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Glossary of Terms RLXIB-IHN-WC ♦ 802.11n
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AES
Advanced Encryption Standard. New standard for encryption adopted by the U.S.
government for secure communications.
Amplifier
A device connected to an antenna used to increase the signal strength and
amplify weak incoming signals.
AMSDU
Aggregation of MAC Service Data Units (A-MSDU) collects Ethernet frames to be
transmitted to a single destination, and wraps them in a single 802.11n frame,
thus increasing the user level data rate.
Antenna
A device connected to a wireless transceiver that concentrates transmitted and
received radio waves to increase signal strength and thus the effective range of a
wireless network.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A communication mode in
which each eight-bit byte in a message contains one ASCII character code.
ASCII characters (or hexadecimal characters) are sometimes used as a key to
encrypt data and ensure its secure transmission.
Association
Process whereby two 802.11 radios establish communications with each other.
Requirements for communication include common SSID (network names) and
encryption settings.
Authenticate
The process of confirming the identity of someone connecting to a network.
Authentication Server
A back-end database server that confirms the identity of a supplicant to an
authenticator in an 802.1x-authenticated network.
B
Band
Another term for spectrum used to indicate a particular set of frequencies.
Wireless networking protocols work in either the 2.4 GHz or the 5 GHz bands.
Bandwidth
(See Throughput)
Base Station
See Wireless Gateway