Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

S59: Installing WirelessThe Configuration Choices

Wayne CaswellWayne CaswellHomeRF Communications Chairman

Siemens Information & Communication Mobile

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

• Technology & Product Choices– Wireless, Phone-line, Power-line, Ethernet

– HomeRF, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HiperLAN

• Configuration Choices– Data-centric first

– Phone-centric first

– Entertainment-centric

Installing Wireless

RetrofitRetrofit is inevitable• 30 year Mortgage

• Legacy Cabling

• Tech. Innovation

Wireless versus Phone-line, Power-line, Coax, Ethernet

Phone

Power

TV Cable

Terrestrial Satellite

FamiliesFamilies

Understand what they want to do. It’s not just work.

Home OfficeHome Office

Work Comes Home, but we’re all Consumers First

Whole-house Wirelessfor Voice, Data and Entertainment

LivingRoom

HomeOffice

GameRoom

BedRoom

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

• Technology & Product Choices– Wireless, Phone-line, Power-line, Ethernet

– HomeRF, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HiperLAN

• Configuration Choices– Data-centric first

– Phone-centric first

– Entertainment-centric

Installing Wireless

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Wireless Positioning

OfficesOffices• Data Only• NW Admin.• Momentum

HouseholdsHouseholds• Data, Voice, Entertainment• Simple, Secure, Reliable, Affordable

MobileMobile• Low Power• Short Distance• Replace Cables

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Roadmap ?

IEEE 802.11IEEE 802.11• Vertical Industry• 2 Mbps

2000

802.11a802.11a• 5 GHz, OFDM• 54 Mbps

802.11g802.11g• 2.4 GHz, OFDM?• 20+ Mbps

802.11e802.11e• QoS

802.11i802.11i• Security

HiperLANHiperLAN• 5 GHz, OFDM, QoS• 54 Mbps

??

2001 2002+

802.11b802.11b• Office Workers• Airports, Hotels• 11 Mbps• MOMENTUM !

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Roadmap

2000

HomeRF 1.3HomeRF 1.3• Home PC N/W• Gateways• 1.6 Mbps

Internet

HomeRF 2.0HomeRF 2.0• Cordless Phones• Music, TV Dvcs.• Web Tablets• Gateways• 10 Mbps

2001

HomeRF 3.0HomeRF 3.0• Advanced MM• Video Tablets• Set Top Boxes• Public Places• OFDM?• 40+ Mbps Possible: 100 Mbps

2002

Large Community of Products …

for DATA Applications

USB Adapters (Desktop PCs) PC Cards (Notebook PCs) Compact Flash (PDAs, HPCs) Notebook PCs & Web Tablets Home Gateways Cable Modems DSL Modems

                                

            

          

          

Growing Community of Products … for Voice, Data, Video Applications

USB Adapters (Desktop PCs) PC Cards (Notebook PCs) Compact Flash (PDAs, HPCs) Web Tablets Home Gateways Cable Modems DSL Modems STB & Video Products Automotive Products Music Products Phone Products Home Robotsand More …

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

• Technology & Product Choices– Wireless, Phone-line, Power-line, Ethernet

– HomeRF, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HiperLAN

• Configuration Choices– Data-centric first

– Phone-centric first

– Entertainment-centric

Installing Wireless

Peer to PeerBase

Station

$199

$99

$99

$99

Wireless is Affordable Alternative to Ethernet

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Wireless is Affordable Alternative to Ethernet

BaseStation

$199

Cable Modem

$299Home

Gateway

$399

$99$99

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

has 3 non-overlapping Channels

Ethernet

Access Point

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Wireless Scalability

Wireless Security …

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WA

LL

Trivial task to bypass Wi-Fi

security w/ standard products

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Signal Attenuation

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WA

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Wood and plaster Walls or Floors are OK. Even Brick.

Metal and thick rock block RF signals.

The Higher the Frequency, the more signal loss.

5 GHz is worse than 2.4 GHz.

Wireless Interfaces with Ethernet

Cat.5, Cat.5e, Cat.6

Office PCs mostly attach to EthernetHome PCs do too, but there are differences.

OFFICESOFFICESHollow WallsRaised FloorsHung CeilingsNW Administrator

Metal CabinetsCorp. BudgetCampus RoamingData Only

HOMESHOMESFire Blocks Slab FoundationsLand LordsMom (as admin?)

Soft CarpetPersonal BudgetLocal MobilityVoice, Data, Music, and TV

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Access Point

Wireless adds Mobility and, Future-Proofing

InternetModem

Router

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

• Technology & Product Choices– Wireless, Phone-line, Power-line, Ethernet

– HomeRF, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HiperLAN

• Configuration Choices– Data-centric first

– Phone-centric first

– Entertainment-centric

Installing Wireless

Should Install as Easily as a Multi-handset Cordless Phone

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Plug in BaseStation

Should Install as Easily as a Multi-handset Cordless Phone

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Insert PC Card

or USB Adapter

Should Install as Easily as a Multi-handset Cordless Phone

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Install Software

Should Install as Easily as a Multi-handset Cordless Phone

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

Integrates Voice and Data

PC controls thehandset display, receives all key presses.

First Step:First Step:Easy PC phone setupText menusText display

Next Steps:Next Steps:Scripting ExtensionsUPnP ProxySDKSpeech recognitionText-to-Speech

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices

• Technology & Product Choices– Wireless, Phone-line, Power-line, Ethernet

– HomeRF, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HiperLAN

• Configuration Choices– Data-centric first

– Phone-centric first

– Entertainment-centric

Installing Wireless

Wireless Entertainmentuses TEACH / LEARN

SimpleClock™SimpleFi™

SimplePad™

SimpleAuto™

Digital TV Set-top Boxwith Video-on-Demand

DSL in the Home Office?

NO PROBLEM !

• V-o-D with DRM

• DVD Player

• Hard Disk PVR

• Net TV

www.HomeRF.org

Wayne.Caswell@ICM.Siemens.comHomeRF Communications Chairman

Q&A

Electronic House Expo/Fall 2001 Long BeachS59: Installing Wireless - The Configuration Choices