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Introduction to Wi-Fi

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Over the past twenty years, Wi-Fi has played an ever more critical role in the way we communicate; be that surfing the web, sending emails, messaging or making calls. This introduction course explores how Wi-Fi actually works in terms of the latest 802.11n (Wi-Fi 4), 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) and 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standards, including the associated certification programs from the Wi-Fi Alliance. The course then moves on to discuss several methods of determining a device’s location, before addressing Wi-Fi Security. Finally, Wi-Fi Calling is explored in terms of supporting seamless connectivity between Wi-Fi and the 4G cellular networks.

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Graeme Green

Graeme Green

Mpirical Trainer
Graeme has worked at the heart of the mobile telecommunications sector for over 30 years. During this period, he has developed and delivered training to most of the major network vendors and service providers around the world, in addition to speaking at numerous international conferences and attending ETSI and 3GPP technical meetings.
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What is Wi-Fi?

  • The IEEE 802.11 Standards:
    • 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax.
    • 802.11ad/ah.
  • The Wi-Fi Alliance Programmes.

Wi-Fi Network Architecture:

  • The Building Blocks of a Wi-Fi Network.
  • Basic Service Sets and Extended Service Sets.
  • Using Mesh Technology to Extend Coverage.

Finding and Joining a Wi-Fi Network:

  • Wi-Fi Frames.
  • Wi-Fi Addressing.
  • Finding a Wi-Fi Network:
    • Scanning for Wi-Fi.
    • Probing for Wi-Fi.
  • Joining a Wi-Fi Network:
    • Authentication.
    • Association.

Sending and Receiving Data over Wi-Fi:

  • OFDM and OFDMA.
  • Beam Steering and MU-MIMO.
  • Modulation and Increasing Data Throughput.
  • Uplink and Downlink Data Transfer:
    • 802.11a/b/g/n.
    • 802.11ac/ax.

Wi-Fi Location Services:

  • Tracking a Wi-Fi Station:
    • Randomly Assigned MAC Addresses.
  • Wi-Fi Positioning System.
  • Wi-Fi Location.

Wi-Fi Security:

  • Wi-Fi Security Principles.
  • Wi-Fi Protected Access 1, 2 and 3.
  • WPA3 and Wi-Fi Easy Connect.

Wi-Fi Calling and Seamless Mobility:

  • 4G and Wi-Fi Calling.
  • Wi-Fi Passpoint and Hotspot 2.0.
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