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technology and allied sciences for the benefit of humanity, the advancement of
the profession. The IEEE fosters the development of standards that often become
national and international standards.
Infrastructure
An infrastructure network is a wireless network or other small network in which the
wireless network devices are made a part of the network through the Access Point
which connects them to the rest of the network.
ISM Band
The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U.S. have set aside bandwidth for
unlicensed use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. Spectrum in
the vicinity of 2.4GHz, in particular, is being made available worldwide.
MAC Address
Media Access Control Address is a unique hex number assigned by the
manufacturer to any Ethernet networking device, such as a network adapter, that
allows the network to identify it at the hardware level.
Multicasting
Sending data to a group of nodes instead of a single destination.
Multiple Bridge
One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54Mbps Access Point, which
allows a group of APs that consists of two or more APs to connect two or more
Ethernet networks or Ethernet enabled clients together. The way that multiple
bridge setups is based on the topology of Ad-Hoc mode.
Node
A network junction or connection point, typically a computer or workstation.
Packet
A unit of data routed between an origin and a destination in a network.
PLCP
Physical layer convergence protocol.