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Wireless Networking Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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)






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. In the context of wireless networking - the process in which a station listens to several channels within a frequency range for a beacon issued by an access point.






35. 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.






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.