Specifications

Abbreviations/Glossary For internal use only
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G-2 OpenStage WL 3 / WL 3 Plus, Administration Manual
EAP-TLS EAP-Transport Layer Security.
ELISE Embedded LInux SErver:
A hardware platform used for WSG modules
ESS Extended Service Set. WLAN with multiple APs sharing the same SSID.
ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier. Identifying name of a WLAN - strictly it is the identifying
name of an AP and distinguishes WLANS from another. ESSID is one type of SSID (the oth-
er being BSSID).
IM Interactive Messaging makes it possible to access information from an application and con-
trol it by selecting a choice received in a message.
License An authorization to use a licensed function.
MAC Medium Access Control.
MWI Message Waiting Indication
NTP Network Time Protocol
OTA Over The Air
PBX Private Branch Exchange:
Telephone system within an enterprise that switches calls between local lines and allows all
users to share a certain number of external lines.
PEAP Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol.
PDM Portable Device Manager
Used for management of portables, editing of parameters and updating the portables with
new software.
PEAP Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol.
PRI Primary Rate Interfaces
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication.
RTLS Real-Time Location System
RTS Request-To-Send.
PTT Push-To-Talk
Services Services are predefined functions such as Phone Call, Send Data, Send Message etc. that
can be accessible from the Service menu.
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
SSID Service Set Identifier. User friendly name of a WLAN. Identifier attached to packets sent over
a WLAN that acts as a password. Daily used term for ESSID in a wireless ESS topology.
STA Station. Client in a WiFi network.
QoS Quality of Service: Defines to what extent transmission rates, error rates etc. are guaranteed
in advance.
UP 6 User Presence (value between 0-7). Wireless QoS at the MAC Layer.
VoIP Voice over IP.
VoWiFi Wireless version of VoIP and refers to an IEEE 802.11a, b, g and n network.
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