listen all the time, making this "half-duplex".
Well, this was a nifty article covering just about everything you would want to know about conventionaly wireless installations. However, it seems to be missing (along with the entire wireless directory). ftp://download.intel.com/business/bss/infrastructure/wireless/deployment/hotspot.pdf Perhaps Intel is going out of the wireless biz? (I like starting rumors). I posted my archived copy of the article at:
If you want to go deeper into how the protocols work, there's always the 802.11b/g specifications at:
There are also some tolerable web sites that explain Wi-Fi.
802.11 uses CSMA/CA
(Sorry if the link may be broken on your reader)
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:05:13 +0200, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Axel Hammerschmidt) wrote in :
No "if" -- it was broken by your news client. Framing a URL in (per the Internet standard) may help. Otherwise you might want to use a client that doesn't break URLs, or add a short link:
or
Short links are available at:
Sperm damage, already?
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:29:05 +0200, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Axel Hammerschmidt) wrote in :
You have my sympathy.
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