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Wireless Networking Vocab

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1. The geographical area in which signals issued from an antenna or wireless system can be consistently and accurately received.






2. A type of satellite that orbits the Earth with an altitude between 100 and 900 miles - closer to the Earth's poles than the orbits of either GEO or MEO satellites. LEO satellites cover a smaller geographical range than GEO satellites and require less






3. An exchange in which a wireless station requests the exclusive right to communicate with an access point and the access point confirms that it has granted that request.






4. The signals made of electromagnetic energy that travel through the atmosphere.






5. A command-line utility for viewing and setting wireless interface parameters on Linux and UNIX workstations.






6. A type of WLAN in which stations communicate with an access point and not directly with each other.






7. Used by newer types of WLANs. A range of frequencies that comprises four frequency bands: 5.1 - 5.3 - 5.4 - and 5.8GHz. It consists of 24 unlicensed bands - each 20 MHz wide. This band is used by WLANs that follow the 802.11a and 802.11n standards.






8. An area covered by a wireless access point that provides visitors with wireless services - including Internet access.






9. A consortium of companies - including Sony Ericsson - Intel - Nokia - Toshiba - and IBM - that formally banded together in 1998 to refine and standardize Bluetooth technology.






10. A special identifier shared by BSSs that belong to the same ESS.






11. The relative strength over a three dimensional area of all the electromagnetic energy an antenna sends or receives.






12. A ______ ______ issues wireless signals along a single direction. This type of antenna is used when the source needs to communicate with one destination - as in a point to point link.






13. A network access method used on 802.11 wireless networks. In CSMA/CA - before a node begins to send data it checks the medium. If it detects no transmission activity - it waits a brief - random amount of time - and then sends its transmission. If the






14. ISM Range - Radio frequency band that may experience home appliance interference - Unregulated radio frequency band.






15. A continuum of the electromagnetic waves used for data and voice communication. The _______ _______ (as defined by the FCC - which controls its use) spans frequencies between 9KHz and 300 GHz. each type of wireless service can be associated with one






16. An end node on a network; used most often in the context of wireless networks.






17. A. CSMA/CA






18. A method used by wireless stations to detect the presence of an access point. In _____ _____ - the station issues a probe to each channel in its frequency range and waits for the access point to respond.






19. A destination node must issue an acknowledgment for every packet that is received intact.






20. In _____ - a transmitter concentrates the signal energy at a single frequency or in a very small range of frequencies.






21. In the context of wireless networking - a frame issued by an access point to alert other nodes of its existence.






22. An access point that provides routing functions and is used as a gateway.






23. The process a wireless station undergoes to find an access point.






24. This type of propagation uses the least amount of energy and results in the reception of the clearest possible signal.






25. In the context of wireless - the phenomenon that occurs when an electromagnetic wave encounters an obstacle and bounces back toward its source. A wireless signal will bounce off objects whose dimensions are large compared to the signal's average wave






26. An antenna's _______ _______ describes the relative strength over a three-dimensional area of all the electromagnetic energy the antenna sends or receives.






27. A group of access points and associated stations (or basic service sets) connected to the same LAN.






28. A device used on wireless LANs that transmits and receives wireless signals to and from multiple nodes and retransmits them to the rest of the network segment. Access points can connect a group of nodes with a network or two networks with each other.






29. A wireless networking standard that uses FHSS signaling in the 2.4GHz band to achieve a maximum throughput of either 723 Kbps or 2.1 Mbps - depending on the version. Bluetooth was designed for use primarily with small office or home networks in which






30. In IEEE terminology - the identifier for a BSS (basic service set)






31. An access point that provides routing functions.






32. In wireless networking - the process that describes a station moving between BSSs without losing connectivity.






33. In ________ wireless - the receiver can be located anywhere within the transmitter's range. This allows the receiver to roam from one place to another while continuing to pick up its signal.






34. What frequency band is used by Bluetooth - 802.11b - and 802.11g?






35. The term used to refer to a satellite that maintains a constant distance from a point on the equator at every point in its orbit. Geosynchronous orbit satellites are the type used to provide satellite Internet access.






36. In the context of 802.11n wireless networking - the ability for access points to issue multiple signals to stations - thereby multiplying the signal's strength and increasing their range and data-carrying capacity. Because the signals follow multipat






37. In 802.11 wireless networking - a type of frame issued by a station during active scanning to find nearby access points.






38. A change in a wireless signal's strength as a result of some of the electromagnetic energy being scattered - reflected - or diffracted after being issued by the transmitter.






39. Networks that transmit signals through the atmosphere via radio frequency (RF) waves.






40. This is the diffusion - or the reflection in multiple different directions - of a signal. This occurs when a wireless signal encounters an object that has small dimensions compared to the signal's wavelength.






41. A connection from an orbiting satellite to an Earth -based receiver.






42. Which type of satellites is used to provide satellite Internet access?






43. Omnidirectional






44. Regulated radio frequency band - 1/3rd range of 802.11b or g - Usually found in corporate environments.






45. Because of reflection - diffraction - and scattering - wireless signals follow a number of different paths to their destination.






46. Why are the 802.11b and 802.11g wireless transmission technologies more commonly used on business LANs than Bluetooth?






47. In ________________ - a signal jumps between several different frequencies within a band in a synchronization pattern known only to the channel's receiver and transmitter.






48. In the context of 802.11n wireless technology - the combination of two 20-MHz frequency band to create one 40-MHz frequency band that can carry more than twice the amount of data that a single 20-MHz band could. It's recommended for use only in the 5






49. The term used to describe the recently released standards for high thoughput - long-distance digital data exchange over wireless connections. WiMAX (IEEE 802.16) is one example of a wireless broadband technology.






50. In the context of wireless networking - the process of a station establishing a connection (or associating) with a different access point.