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Canopy System User Guide Glossary
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Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES)
Over-the-air link option that provides extremely secure wireless
connections. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) uses 128-bit
secret keys as directed by the government of the U.S.A. AES is not
exportable and requires a special AP to process the large keys.
AES
See Advanced Encryption Standard.
Aggregate Throughput
The sum of the throughputs in the uplink and the downlink.
AP
Access Point Module. One module that distributes network or Internet
services in a 60° sector to 200 subscribers or fewer.
APA
Access Point module address.
Apache
A trademark of Apache Software Foundation, used with permission.
APAS
Access Point Authentication Server. Licensed to authenticate SMs that
attempt to register to it. The AP licensed as APAS may or may not
have authentication enabled (turned on). See also Activate and
Enable.
API
Application programming interface for web services that supports
Prizm integration with an operations support systems (OSS) such as a
customer relationship management (CRM), billing, or provisioning
system.
APs MIB
Management Information Base file that defines objects that are
specific to the Access Point Module or Backhaul timing master. See
also Management Information Base.
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. A protocol defined in RFC 826 to allow a
network element to correlate a host IP address to the Ethernet
address of the host. See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc826.html
.
ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One language. The format of the text files
that compose the Management Information Base.
Attenuation
Reduction of signal strength caused by the travel from the transmitter
to the receiver, and caused by any object between. In the absence of
objects between, a signal that has a short wavelength experiences a
high degree of attenuation nevertheless.
Authentication Key
Software key that correlates to the random number that the Bandwidth
and Authentication Manager (BAM) server generates and sends in a
challenge through the AP to the SM. The network operator can create
and, at some security risk, send this key over the air to the SM. The
SQL database in the BAM server correlates this key to QoS
information about the SM. The format of this key is 32 hexadecimal
characters of 0 to 9 and a to f, padded with leading zeroes in Release
4.2.3 and later. This key must be unique to the individual SM.