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431 | Acronyms and Abbreviations Dell Networking W-Series Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 | User Guide
Acronym or Abbreviation Definition
WMM Wi-Fi Multimedia
WMS WLAN Management System
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WSDL Web Service Description Language
WWW World Wide Web
WZC Wireless Zero Configuration
XAuth Extended Authentication
XML Extensible Markup Language
XML-RPC XML Remote Procedure Call
ZTP Zero Touch Provisioning
Table 89: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Glossary
The following table lists the terms and their definitions used in this document.
Term Definition
802.11 An evolving family of specifications for wireless LANs developed by a
working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE). 802.11 standards use the Ethernet protocol and CSMA/CA
(carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance) for path sharing.
802.11a Provides specifications for wireless systems. Networks using 802.11a
operate at radio frequencies in the 5GHz band. The specification uses a
modulation scheme known as orthogonal frequency-division
multiplexing (OFDM) that is especially well suited to use in office
settings. The maximum data transfer rate is 54 Mbps.
802.11b WLAN standard often called Wi-Fi; backward compatible with 802.11.
Instead of the phase-shift keying (PSK) modulation method historically
used in 802.11 standards, 802.11b uses complementary code keying
(CCK), which allows higher data speeds and is less susceptible to
multipath-propagation interference. 802.11b operates in the 2.4 GHz
band and the maximum data transfer rate is 11 Mbps.
Table 90: List of Terms