Appendix One: Acronyms And Terms - Tenda W54U User Manual

Appendix One: Acronyms and Terms

WLAN
802.11
802.11a
802.11b
802.11g
Ad-Hoc A group of computers each with wireless adapters,
connected as an independent WLAN.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
BSSID Basic Service Set ID
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum. DSSS is one of
two types of spread spectrum radio. The other is
frequency-hopping spread spectrum(FHSS).
QoS Quality of Service
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Wireless Local Area Network
A family of specifications developed by the IEEE
for WLAN technology.
An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that
provides up to 54 Mbps transmission in the 5 GHz
UNI radio band.
An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that
provides up to 11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4
GHz ISM radio
modulation.
An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that
provides up to 54 Mbps transmission in the 2.4
GHz ISM radio band. 802.11b uses OFDM
modulation and is backwards compatible with
802.11b.
band. 802.11b
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uses DSSS