Alvarion BreezeMAX Si 4000 CPE, User Manual

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Chapter - Glossary
BreezeMAX Si 4000 CPE 117 User Manual
Simple Network Time
Protocol (SNTP) SNTP allows a device to set its internal clock based on periodic
updates from a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. Updates
can be requested from a specific NTP server, or can be received
via broadcasts sent by NTP servers.
Single Input Single
Output (SISO) A form of antenna technology for wireless communications in
which a single antenna at both the transmitter and at the
destination (receiver) are used.
Subscriber Station A general term for a customer’s WIMAX terminal equipment
that provides connectivity with a base station.
Temporal Key Integrity
Protocol (TKIP) Temporal Key Integrity Protocol - a security protocol used in
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). Unlike WEP, TKIP provides
per-packet key mixing, a message integrity check and a
rekeying mechanism. TKIP ensures that every data packet is
sent with its own unique encryption key.
TR-069 (Technical Report
069) A DSL Forum technical specification entitled CPE WAN
Management Protocol (CWMP). It defines an application layer
protocol for remote management of end-user devices.
It provides the communication between CPE and Auto
Configuration Servers (ACS).
Trivial File Transfer
Protocol (TFTP) Trivial File Transfer Protocol: A TCP/IP protocol commonly
used for software downloads.
Transport Layer Security
(TLS) A cryptographic protocol that provides security for
communications over networks such as the Internet. TLS
encrypts the segments of network connections at the Transport
Layer end-to-end.
Point to Point Tunneling
Protocol (PPTP) protocol that enables the transfer of data packets of TCP / IP
through a foreign network that is not based on these protocols
(by marking the packet with an address suited to the foreign
network)
Unsolicited Grant Service
(UGS) One of the five QoS service types defined in the IEEE 802.16
WiMAX. It is designed to support real-time service flows that
generate fixed-size data packets on a periodic basis, such as
T1/E1 and Voice over IP without silence suppression.