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For internal use only Abbreviations/Glossary

Abbreviations/Glossary

This table shows some important abbreviations and glossary.

Abbreviation Definition

802.11a IEEE 802.11 standard for transmission rate of up to 54Mbps, operates in the 5GHz spec-

trum.

802.11b IEEE 802.11 standard for transmission rate of up to 11Mbps, operates in the 2.4GHz spec-

trum.

802.11g IEEE 802.11 standard for transmission rate of up to 54Mbps, operates in the 2.4GHz spec-

trum.

802.11d IEEE 802.11 standard for regulatory domains.

802.11e IEEE 802.11 standard that defines Quality of Service (QoS) for WLAN.

802.11i Standard for security improvements for 802.11.

802.11n IEEE 802.11 standard for transmission rate of up to 100 Mbps, operates in the 2.4GHz and

5GHz bands.

802.11D IEEE MAC Bridges standard (interworking for 802.11 among others).

802.11X IEEE standard for port-based Network Access Control (authentication).

Ad-hoc WLAN A WLAN between two wireless capable devices (normally PCs), where no AP is involved.

AES Advanced Encryption Standard.

ALS Acoustic Location Signal

AP Access Point

BSS Basic Service Set. A WLAN with at least one AP that is configured for it.

BSSID Basic Service Set Identifier. Hard coded name of an ad-hoc WLAN, usually the MAC ad-

dress of the radio. One type of SSID (the other being ESSID).

CCX Cisco Compatible eXtension

Centralized Man-

agement

Centralized Management makes it possible to configure handsets without the administrator

needs to collect them.

Device Manager Application for management of portables, editing of parameters and updating the portables

with new software, running on WSG.

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Used to send config parameters to TCP/IP clients.

DNS Domain Name System

DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point. QoS on the Network Layer. Used both for WLANS and

LANs.

DTIM Delivery Traffic Indication Message

EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol.

EAP-FAST Flexible Authentication via secure tunneling.