| Shared Key: Shared Key authentication supports authentication of |
| stations as either a member of those who knows a shared secret |
| key or a member of those who does not. |
Backbone: | The core infrastructure of a network, which transports information |
| from one central location to another where the information is |
| unloaded into a local system. |
Bandwidth: | The transmission capacity of a device, which is calculated by |
| how much data the device can transmit in a fixed amount of time |
| expressed in bits per second (bps). |
Beacon: | A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the |
| network synchronized. Included in a beacon are information such |
| as wireless LAN service area, the AP address, the Broadcast |
| destination addresses, time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, |
| and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM). |
Bit: | A binary digit, which is either |
| for data. |
Bridge: | An internetworking function that incorporates the lowest 2 layers of |
| the OSI network protocol model. |
Browser: | An application program that enables one to read the content and |
| interact in the World Wide Web or Intranet. |
BSS: | BSS stands for “Basic Service Set”. It is an Access Point and all the |
| LAN PCs that associated with it. |
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YML787 Rev1 |
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