Detailed Course Outline
Fundamentals of 802.11
- 802.11 and WiFi standards
- Wireless regulations and country codes
- 802.11b
- 802.11a
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- 802.11ac
- 802.11ax
- Next Generation 802.11 Standards
- Wireless Modulation and MCS
Wireless planning and coverage
- Planning parameters for WLAN transmission
- Internal and external antennas
- Illumination measurement and simulation techniques
- 2.4GHz and 5GHz
- Capacity-oriented WLAN planning
- Coverage and mobility
- Capacity-oriented planning
Different WLAN solutions
- Autonomous access points
- Controller-based WLAN design: architectures, protocols, vendor concepts
- Cloud-based WLAN design: special features, pros/cons, vendor concepts
- Integration of WLAN in modern layer-3-based LAN infrastructures
- Mesh networks and IEEE 802.11s: design, application areas
- Virtual controllers
- Instant Access Points
Wireless LAN management
- Monitoring of the wireless interface: coverage, data rates, throughput and utilization of access points
- Detection of end device mobility
- Malfunctions and interference: Detection and countermeasures
- WLAN, Bluetooth and Zigbee
- Simple tools for daily use for smartphones and notebooks
Measurement technology for wireless LAN
- Typical measurement and analysis tasks in WLAN
- Categories of WLAN measurement technology
- WiFi spectrum analyzer
WLAN Security Basics
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Encryption
- WPA/WPA2/WPA3
- 802.11i
- Guest Portals and Web Authentication
- 802.1X/Radius/PKI concepts
Labs and demos
- Installation of Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Access Points
- Installation of Aruba Wireless LAN Controllers and Access Points
- Demo Cisco C9800 WLC and 91XX Access Points
- Demo Cisco Prime Infrastructure
- Demo Ekahau WiFi Planning