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674GLOSSARY

ad hoc network	One of two IEEE 802.11 network frameworks. In an ad hoc network, a
	set of wireless stations communicate directly with one another without
	using an access point (AP) or any connection to a wired network. With
	an ad hoc network, also known as a peer-to-peer network or
	independent basic service set (IBSS), you can set up a wireless network
	in which a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for
	services (in a classroom, for example), or through which access to the
	wired network is prevented (for consultants at a client site, for
	example). Compare infrastructure network.
Advanced Encryption	See AES.
Standard
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard. One of the Federal Information
	Processing Standards (FIPS). The AES, documented in FIPS Publication
	197, specifies a symmetric encryption algorithm for use by
	organizations to protect sensitive information. See 802.11i; CCMP.
AP	See access point (AP).
association	The process defined in IEEE 802.11 by which an authenticated mobile
	(wireless) station establishes a relationship with a wireless access point
	(AP) to gain full network access. The access point assigns the mobile
	station an association identifier (AID), which the wireless LAN (WLAN)
	uses to track the mobile station as it roams. After associating with a
	Managed Access Point (MAP) in a 3Com Mobility System, a mobile
	station can send and receive traffic through any MAP within the same
	Mobility Domain™ group.
attribute	In authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA), a property used
	to identify (authenticate) a user or to configure (authorize) or record
	(account for) a user’s administrative or network session. A user’s AAA
	attributes are stored in a user profile in the local database on a Wireless
	Switch (WX), or on a RADIUS server. Attribute names are case-sensitive.
	See also RADIUS; VSA.
authenticated	In a 3Com Mobility System, the correspondence established between a
identity	user and his or her authentication attributes. User authentication
	attributes are linked to the user, rather than to a physical port or
	device, regardless of the user’s location or type of network connection.
	Because the authenticated identity follows the user, he or she requires
	no reauthentication when roaming.