Winncom Technologies glossary

Wireless Glossary

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A

Antenna Polarization

B

Boot Protocol (BOOTP)

Broadband Router

Broadband Wireless Access

C

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)

CAT-5, Category 5 Cable

Cat-6, Category 6 Cable

CAT-7, Category 7 cable

CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)

Complementary Code Keying (CCK)

CPE Antenna (Customer Premises Equipment)

d

Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying (DBPSK)

Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DQPSK)

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)

Directional Antenna

Diversity Antennas

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

E

F

FCC Rules, Part 101

FCC Rules, Part 15.247

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)

Front-to-Back Ratio (F/B Ratio)

G

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

Gigahertz (GHz)

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)

H

I

IEEE 802.11 Standard

IEEE 802.11a Standard

IEEE 802.11b Standard

IEEE 802.11d Standard

IEEE 802.11e Standard

IEEE 802.11g Standard

IEEE 802.11g Standard

IEEE 802.11h Standard

IEEE 802.11i Standard

IEEE 802.16 Standard

IEEE 802.3 Standard

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

L

Light-Emitting Diode (LED)

LLC (Logical Link Control)

M

MAC (Media Access Control) Layer

Management Information Base (MIB)

Megahertz (MHz)

Mesh Networking

O

Omni-Directional Antenna

P

Physical Layer (PHY)

R

Radiation Pattern

Radio Frequency (RF)

RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service)

Receiver Sensitivity

Reverse Polarity TNC (RP-TNC)

Rogue Access Point

Routing Versus Bridging

S

Side lobe level (SLL)

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SoftJoys Labs Presentation

Spread Spectrum

Spread Spectrum.

T

Transmit Power Control

Tutorials on 802.11 to 802

v

v.34 Modem Protocol

V.90 Modem Protocol

v.92 Modem Protocol

Virtual Private Network

VoIP (Voice Over IP)

W

WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access)

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)