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    Glossary of Terms

    802.11
    Wireless LAN Standards developed by IEEE (802.11b,g,etc.)
    802.11a
    5GHz, OFDM, 54Mbps (most radios cover 4.9-6.1GHz)
    802.11b
    2.4GHz, DSSS, 11Mbps (3 non overlapping channels 1, 6, 11 primarily used in WLANs)
    802.11g
    2.4GHz, OFDM + DSSS,54Mbps to 11Mbps (802.11g is a subset of 802.11b and is primarily used in WLANs)
    802.11h
    5GHz extension for Europe auto frequency and power control
    802.11j
    4.9GHz extension for Japan (may eventually apply to USA public safety)
    802.11k
    Radio Resource Measurement Extensions
    802.11m
    Maintenance and Management Extensions
    802.11n
    MIMO Extensions (12, 24, 48, 96 and 216Mbps in 40MHz bandwidth)
    802.11p
    WAVE - Moving Vehicle Extensions
    802.11r
    Advanced Roaming and Context Transfer
    802.11s
    Mesh Extensions
    802.11t
    Wireless Performance Predictions
    802.11x
    Authentication and Encryption
    AP
    Access Point
    AES
    Advanced Encryption Standard
    ARK
    Automatic Retransmission Queing
    BRIDGE
    Streakwave defines as a "link" between two locations (also used as a reference to a client device)
    CPE
    Customer Premise Equipment
    dB
    Deci"B"el - the difference or ratio between two signals, used to describe effect of devices on signal strength
    dBm
    dB MilliWat - the basic reference to the measurement of power in RF (ex: 0dBm = 1mW of power)
    dBd
    dB Dipole
    dBi
    The gain of an antenna relative to an isotropic radiator, used in calculating ERP and range
    DSSS
    Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum - a tpye of moduclation used in standards based (802.11b/g) radios
    EAP
    Extensible Authentication Protocol (security for AP's)
    EMI
    Electro Magnetic Interference
    ERP
    Effective Radiated Power, also known as EIRP Effective "Immediated" Radiated Power or your total power output
    FDM
    Frequency Division Mulitplexing
    FHSS
    Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (Normally used in lower data rate radios)
    FSL
    Free Space Loss (Amount of loss in dB that a signal looses traveling through the air)
    HotSpot
    Wireless Local Area Network w/ open access but may require login or payment to gain access to the internet
    ISP
    Internet Service Provider
    IEEE
    Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers
    IF
    Intermediate Frequency
    LAN
    Local Area Network
    LEAP
    Lightweight Extensible Authenticaton Protocol
    LOS
    Line of Site (required in wireless point to point links in frequencies above 900MHz sold by Streakwave)
    MP
    Multipath Propigation
    NLOS
    Near Line of Site
    NON-LOS
    Non Line of Site
    ODU
    Outdoor Unit
    OFDM
    Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (used in 802.11g higher data rates)
    OLOS
    Obstructed Line of Site (term rarely used)
    PEAP
    Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
    POE
    Power Over Ethernet
    POP
    Point of Precence
    PSK
    Pre-Shared Key
    PTP
    Point to Point
    PTMP
    Point to Multipoint
    RADIUS
    Remote Access Dial In User Service (Authentication Method)
    SOM
    System Operating Margin (single most important ascpect of a wireless link)
    SSID
    Set Service Identifier (name for a wireless network, unique 32bit identifier)
    TDD
    Time Division Duplex
    TKIP
    Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
    TLS
    Transport Layer Security
    TTLS
    Tunneled Transport Layer Security
    UNII
    Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
    VLAN
    Virtual Local Area Network
    VPN
    Virtual Private Network
    WEP
    Wireless Equivalency Privacy (32bit, 64bit and 128bit are the normal versions)
    Wi-Fi
    Wireless Fidelity (set of standards guarantees access between non branded procducts)
    WISP
    Wireless Internet Service Provider
    WIPOP
    Wireless Point of Presence
    WLAN
    Wireless Local Area Network
    WME
    Wi-Fi Multi-Media Extensions
    WPA
    Wi-Fi Protected Access
    WPA2
    Wi-Fi Protected Access "2" (extra set of extensions in standard - FIPS 140-2)
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