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Access Point (AP)
A Wireless Access Point, also called a Base Station, is a wireless LAN or WAN data transceiver that uses radio waves
to connect a wired network with wireless stations. It is the "Point" in a "Point-to-Multipoint" system.
Antenna Gain
The gain of an antenna is a measure of the antenna's ability to direct or focus radio energy over a region of space.
High gain antennas have a more focused radiation pattern in a specic direction.
AP-Centric
The Access5830 is a Point-to-Multipoint system with the access point being the single point and Subscriber Units
being the multi-points. It is sometimes referred to as a cell system. See also Base Station.

API
Application Programming Interface.

Associated
Term used to describe an AP and SU which are communicating in a wireless link.

AGC
Automatic Gain Control

ATPC
Automatic Transmit Power Control

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Base Station
The center of a point-to-multipoint deployment, also called a cell site. A base station is typically the location of
multiple access points.

BER
Bit Error Rate

BPF
Band Pass Filter

Broadcast Packet
A single data message (packet) sent to all addresses on the same subnet.

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Cat-5
Category 5 Ethernet cable. For more info, see Cat-5 Ethernet Cable Pin-out .

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COS
Class of Service

CCK
Complementary Code Keying. CCK is a modulation technique used for wireless WAN transmission at 5.5 and 11
Mbps.

Cell
The area of radio range or coverage in which the wireless devices can communicate with the base station. The size
of the cell depends upon the speed of the transmission, the type of antenna used, and the physical environment, as
well as other factors.

Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)

Communications equipment that resides and operaters at the customer's place of operation. The CPE for Trango
point-to-multipoint systems is the subscriber unit. See also Subscriber Unit.

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Data Rates
The range of data transmission rates supported by a device. Data rates are measured in megabits per second
(Mbps).

dB
Decibel

dBi
A ratio of decibels to an isotropic antenna that is commonly used to measure antenna gain. The greater the dBi
value, the higher the gain, and the more acute the angle of coverage.

DHCP
Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol. A protocol available with many operating systems that automatically issues IP
addresses within a specied range to devices on the network. The device retains the assigned address for a specic
administrator-dened period.

Directional Antenna
A directional antenna transmits a signal in a particular direction towards the receiver similar to a beam of light from
a ashlight.

Domain Name
The text name that refers to a grouping of networks or network resources based on organization-type or geography.
For example: name.com commercial, name.edu educational, name.gov government, name.net network
provider (such as an ISP), name.ar Argentina, name.au Australia, and so on.

DNS
Domain Name Server. A server that translates text names into IP addresses. The server maintains a database of
host alphanumeric names and their corresponding IP addresses.

DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum. A type of spread spectrum radio transmission that spreads its signal
continuously over a wide frequency band.

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E1
European-Carrier 1

Ethernet
The most widely used wired local area network. Ethernet uses carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) to allow
computers to share a network and operates at 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps, depending on the physical layer used.

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EIRP
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power. Conducted RF power in dBm plus antenna gain in dBi.

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FCC
Federal Communication Commission

FEC
Forward Error Correction

File Server
A repository for sharing les, mail, and programs over a local area network (LAN).

Firmware
Software that is programmed on a memory chip.

Fixed Wireless
Fixed wireless networks connect two xed locations (e.g., buildings, towers etc.) with either point-to-point or point-
to-multipoint wireless radios and delivers data, voice, video, and other encoded digital or analog communications
between the two or more sites.

FPGA
Field Programmable Gate-Array

FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A member of the TCP/IP suite of protocols, used to copy les between two computers
through the Internet. Both computers must support their respective FTP roles: one must be an FTP client and the
other an FTP server.

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Gateway
A device that connects two otherwise incompatible networks together.

GHz
Gigahertz. One billion cycles per second. A unit of measure for wireless frequency.

GigE
Gigabit Ethernet

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HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the set of rules for exchanging les (text, graphic images, sound, video, and
other multimedia les) on the World Wide Web. HTTP is an application protocol relative to the TCP/IP suite of
protocols, which are the basis for information exchange on the Internet.

Essential concepts that are part of HTTP include the principal idea that les can contain references to other les
whose selection elicit additional transfer requests. Any Web server machine contains, in addition to the HTML and
other les it can serve, an HTTP daemon a program that is designed to wait for HTTP requests and handle them
when they arrive. Your Web browser is an HTTP client, sending requests to server machines. When the browser
user enters le requests by either "opening" a Web le (typing in a Uniform Resource Locator or URL) or clicking on
a hypertext link, the browser builds an HTTP request and sends it to the Internet Protocol address indicated by the
URL. The HTTP daemon in the destination server machine receives the request and, after any necessary processing,
the requested le is returned. Default TCP port is 80.

HTTPD
HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon

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HTTPS
HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure

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IDU
Indoor Unit

IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. The IEEE is a professional society that serves electrical engineers
through its publications, conferences, and standards development activities. It is the body responsible for the
Ethernet 802.3 and wireless LAN 802.11 specications.

IF
Intermediate Frequency

Infrastructure
The wired Ethernet network.

IP
Internet Protocol.

IP Address
The Internet Protocol address of a station, or the layer three address used in routing packets.

IP Subnet Mask
The number used to identify the IP subnetwork, indicating whether the IP address can be recognized on the LAN, or
if it must be reached through a gateway. Number is expressed in a form similar to an IP address (i.e.
255.255.255.0).

ISM
Industrial Scientic Medical. FCC designation for various parts of the radio spectrum originally allocated for
unlicensed use. For the Access5830, it refers to the 5.725 to 5.850 frequency band.

ISP
Internet Service Provider. A network operator that delivers Internet access services to its end-customers. See also
WISP.

