Wireless Glossary
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1G
2G
2.5G
3G
802.1X
802.11
802.11a
802.11b
802.11e
802.11g
802.11h
802.11i
802.15
Access Point (AP)
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Bluetooth
Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW)
Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA)
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
Compact HTML (cHTML)
Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)
Communicator
DoCoMo
E911
Encryption
Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE)
EPOC
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
GSM (Global System for Mobile communications)
H.323
Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML)
Handheld Device Transport Protocol (HDTP)
Hotspot
IDEN
i-mode
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME)
Java
JavaPhone
Java Telephony API (JTAPI)
Messaging
Mobile Station Application Execution Environment (MexE)
Microbrowser
Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
Mobile Commerce (mCommerce)
Mobile phone network or Mobile system
Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
MP3
.NET Compact Framework
NS Basic
Object Exchange (OBEX)
Paging
PalmOS
Personal Communications Service (PCS)
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Personal Area Network (PAN)
PersonalJava
Picture Messaging
Pocket PC
Quality of Service (QoS)
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Short Message Service (SMS)
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Smart Card
Smartphone
Speech Application Language Tags (SALT)
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
Symbian
Symbian Connect
Symbian OS
SyncML
Tablet PC
Telematics
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
vCalendar
vCard
Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML)
Voice over IP (VoIP)
Voice over Wireless IP (VoWIP)
WAP Identity Module (WIM)
Warchalking
Web Clipping Application (WCA)
Web Services
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA)
Wi-Fi Alliance
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
Windows CE
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP)
Wireless Bitmap (WBMP)
Wireless IP
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Wireless Markup Language (WML)
xHTML
eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
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802.11b
Most WLANs deployed today use 802.11b technology, which operates in the 2.4 GHz band and supports a maximum theoretical data rate of 11 Mbps, with average throughput falling in the 4 Mbps to 6 Mbps range. In a typical office environment, its maximum range is 75 meters (250 feet) at the lowest speed, but at higher speed its range is about 30 meters (100 feet). Bluetooth devices, 2.4 GHz cordless phones and even microwave ovens are sources of interference (and thus create poor performance) for 802.11b networks. Minimizing interference can be difficult because 802.11b uses only three non-overlapping channels. 802.11b products have been shipping in quantity for several years so you will find that products are plentiful and affordable.
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