Installation Guide

Table Of Contents

TVWhiteSpaceInstallationGuide Release1.0 C‐1

AppendixC:Terminology

TableC‐1:Terminology(Sheet1of4)

Term Description

Assuredthroughput Actualnumberoftimeslotsallocatedtoaradiounit.

ACS

AutomaticChannelSelection.Optionthatinstructstheradioto

choosewhichfrequencytouse.Enablingordisablingthisoption

hasvariousramificationsasshowninthedocumentation.

ATPC AutomaticTransmitPowerControl

BestEffort:Alevelofpriorityfortrafficinwhichuser

sreceiv

e

dynamicresourceallocationaccordingtooveralldemand.They

arenotguaranteedresources.SeealsoCIR.

BFD

BidirectionalForwardingDetection.Anetworkprotocolusedto

detectfaultsbetweentwoforwardingenginesconnectedbyalink.

BaseStation:aradiothatcantransmitandreceivetomorethan

onepoint.SeealsoHBS

CIR

Com

mittedInformationRate:Alevelofpriorityfortrafficinwhich

usersreceiveaguaranteedpercentageofresourcesinadditionto

dynamicresourcesifavailable.SeealsoBE.

CPE CustomerPremisesEquipment

DBA

DynamicBandwidthAllocation:amethodthatallocates

bandwidthbetweenthevarioususersofthatsamebandwidthin

thenetw

ork.

DynamicBandwidthSelection:Whenactivatingabasestation,or

whenchangingitsbandwidth,ifyouchoosethemaximumvalue

availableforthebandwidth,thelinkmaydynamicallyswitch

betweenthemaximumvalueandvaluesaslowas20MHzto

ensurethebestthroughput.

DHCP

DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol:aprotocolthat



automaticallyassignsIPaddressesandothernetwork

configurationparameters.

FOR REGULATORY USES ONLY