Introduction xv
Acronyms and Abbreviations xvii
Chapter 1 Background and History 1
What is an IEEE standard? 1
The 802.15 family 2
Why 802.15.3? 4
History of 802.15.3 6
Chapter 2 802.15.3 applications 13
The high-rate WPAN theme 13
Still image applications 14
Telephone quality audio applications 16
High quality audio applications 17
Gaming applications 18
Video and multimedia applications 19
Chapter 3 Overview of the IEEE 802.15.3 standard 23
Elements of the 802.15.3 piconet 25
PHY overview 28
Starting a piconet 31
The superframe 32
Joining and leaving a piconet 34
Connecting with other devices 35
Dependent piconets 36
Obtaining information 39
Power management 40
System changes 43
Implementation cost and complexity 44
Chapter 4 MAC functionality 47
MAC terminology in IEEE Std 802.15.3 47
Frame formats 49
Piconet timing and superframe structure 51
Interframe spacings 53
Contention access period (CAP) 55
Channel time allocation period (CTAP) 56
Comparing the contention access methods 60
Guard time 63
The role of the PNC 66
Starting a piconet 66
Handing over control 66
Ending a piconet 72
Joining and leaving the piconet 73
Association 74
Broadcasting piconet information 77
Disassociation 78
Assigning DEVIDs 80
Managing bandwidth 81
Acknowledgements 81
Asynchronous data 87
Stream connections 92
Fragmentation/defragmentation 96
Retransmissions and duplicate detection 99
Power management 100
Common characteristics of the SPS modes 104
Analyzing power save efficiencies 107
Switching PM modes 110
Managing SPS sets 114
DSPS mode 118
Allocating channel time for DSPS DEVs 119
PSPS mode 124
APS mode 126
Changing piconet parameters 128
Beacon announcements 129
Dynamic channel selection 132
Changing the PNID or BSID 134
Moving the beacon or changing the superframe duration 136
Finding information 138
Probe 139
Announce 143
PNC Information 145
Channel status 148
PNC channel scanning 150
Remote scan 152
Piconet services 154
Other capabilities 157
Transmit power control 157
Multirate capabilities 159
Extensibility of the standard 160
Example of the life cycle of a DEV 162
Chapter 5 Dependent piconets 165
Introduction 165
Starting a dependent piconet 168
Parent PNC ceasing operations with dependent piconets 174
Parent PNC stopping a dependent piconet 176
Handing over PNC responsibilities in a dependent piconet 177
Chapter 6 Security 187
Introduction and history 187
Security modes and policies 190
Security services provided in mode 1 191
Security policies 193
Symmetric key security suite 195
Overview of AES CCM 195
Key distribution 197
Security information 199
Chapter 7 2.4 GHz PHY 203
Overview 203
General PHY requirements 205
Channel plan 205
Timing issues 206
Miscellaneous PHY requirements 213
PHY frame format 213
Stuff bits and tail symbols 214
Frame format 215
PHY preamble 217
Data size restrictions 219
Modulation 220
Receiver performance 224
Transmitter performance 228
Regulatory and requirements 233
Delay spread performance 234
Mitigating the effects of delay spread 236
Fading channel model used for 802.15.3 237
Defining delay spread performance 239
Delay spread measurements 240
Radio architectures 244
Superheterodyne 245
Direct conversion 248
Walking IF 250
Low IF 253
Summary of radio architectures 256
Chapter 8 2.4 Interfacing to 802.15.3 257
The PIBs and their interface 261
MLME SAP 262
PLME SAP 265
MAC SAP 265
PHY SAP 266
The FCSL 268
Chapter 9 2.4 Coexistence mechanisms 271
Introduction 271
Coexistence techniques in 802.15.3 271
Passive scanning 273
The ability to request channel quality information 273
Dynamic channel selection 273
Link quality and RSSI 274
Channel plan that minimizes channel overlap 274
Transmit power control 275
Lower impact transmit spectral mask 275
Neighbor piconet capability 276
Coexistence results 278
Assumptions for coexistence simulations 278
BER calculations 280
802.11b and 802.15.3 282
802.15.1 and 802.11 FHSS overlapping with 802.15.3 288
Summary 291
References 295
Glossary 299
Index 305
