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authentication mobility

Theabilityofauser(client)authenticatedviaExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol(EAP)—plusan

appropriatesubprotocolandback‐endauthentication,authorization,andaccounting(AAA)

service—toroamtodifferentAccessPoints(APs)withoutreauthentication.

authentication server

Anentitythatprovidesanauthenticationservicetoanauthenticator.Fromthecredentials

providedbyaclient(orsupplicant),theauthenticationservic edetermineswhetherthesupplicantis

authorizedtoaccesstheservicesoftheauthenticator.InanEnterasysNetworksMobilitySystem,

oneormoreRADIUSserverscanactasauthentication

servers.

authenticator

Adevicethatauthenticatesaclient.InanEnterasysNetworksMobilitySystem,theauthenticator

isaRoamAboutSwitch.

baseline association rate

Avalue setinEnterasysRoamAbou tSwitchManagertohelpplanAccessPoint(AP)coverageina

network.Thebaselineassociationrateistheaveragedatatransmissionrateatwhichyouwant

typicalmobileclientsinthecoverageareatoassociatewiththeaccesspoint(s).

Basic Service Set

SeeBSS.

Basic Service Set Identifier

SeeBSSID.

bias

ThepriorityofoneRoamAbou tSwitchoverotherRoamAboutswitchesforbooting,configuring,

andprovidingdatatransferforaAccessPoint(AP).Biascanbesettoeitherloworhighoneach

RoamAboutSwitchandishighbydefault.BiasappliesonlytoRoamAboutswitchesthatare

indirectlyattached

totheAPthroughanintermediateLayer 2orLayer 3network.AnAPalways

attemptstobootonAPport1first

BSS

Basicserviceset.AsetofwirelessstationsthatcommunicatewithoneanotherthroughanAccess

Point(AP).

BSSID

Basicservicesetidentifier.The48‐bitmediaaccesscontrol(MAC)addressoftheradiointheAccess

Point(AP)thatservesthestationsinabasicserviceset(BSS).

SeeCertificateAuthority(CA).

CBC-MAC

SeeCCMP.

CCI

Co‐channelinterference.Obstructionthatoccurswhenonesignalonaparticularfrequency

intrudesintoacellthatisusingthatsamefrequencyfortransmission.Inmulticellnetworks,

systemsaredesignedtominimizeCC Ithroughappropriatetransmissionpowerandchannel

selection.