A.5 FAQ
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Wireless Broadband Router
Can I run an application from a remote computer over the wireless network?
This will depend on whether or not the application is designed to be used over a network. Consult the application’s user guide to determine if it supports operation over a network.
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Can I play computer games with other members of the wireless network?
Yes, as long as the game supports multiple players over a LAN (local area network).
Refer to the game’s user guide for more information.
Question | What is Spread Spectrum? |
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Answer | Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency |
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| trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and |
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| the case of narrowband transmission, but the |
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| produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to |
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| detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the |
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| tuned to the right frequency, a |
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| like background noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct |
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| Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping |
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| Spread Spectrum (FHSS). |
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| Question | What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what | are their |
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Answer | uses a |
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| narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is |
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| known to both transmitter and receiver. | Properly |
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| synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical |
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| channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be |
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| Spread- |
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| Spectrum (DSSS) generates a redundant bit pattern for each |
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| bit to be transmitted. This bit pattern is called a chip (or |
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| chipping code). The longer the chip, the greater the probability |
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| that the original data can be recovered. Even if one or more |
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