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GLOSSARY
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6710 Access Point User’s Guide
Frame
A
frame is a series of bytes of data encapsulated with a
header (and trailer). Frame is often used interchangeably
with packet, although technically a packet refers to data
from the network layer of the protocol stack.
Frequency Agile
The
frequency agile system software allows access points to
be individually configured to operate on one of several pre-
programmed frequencies. Wireless stations are pro-
grammed with a list of all frequencies used in the installed
access points, and change frequencies in order to roam be-
tween access points. Access points may be installed with
overlapping coverage using different frequencies to increase
throughput.
Currently, no provision exists to allow frequency agile op-
eration on a subset of the available frequencies.
Frequency Hopping
Frequency hopping is a spread spectrum technique by
which the band is divided into a number of channels and
the transmissions hop from channel to channel is in a speci-
fied sequence.
Hop
Hop is used in vector distance routing and is equal to one
data link. A path to the final destination on a net is a se-
ries of hops away from the origin.
Inbound Frames
Frames sent toward the distribution LAN are
inbound.