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Appendix One: Acronyms and Terms
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for WLAN techno-
802.11
logy.
802.11a
Up to 54 Mbps transmission in 5 GHz UNI radio band.
Up to 11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band - use
802.11b
DSSS modulation.
Up to 54 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band. 802.11b
802.11g
uses OFDM modulation, backward compatible with 802.11b.
Ad-Hoc
A group of computers connected as an independent WLAN.
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
BSSID
Basic Service Set ID
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum. DSSS is one of two types of spread
DSSS
spectrum radio. The other is frequency-hopping spread spectrum
(FHSS).
QoS
Quality of Service
OFDM
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RTS
Request to Send
Service Set Identifier. A 32-character unique identifier attached to the
SSID
header of packets sent over a WLAN that acts as a password when a
mobile device tries to connect to the BSS.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
WDS
Wireless Distribution System
Wired Equivalent Privacy: WLAN security protocol defined in IEEE
WEP
802.11 standard.
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPA2
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2
WPA2-PSK
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, Pre-shared Keys
WPA-PSK
Wi-Fi Protected Access, Pre-shared Keys
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