Appendix Glossary - Tenda W311P User Manual

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Appendix Glossary

WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
802.11 A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for
WLAN technology.
802.11a An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up
to 54 Mbps transmission in the 5 GHz UNI radio band.
802.11b An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up
to 11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band. 802.11b
uses DSSS modulation.
802.11e It defines the QoS（quality-of-service） of WLAN, for
example, VOIP.
802.11g 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.
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy. A security protocol for WLANs
defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
WPA Wireless Protected Access， adopts rotating keys.
RSN Robust Security Network ， A substitute for WPA, and it
adopts 802.1x standard and advanced encryption
ICS Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing enables multi-
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