Cisco Systems 1130AG manual GL-4

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Glossary

I

IEEE

infrastructure

IP Address

IP subnet mask

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. A professional society serving electrical engineers through its publications, conferences, and standards development activities. The body responsible for the Ethernet 802.3 and wireless LAN 802.11 specifications.

The wired Ethernet network.

The Internet Protocol (IP) address of a station.

The number used to identify the IP subnetwork, indicating whether the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway. This number is expressed in a form similar to an IP address; for example: 255.255.255.0.

isotropic

An antenna that radiates its signal in a spherical pattern.

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L

 

Lightweight access

An access point operating in the Cisco Centralized Wireless LAN Architecture

point

with a Cisco Wireless LAN Controller.

LWAPP

Lightweight Access Point Protocol. An Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

 

draft protocol used in the Cisco Centralized Wireless LAN Architecture.

 

 

M

 

MAC

Media Access Control address. A unique 48-bit number used in Ethernet data

 

packets to identify an Ethernet device, such as an access point or your client

 

adapter.

modulation

Any of several techniques for combining user information with a transmitter’s

 

carrier signal.

multipath

The echoes created as a radio signal bounces off of physical objects.

multicast packet

A single data message (packet) sent to multiple addresses.

O

omni-directional

OFDM

This typically refers to a primarily circular antenna radiation pattern.

Orthogonal frequency division multiplex is a modulation technique used by IEEE 802.11a-compliant wireless LANs for transmission at 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps.

Cisco Aironet 1130AG Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide

 

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