Wireless N PCI-E Adapter User Guide
IEEE 802.15:
IEEE 802.15 is a working group of the IEEE 802 standards
committee which specifies Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN)
standards. It includes seven task groups. Task group one is based on
Bluetooth technology.
IEEE 802.16:
IEEE 802.16 is a series of Wireless Broadband standards
authored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Although the 802.16 family of standards is officially called Wireless MAN in
IEEE, it has been commercialized under the name “WiMAX” (from "Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access") by the WiMAX Forum industry alliance.
802.16a:
802.16a, also known as WiMAX, extends throughput up to 70Mbit/s
transmission rate within the distance of 30 miles.
802.20:
Delivers 1Mbit/s throughput for wireless MAN (Metropolitan area
network).
IEEE 802.1X:
IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE Standard for port-based Network
Access Control (PNAC). It is part of the IEEE 802.1 group of networking
protocols. It provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to
attach to a LAN or WLAN.IEEE 802.1X defines the encapsulation of the
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over IEEE 802 which is known as
"EAP over LAN" or EAPOL.
WEP:
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security algorithm for IEEE 802.11
wireless networks. Introduced as part of the original 802.11 standard, its
intention was to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional
wired network.
WPA:
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2)
are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the
Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks. The Alliance defined
these in response to serious weaknesses researchers had found in the
previous system, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and intended as an
intermediate solution to WEP insecurities.
RSN:
The Wi-Fi Alliance refers to their approved, interoperable
implementation of the full 802.11i as WPA2, also called RSN (Robust Security
Network). RSN, based on 802.1x, is introduced to supersede the security
specification, WPA.
