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Wireless Networking Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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






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. 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.






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






8. A. CSMA/CA






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






10. Omnidirectional






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. 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)






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. An access point that provides routing functions.






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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