Introduction to Wi-Fi, United Kingdom

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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.

Introduction to Wi-Fi

Topic areas covered include:
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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01 August 2024