ECS 455 Chapter 1 Introduction Asst. Prof. Dr. Prapun Suksompong (ผศ.ดร.ประพันธ ์ สขสมปองุ )
[email protected] Office Hours: BKD, 6th floor of Sirindhralai building Tuesday 14:20-15:20 Wednesday 14:20-15:20 1 Friday 9:15-10:15 ECS 455 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Evolution of Mobile Communications 2 Wired Communication Cup-and-string communication POTS (plain old telephone service) Ethernet 3 Wireless communication You have three unread messages… 4 Wireless communication Duncan Wilson's Cup Communicator Cellular Systems: 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G Wireless LAN Systems: WiFi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) 5 Mobile? The term “mobile” has historically been used to classify all radio terminal that could be moved during operation. More recently, use “mobile” to describe a radio terminal that is attached to a high speed mobile platform e.g., a cellular telephone in a fast moving vehicle use “portable” to describes a radio terminal that can be hand- held and used by someone at walking speed e.g., a walkie-talkie or cordless telephone inside a home 6 [Rappaport, 2002, p 9] [Goldsmith, 2005, Section 1.1] History (1) The first wireless networks were developed in the pre- industrial age. These systems transmitted information over line-of-sight distances (later extended by telescopes) using smoke signals, torch signaling, flashing mirrors, signal flares, or semaphore flags. 7 Semaphore 8 History: Radio Early communication networks were replaced first by the telegraph network (invented by Samuel Morse in 1838) and later by the telephone. In 1895, Marconi demonstrated the first radio transmission.