Wireless

802 11 referred to in full as IEEE 802 11 is a set of standards created by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers LAN MAN Standards Committee IEEE 802 to govern wireless networking transmission methods It was developed for computer communication in wireless local area networks WLAN in the 5 GHz and 2 4 GHz public spectrum bands The...
802 11a referred to in full as IEEE 802 11a is the first wireless networking standard ever created It was developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers LAN MAN Standards Committee IEEE 802 and ratified in 1999 802 11a operates in 5 GHz band which protects it from interference from external sources It features a maximum raw...
802 11b referred to in full as IEEE 802 11b is the first widely accepted wireless networking standard It was developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers LAN MAN Standards Committee IEEE 802 and ratified in 1999 the same year as its preceding 802 11 amendment 802 11a It extended throughput to up to 11 Mbps on a 2 4 GHz...
802 11e referred to in full as IEEE 802 11e is an amendment to the IEEE 802 11 standard created by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers LAN MAN Standards Committee IEEE 802 a standard that allows devices to connect to a wireless local area network WLAN It was created by a Task Group called the IEEE TGe It features modifications...
802 11g referred to in full as IEEE 802 11g is an amendment to the IEEE 802 11 standard created by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers LAN MAN Standards Committee IEEE 802 which governs wireless networking transmission methods It was ratified in 2003 Along with 802 11b it is the most widely used amendment in the 802 11 family...
802 11i referred to in full as IEEE 802 11i is an amendment to the IEEE 802 11 standard developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers LAN MAN Standards Committee IEEE 802 used to govern wireless networking transmission methods It specified security mechanisms for wireless networks Original versions of 802 11 featured weak...
802 11n referred to in full as IEEE 802 11n is an amendment to the IEEE 802 11 standard developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE LAN MAN Standards Committee which governs methods of transmission over wireless networks For the sake of the acceleration of the 802 11n development process as well as the promotion of...
802 1X referred to in full as IEEE 802 1X is a standard under the IEEE 802 group of protocols maintained by the IEEE 802 LAN MAN Standards Committee LMSC Based on the Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP; RFC 2284 the 802 1X standard was developed for port based Network Access Control and for use in closed wireless access points in order...
802 16 also referred to as IEEE 802 16 WirelessMAN or WiMAX" which stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access" is a family of standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE 802 16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards The workgroup a unit of...
Bluetooth also known as IEEE 802 15 1 refers to short range communications technology for wireless personal area networks PAN The specification was developed in 1994 by Sven Mattisson and Jaap Haartsen both employed by Ericsson Mobile Platforms in Sweden It was formalized by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group Bluetooth SIG a consortium formed...
Code division multiple access CDMA formerly known as Interim Standard 95 IS 95 is a second generation 2G air interface modulation technique used in wireless communication developed by Qualcomm and enhanced by Ericsson It employs spread spectrum technology meaning the coded signal has a significantly higher bandwidth than the data being transmitted...
Centrino is a platform marketing initiative developed by the company Intel It is a label used for a set of technologies for the central processing unit CPU mainboard chipset and wireless network interface the usage of which according to Intel would provide broad wireless network interoperability better performance and a longer battery life...
GSM which stands for Global System for Mobile Communications although originally Groupe Spé cial Mobile is a second generation 2G Mobile Data Service for wireless telecommunications Development of GSM was initiated and promoted in 1982 by the GSM Association a group started by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations...
Global Positioning System GPS officially named NAVSTAR GPS is a fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS developed by the United States Department of Defense and accessible as a public good to civilians It enables a GPS receiver to determine its location speed direction of speed and time by making use of a constellation of...
General Packet Radio Service GPRS is a second and a half generation 2 5G packet switched Mobile Data Service developed exclusively for users of Global System for Mobile Communications GSM and IS 136 mobile phones and integrated into GSM Release 97 and newer releases Through the use of otherwise unused time division multiple access TDMA...
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone NTT DoCoMo Inc where DoCoMo" is shorthand for Do Communications Over the Mobile Network" as well as a play on dokomo the Japanese word for everywhere is the most prominent wireless telecommunications operator in Japan with more than 50 million subscribers In August...
EDGE short for Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution and also known as Enhanced GPRS EGPRS is a standard of technology in wireless telecommunications introduced in 2003 that increases data transmission rates and improves data transmission reliability in GSM enabled mobile phones It is usually classified as a second and three quarters generation...
WAP which stands for wireless access point is a device used for the formation of a wireless network through connection of wireless communication devices It often connects to a wired network enabling it to transmit data between wired and wireless devices A larger roaming" enabled network may be formed by linking together several WAPs...
WEP which could stand for either Wired Equivalent Privacy or Wireless Encryption Protocol is a security scheme employed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE for IEEE 802 11 wireless networks since the standard s ratification in September 1999 WEP was part of the IEEE 802 11 standard and its amendments up until IEEE 802 11i...
WiMAX which stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access is a subset of standard interoperable implementations within the IEEE 802 16 family of standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE 802 16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards The workgroup a unit of the IEEE...