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WFA
WIDS
Wi-Fi
WiMAX
WIP
WIPS
WISP
WISPr
WLAN
WME
WMI
WMM
WPA
WPA2
SCALANCE W1750D CLI
Function Manual, 03/2019, C79000-G8976-C452-04
Wi-Fi Alliance. WFA is a non-profit organization that promotes Wi-Fi technol-
ogy and certifies Wi-Fi products if they conform to certain standards of in-
teroperability.
Wireless Intrusion Detection System. WIDS is an application that detects the
attacks on a wireless network or wireless system.
Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN
network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply
to products that use any 802.11 standard.
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. WiMAX refers to the im-
plementation of IEEE 802.16 family of wireless networks standards set by the
WiMAX forum.
Wireless Intrusion Protection. The WIP module provides wired and wireless
AP detection, classification, and containment. It detects Denial of Service
(DoS) and impersonation attacks, and prevents client and network intrusions.
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System. WIPS is a dedicated security device or
integrated software application that monitors the radio spectrum of WLAN
network for rogue APs and other wireless threats.
Wireless Internet Service Provider. WISP allows subscribers to connect to a
server at designated hotspots using a wireless connection such as Wi-Fi.
This type of ISP offers broadband service and allows subscriber computers
called stations, to access the Internet and the web from anywhere within the
zone of coverage provided by the server antenna, usually a region with a
radius of several kilometers.
Wireless Internet Service Provider Roaming. The WISPr framework enables
the client devices to roam between the wireless hotspots using different ISPs.
Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that
the users access through a wireless connection.
Wireless Multimedia Extension. WME is a Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability certi-
fication, based on the IEEE 802.11e standard. It provides basic QoS features
to IEEE 802.11 networks. WMM prioritizes traffic according to four ACs: voice
(AC_VO), video (AC_VI), best effort (AC_BE) and background (AC_BK). See
WMM.
Windows Management Instrumentation. WMI consists of a set of extensions
to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface
through which instrumented components provide information and notification.
Wi-Fi Multimedia. WMM is also known as WME. It refers to a Wi-Fi Alliance
interoperability certification, based on the IEEE 802.11e standard. It provides
basic QoS features to IEEE 802.11 networks. WMM prioritizes traffic accord-
ing to four ACs: voice (AC_VO), video (AC_VI), best effort (AC_BE), and
background (AC_BK).
Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA is an interoperable wireless security specifica-
tion subset of the IEEE 802.11 standard. This standard provides authentica-
tion capabilities and uses TKIP for data encryption.
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2. WPA2 is a certification program maintained by
IEEE that oversees standards for security over wireless networks. WPA2
supports IEEE 802.1X/EAP authentication or PSK technology, but includes
advanced encryption mechanism using CCMP that is referred to as AES.
Appendix A
A.1 Glossary of Terms
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