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9. Glossary
802.11
802.11 refer to a family of specifications defined by the IEEE for wireless LAN technology.
802.11 specify an over-the-air interface between a wireless client and a base station or
between two wireless clients. There are several specifications in the 802.11 family:
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802.11 -- applies to wireless LANs and provides 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4
GHz band using either Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) or Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS).
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802.11a -- an extension to 802.11 that applies to wireless LANs and provides up to 54
Mbps in the 5GHz band. 802.11a uses an Orthogonal Frequency Division multiplexing
(OFDM) encoding scheme rather than FHSS or DSSS.
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802.11b --An extension of the IEEE 802.11 standards for wireless LAN and provides
11 Mbps transmission with a fallback to 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps, an operating frequency of
2.4GHz. Devices meet 802.11b requirements can interoperate with each other even
manufactured by different companies.
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802.11g -- An extension of the IEEE 802.11 standards for wireless LAN and provides
54Mbps using OFDM modulation, an operating frequency of 2.4GHz, backward
compatibility with 802.11b devices.
Access Point
Any entity that acts as a communication hub for the associated wireless stations to connect
with the wired LAN via the wireless medium
Ad Hoc Network
A network composed solely of stations within mutual communication range of each other via
the wireless medium (WM) and operate on a peer-to-peer bass. An Ad Hoc network is
typically created in a spontaneous manner. The principal distinguishing characteristic of an Ad
Hoc network is its limited temporal and spatial extent. The term Ad Hoc is often used as slang
to refer to an independent basic service set (IBSS).
Basic Service Set (BSS)
A set of 802.11-compliant stations that operate as a fully connected wireless network
An Access Point is associated with several wireless stations.
Baud Rate
The number of pulses of a signal that occur in one second
Summary of Contents for LWS100AE
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