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Glossary

AES Advanced Encryption Standard
APL Advanced Protection Logic
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access is a channel access method used by various radio communication
technologies that allows many users to occupy the same time and frequency allocations in a given
band/space.
dBM decibels milliwatt (power ratio)
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, which provides a mechanism for allocating IP addresses
dynamically so that addresses can be reused when hosts no longer need them.
DNS Domain Name System, which is a distributed hierarchical naming system used to resolve domain
names (e.g., www.yahoo.com) into numerical IP addresses (e.g., 204.17.25.1).
Ec/Io Signal to noise ratio of the current channel for CDMA (Measured in dB).
ESN Electronic Serial Number (32 bit number that identifies a CDMA device).
Gateway IP Address A gateway (sometimes called a router) is a computer and/or software used to connect two or more
networks (including incompatible networks) and translates information from one network to the
other. The Gateway IP address is the IP address for the gateway.
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global System for Mobile communications, which is an international standard for digital mobile
phone systems used for cellular communication.
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity number
IP Internet Protocol
IP Address A unique number consisting of four parts separated by periods, sometimes called a "dotted quad.,"
for example: 204.17.29.11, assigned to every computer/workstation connected to the Internet. IP
numbers can be "static" (assigned and unchanging) or "dynamic," assigned via DHCP at each and
every startup.
ISP Internet Service Provider
KBPS Kilobits per second
MAC ID Media Access Code; located on the module label.
NIC Network Interface Card
OTA Over The Air
NID Network Identification
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication
SCID SIM Card ID
SID System Identification
Subnet Mask A Subnet is a portion of a network that shares a network address with other portions of the
network, and is distinguished by a subnet number. The Subnet Mask is a 32-bit address mask
used in IP to indicate the bits of an IP address that are being used for the subnet address.
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup
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