Glossary
WAN – Wide Area Network
A network of computers that covers a large geographical distance. With respect to the Ericsson W25, WAN refers to the Internet.
WCDMA – Wideband CDMA
The radio access technology for wideband wireless access supporting 3G services. It allows very high speed multimedia services like wireless Internet access and videoconferencing. WCDMA is also known as CDMA DS (Direct Sequence).
WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
A method for data encryption on wireless networks. Data is encrypted into blocks of either 64 bits length or 128 bits length. The encrypted data can only be sent and received by users with access to a private encryption key.
Wireless
A common term used to describe telecommunications in which radio waves (rather than some form of wire) carry the signal over part or all of the communication path.
WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
A WLAN is a network in which a mobile user can connect to a LAN through a wireless (radio) connection. The IEEE 802.11 standard specifies the technologies for Wireless LANs.
WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
An authentication and encryption standard for wireless networks. WPA addresses the security limitations of WEP, providing a stronger data encryption method; TKIP. WPA data encryption is based on a WPA master key. The master key is derived from the passphrase and the network name (SSID) of the device.
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WUI – Web User Interface
In Ericsson W3x the WUI refers to a
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