[Legacy Report] Fundamentals of Wireless Communications and 4G Technologies

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Wi-Fi and Long Term Evolution (LTE) technologies have come through several generations and are now poised to dominate wireless broadband for commercial, public safety and military applications. Spectrum in the 700 MHz band has recently been licensed by the FCC to carry a nationwide public safety broadband network. In July of 2009 the LTE was selected as the next generation technology for public safety communications. E911 and smart grid applications are also looking to leverage this licensed band. Wi-Fi is increasingly used in military networks for controlling battlefield robots and for mission critical communications.

This tutorial will cover the basics of Wi-Fi and LTE technologies and standards, including PHY, MAC and higher layers. We will discuss public safety, smart grid and military applications, their requirements and the wireless technologies most suited to meet these requirements. The tutorial will review performance, interoperability and certification testing. We will cover deployment issues and concerns. We will also overview the emerging standards, including 802.11n/ac and LTE-Advanced.

Fanny Mlinarsky is the founder of octoScope, a wireless solutions and services company. With 29 years of experience in progressively influential technology roles with companies including Agilent and Teradyne, she has developed hardware and software, managed R&D teams and founded Azimuth Systems, a successful VC funded wireless test equipment company. Her expertise spans RF, PHY, MAC, transport and application layers. Mlinarsky has published over 20 articles, 19 white papers and 6 test reports on wireless technologies and standards. She has delivered numerous presentations at industry forms, including the IEEE HST’11 LTE Tutorial, and has developed two highly rated online courses for EE Times: Fundamentals of Wireless and Fundamentals of LTE Physical Layer . Mlinarsky has a BS/EE and BA/CS from Columbia University with some graduate work at MIT. She holds 5 patents. In 2004, Fanny received a Woman to Watch award from Mass High Tech.

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