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Bandwidth
The transmission capacity of a device, which is calculated by how much data the
device can transmit in a fixed amount of time expressed in bits per second (bps).
Beacon
A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network
synchronized. Included in a beacon is information such as wireless LAN service
area, the AP address, the broadcast destination addresses, time stamp, Delivery
Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM).
Bit
A binary digit, which is either 0 or 1 in value, is the smallest unit for data.
Bridge
An internetworking function that incorporates the lowest 2 layers of the OSI
network protocol model.
Browser
An application program that enables one to read the content and
interact in the World Wide Web or Intranet.
BSS
BSS stands for “Basic Service Set”. It is an Access Point and all the LAN PCs that
associated with it.
Channel
The bandwidth in which wireless radio operates is divided into several segments
are called
Channels
. AP and associated client stations work in one of the
channels.
CSMA/CA
In local area networking, this is the CSMA technique that combines slotted
time-division multiplexing with carrier sense multiple access/collision detection
(CSMA/CD) to avoid having collisions occur a second time. This works best if the
time allocated is short compared to packet length and if the number of situations is
small.
