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Wireless Networking Vocab

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1. In the context of wireless networking - the communication that occurs between a station and an access point to enable the station to connect to the network via that access point.






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






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






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






5. The equipment on a satellite that receives an uplinked signal from Earth - amplifies the signal - modifies its frequency - then retransmits it (in a downlink) to an antenna on Earth.






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. A type of satellite that orbits the Earth roughly 6000 to 12 -000 miles above its service - positioned between the equator and the poles. MEO satellites can cover a larger area of the Earth's surface than LEO satellites while using less power and cau






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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






16. A type of wireless LAN in which stations communicate directly with each other (rather than using an access point)






17. 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.






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






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






20. A. CSMA/CA






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. Omnidirectional






25. 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.






26. A small (usually home) network composed of personal communications devices.






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






34. 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)






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






36. In the context of wireless networking - an assessment of client requirements - facility characteristics - and coverage areas to determine an access point arrangement that will ensure reliable wireless connectivity within a given area.






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. An access point that provides routing functions.