Cisco 1242AG - Aironet - Wireless Access Point Hardware Installation Manual page 120

Glossary
I
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. A professional society serving
IEEE
electrical engineers through its publications, conferences, and standards
development activities. The body responsible for the Ethernet 802.3 and wireless
LAN 802.11 specifications.
The wired Ethernet network.
infrastructure
The Internet Protocol (IP) address of a station.
IP Address
The number used to identify the IP subnetwork, indicating whether the IP
IP subnet mask
address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a
gateway. This number is expressed in a form similar to an IP address; for
example: 255.255.255.0.
An antenna that radiates its signal in a spherical pattern.
isotropic
L
An access point operating in the Cisco Centralized Wireless LAN Architecture
Lightweight access
point with a Cisco Wireless LAN Controller.
Lightweight Access Point Protocol. An Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
LWAPP
draft protocol used in the Cisco Centralized Wireless LAN Architecture.
M
MAC Media Access Control address. A unique 48-bit number used in Ethernet data
packets to identify an Ethernet device, such as an access point or your client
adapter.
Multiple basic SSID. Each multiple basic SSID is assigned a unique MAC
MBSSID
address. You use multiple BSSIDs to assign a unique DTIM setting for each
SSID and to broadcast SSIDs in beacons (one SSID per beacon).
Any of several techniques for combining user information with a transmitter's
modulation
carrier signal.
The echoes created as a radio signal bounces off of physical objects.
multipath
A single data message (packet) sent to multiple addresses.
multicast packet
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