Wireless Lans

Wireless Lans

1. Coverage Area

   • Send and recieve data between the WLAN's APs and its clients.

2. Shared Bandwidth

   • How networks must share data by taking turns.

3. Wi-Fi

   • Manufactuers use to brand certified products that belong to Wi-Fi alliance

4. LAN Edge

   • Reference to a part of the campus LAN.

5. WLAN Hotspot

   • Located at a business or resturant, were customers can obtain wireless internet.

6. Basic Service Set

   • Single wireless access point.

7. Extended Service Set

   • Lan in which all devices communicate through one wireless access point.

8. Unlicensed Frequency Band

   • Reserved by national regulators
   • Limit power.

9. Nonoverlapping Channels

   • Allows multiple devices to send data at the same time in the same space.

10. Management & Control Frames

    • 802.11 frames defined by 802.11.

11. Service Set ID (SSID)

    • Formal name foe a wireless LAN.