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Wireless Networking Vocab

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






2. If your wireless stations are configured to perform passive scanning - what do they need from an access point to initiate association?






3. Another type of Spread-Spectrum signaling. In __________ - a signal's bits are distributed over an entire frequency band at once. Each bit is coded so that the receiver can reassemble the original signal upon receiving the bits.






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. The use of multiple frequencies to transmit a signal. (because the signal is spread out over the wireless spectrum)






12. A method of satellite Internet access in which a subscriber receives data via a satellite downlink transmission - but sends data to the satellite via an analog modem (dial-up) connections.






13. An ______ ______ issues and receives wireless signals with equal strength and clarity in all directions. This type of antenna is used when many different receivers must be able to pick up the signal - or when the receiver's location is highly mobile.






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






15. On your Linux workstation - you open a terminal window and type at the command prompt iwconfig eth0 key 5c00951b22. What have you done?






16. The range of radio frequencies from 2.4 to 2.4835 GHz. This band allows for 11 unlicensed channels - and is used by WLANs that follow the popular 802.11b and 802.11g standards.






17. Which techniques help to reduce overhead in 802.11n wireless transmission?






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






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






20. 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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. A unique character string used to identify an access point on an 802.11 network.






37. A type of satellite Internet access service in which a subscriber sends and receives data to and from the Internet over the satellite link. This is a symmetrical technology - in which both upstream and downstream throughputs are advertised to reach 4






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. A. CSMA/CA






46. 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.






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






48. The locations of the transmitter and receiver do not move. The transmitting antenna focuses its energy directly toward the receiving antenna. This results in a point to point link. (Advantage: receiver's location is predictable - energy need not be w






49. When a wireless signal splits into secondary waves as it encounters an obstruction. The secondary waves continue to propagate in the direction in which they were split. (bending around an obstacle)






50. Omnidirectional