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Configuration Manual
Alcatel-Lucent OmniTouch 8118/8128 WLAN Handset
WinPDM Portable Device Manager
Used for management of portables, editing of parameters and updating
the portables with new software.
PEAP Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol.
RTLS Real-Time Location System
SSID Service Set Identifier. User friendly name of a WLAN. Identifier attached
to packets sent over a WLAN that acts as a password. Daily used term for
ESSID in an wireless ESS topology.
STA Station. Client in a WiFi network.
QoS Quality of Service: Defines to what extent transmission rates, error rates
etc. are guaranteed in advance.
UP 6 User Presence (value between 0-7). Wireless QoS at the MAC Layer.
VoIP Voice over IP.
VoWiFi Wireless version of VoIP and refers to an IEEE 802.11a, b, g and n
network.
VoWLAN Voice over WLAN.
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy.
Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity. Has become a name for wireless LAN networks.
Originator is Wi-Fi Alliance.
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. Refers to an IEEE 802.11a, b, g and n
network.
WMM Wi-Fi Multimedia. A Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability certification, based
on the IEEE 802.11e standard. Provides basic QoS features to IEEE
802.11 networks.
WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access 2. Security method based on 802.11i standard for
wireless networks (data protection and network access control).