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DWS-1008 User's Manual
BSS
Basic service set. A set of wireless stations that communicate with one another through an
access point (AP).
BSSID
Basic service set identifier. The 48-bit media access control (MAC) address of the radio in the
access point (AP) that serves the stations in a basic service set (BSS).
CA
See certificate authority (CA).
CBC-MAC
See CCMP.
CCI
Co-channel interference. Obstruction that occurs when one signal on a particular frequency
intrudes into a cell that is using that same frequency for transmission. In multicell networks,
systems are designed to minimize CCI through appropriate transmission power and channel
selection.
CCMP
Counter-Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol. A wireless
encryption protocol based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and defined in the
IEEE 802.11i specification. CCMP uses a symmetric key block cipher mode that provides
privacy by means of counter mode and data origin authenticity by means of cipher block
chaining message authentication code (CBC-MAC). See also 802.11i; AES; TKIP; WPA.
Compare WEP.
cell
The geographical area covered by a wireless transmitter.
certificate authority (CA)
Network software that issues and manages security credentials and public keys for
authentication and message encryption. As part of a public-key infrastructure (PKI), which
enables secure exchanges of information over a network, a certificate authority checks with a
registration authority (RA) to verify information provided by the requestor of a digital certificate.
If the registration authority verifies the requestor's information, the certificate authority can
issue a certificate. Based on the PKI implementation, the certificate content can include the
certificate's expiration date, the owner's public key, the owner's name, and other information
about the public-key owner. See also registration authority (RA).
Certificate Signing Request
See CSR.
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