Wireless Flashcards

1
Q

Wireless management protocols and services

A

Authentication
Association
Data Delivery
Privacy

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2
Q

BSS

A

Basic Service Set

Ad hoc network that is the fundamental topology of WLAN

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3
Q

Access Point

A

Transceiver that interconnects data from WLAN to wired network

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4
Q

ESS

A

Extended Service Set

Multiple access points in a WLAN

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5
Q

CSMA/CA

A

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

Client station listens for traffic. If channel is busy the client waits a random amount of time.

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6
Q

Pseudorandom

A

Sequence appears random but repeats after a lengthy period of time

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7
Q

Services provided by WLAN adapter

A

Delivery of data
Authentication
Privacy

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8
Q

Spatial Diversity

A

Provided by two antennas on the access point

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9
Q

Bluetooth

A
  1. 15

2. 4 GHz ISM frequency band

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10
Q

WiMAX

A

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
Broadband wireless access for fixed and mobile stations
Wireless alternative for last mile access in 2 - 66 GHz range

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11
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RFID

A

Radio Frequency Identification

Radio waves to track people, animals, objects, and shipments

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12
Q

Backsatter

A

Radio waves strike RFID tag and reflect back to transmitter source

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13
Q

CDMA

A

Code Division Multiple Access

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14
Q

LTE/4G

A

Long Term Evolution

10x 3G speeds

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15
Q

HSPA+

A

Evolved High-Speed Packet Access

comparable to LTE

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16
Q

WPA

A

Wi-Fi Protected Access

17
Q

RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

Prevents unauthorized users from connecting to the network

18
Q

Beacon

A

Verifies integrity of a wireless link

19
Q

EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

Used in WPA and WPA2

20
Q

War Driving

A

Threat to security

Detects wireless management packets by using wireless equipment

21
Q

BWA

A

Broadband Wireless Access

22
Q

MIMO

A

Data stream split into multiple spatial streams

23
Q

ISM

A

Industrial, scientific, and medical