Isotropic
A theoretical antenna that radiates its signal 360 degrees both vertically and horizontally in a perfect sphere.

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LAN
Local Area Network. A computer communications network usually with a central server that connects a number of
computers so that users can share programs and les, usually users conned within a local geographical area, such
as a home, ofce or small group of buildings. See WLAN.

LB
Loopback

LED
Light-emitting Diode

LIU
Line Interface Unit

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MAC Address
Media Access Control Address. A unique 48-bit number used in Ethernet data packets to identify an Ethernet device,
such as an Access Point, your client adapter, or a Subscriber Unit.

MAN
Metropolitan Area Network. A communications network, which covers a geographic area such as a city or suburb.
See also WMAN.

Mbps
Megabits per second. A measure of data transmission speed 1,000,000 bits per second or approximately 125,000
characters per second

Megabit
Approximately one million bits. A unit of measure for an amount of data.

Modulation
Any of several techniques for combining user information with a transmitter's carrier signal.

MSE
Mean Square Error

MU
Master Unit, is a wireless LAN data transceiver that uses radio waves to connect a wired network with a remote
station.

Multi-path
The echoes created as a radio signal bounces off of physical objects.

Multicast Packet
A single data message (packet) sent to multiple addresses.

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ODU
Outdoor Unit

Opmode
Operation Mode

Omni-directional Antenna
An omni-directional antenna is a primarily circular rod-shaped antenna that radiates the radio frequency in all
directions from the antenna, like ripples caused by a rock thrown in a pond.

OS
Operating System

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Packet
A basic message unit for communication across a network. A packet usually includes routing information, data, and
sometimes error detection information.

PIC
A Series of microcontrollers a product of the Microchip Technology

Point-to-MultiPoint (PtMP / PMP)

A network topology that connects a single endpoint to two or more endpoints. For example, in an ISP to customer
premise scenario, one access point can distribute data to multiple subscribers

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Point-to-Point (PtP / PTP / P2P)

The simplest of network topologies, a direct link connecting one endpoint to another.

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a technology that powers a remote Ethernet device by transfering electrical power
over the same standard twisted-pair Ethernet cable that is used to also send Ethernet data communications.

Protocol
A set of rules which govern communication between two network devices. Using a network medium (i.e. wireless,
copper wire, etc.), computers pass information from one to another in an organized fashion using these
communication rules. Example protocols: TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Apple Talk, Net BEUI, HTTP, FTP, etc.

Protocol Duties Include:

The type of error checking to be used

Data compression method, if any

How the sending device will indicate that it has nished sending a message

How the receiving device will indicate that it has received a message

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QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QoS
Quality of Service

QPSK
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

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Range
A linear measure of the distance that a transmitter can send a signal.

Receiver Sensitivity
A measurement of the weakest signal a receiver can receive and still correctly translate it into data.

RF
Radio Frequency. A generic term for wireless radio-based technology.

RJ-45
Registered Jack - 45

RS-232
Recommended Standard 232

RSSI
Receive Signal Strength Indicator

RU
Remote Unit, is a wireless LAN data transceiver that uses radio waves to connect a remote station with a wired
network.

Rx
Receive

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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol. A network protocol used to manage TCP/IP networks. In Windows, the SNMP
service is used to provide status information about a host on a TCP/IP network

Spread Spectrum
A radio transmission technology that spreads the user information over a much wider bandwidth than otherwise
required in order to gain benets such as improved interference tolerance and unlicensed operation.

SSH
Secure Shell

Subscriber Unit (SU)

A subscriber unit (also called subscriber module) is a broadband radio installed at a business or residential
customer's location via a wireless access point to deliver broadband Internet access. Also see Customer Premise
Equipment (CPE).

Sysinfo
System Information

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T1 T
1.544 Mbps telephony carrier 1

TCP
Transmission Control Protocol. A connection oriented reliable protocol that guarantees the delivery and correct
sequencing of delivered packets.

TDM
Time-Division Multiplexing

T/I
Threshold to Interference

Telnet
Is a terminal-emulation protocol that is widely used on the Internet to log on to network computers. Telnet also
refers to the through a command line interface (CLI) application that uses the Telnet protocol for users who log on
from remote locations.

TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TFTPD
Trivial File Transfer Protocol Daemon

Transmit Power
The power level the radio transmits from its antenna port.

Tx
Transmit

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UNII
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure. Regulations for UNII devices operating in the 5.15 to 5.35 GHz and
5.725 to 5.825 GHz frequency bands.

UNII-1
Regulations for UNII devices operating in the 5.15 to 5.25 GHz frequency band.

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UNII-2
Regulations for UNII devices operating in the 5.25 to 5.35 GHz frequency band.

UNII-3
Regulations for UNII devices operating in the 5.725 to 5.825 GHz frequency band.

Unicast Packet
A single data message (packet) sent to a specic IP address.

UDP
User Datagram Protocol. A TCP complement that offers a connectionless datagram service that guarantees neither
delivery nor correct sequencing of delivered packets (much like IP).

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VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network. See LAN.

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WAN
Wide Area Network. A communications network, which covers wide geographic areas such as states and countries.
The size of a network is limited due to size and distance constraints. However, LAN networks may be connected
together to create a WAN. See also WMAN, WLAN.

WLAN
Wireless Wide Area Network. A LAN that is built using wireless technology. See LAN.

Workstation
A computing device with an installed client adapter.

WISP
Wireless Internet Service Provider. A network operator, or ISP that utilizes mostly wireless radio equipment to
deliver Internet access services to its end-customers. See ISP.

WWAN
Wireless Wide Area Network. A WAN that is built using wireless technology. See WAN.

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