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.

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