
Glossary
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RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service. A backend server that performs
authentication using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). This server is
required by the IEEE 802.1X security standard.
RS-232
An EIA standard that specifies up to 20 Kbps, 50 foot serial transmission
between computers and peripheral devices.
RTOS
An operating system implementing components and services that explicitly
offer deterministic responses, and therefore allow the creation of real-time
systems. An RTOS is characterized by the richness of the services it
provides, the performance characteristics of those services, and the degree
that those performance characteristics can be controlled by the application
engineer
(to satisfy the requirements of the application).
Service Set Identifier
(SSID)
An identifier attached to packets sent over the wireless LAN that functions as
a "password" for joining a particular radio network (BSS). All radios and
Access Points within the same BSS must use the same SSID or their packets
will be ignored.
SPI
Short for Serial Peripheral Interface, a full-duplex serial interface for
connecting external devices using four wires. SPI devices communicate
using a master/slave relationship over two data lines and two control lines.
Supplicant
The entity being authenticated by the authenticator and desiring access to the
services of the authenticator.
Telnet
A virtual terminal protocol used (e.g., with the Internet) to enable users to log
into a remote Host.
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol and is used in encryption. TKIP is an IEEE
802.11i standard and an enhancement to WEP security.
Transceiver
A device for transmitting and receiving packets between the computer and
the medium.
Transmission
Control Protocol
(TCP)
A commonly used protocol for establishing and maintaining communications
between applications on different computers. TCP provides full-duplex,
acknowledged, and flow-controlled service to upper-layer protocols and
applications.
UDP
Short for User Datagram Protocol, UDP is a connectionless protocol that, like
TCP, runs on top of IP networks. Unlike TCP/IP, UDP/IP provides very few
error recovery services, offering instead a direct way to send and receive
datagrams over an IP network. It's used primarily for broadcasting messages
or sending streaming data (e.g., video) over a network.
Wide Area Network
(WAN)
A communication system of connecting PCs (and other computing devices)
across a large local, regional, national, or international geographic area. Also
used to distinguish between phone-based data networks and Wi-Fi. Phone
networks are considered WANs and Wi-Fi networks are considered wireless
LANs.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a name for 802.11 wireless network technology.
Wi-Fi Alliance
A non-profit international association formed in 1999 to certify interoperability
of wireless LAN products based on the IEEE 802.11 specification.
Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP)
A security protocol for wireless LANs defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
WEP is designed to provide the same level of security as a wired LAN.
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