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SAM
Security Application Module (security
card in the VIT/UPI)
Sundries
All non-fuel products
VIU
Vehicle Identification Unit
14.2. COMMUNICATION GLOSSARY
Access Point
An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless
networks together.
Ad Hoc
A peer- to-peer wireless network without Access Point. A group of wireless
clients consistent an independent wireless LAN.
Backbone
The core infrastructure of a network, the portion of the network that
transports information from one central location to another central location.
The information is then off-loaded onto a local system.
BSS
Basic Service Set. An Access Point associated with several wireless stations.
DES
LANs with high level of security. A method of data encryption.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
ESS
Extended Service Set. More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended
Service Set. An ESS is basically a roaming domain.
ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier. The length of the ESSID information is
between 0 and 32 octets. A zero-length identifier indicates the broadcast
SSID.
Ethernet
A popular local area data communications network, originally developed by
Xerox Corp., which accepts transmission from computers and terminals.
Ethernet operates on 10/100 Mbps transmission rate over shielded coaxial
cable or over shielded twisted pair telephone wire.
Infrastructure
An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an infrastructure
configuration.
LAN
Local Area Network
Roaming
A function that allows one to travel with a mobile end system (wireless LAN
mobile station, for example) through the territory of a domain (an ESS, for
example) while continuously connecting to the infrastructure.
TCP/IP
Communication protocol used in Ethernet/Internet.
Triple DES
A method of data encryption.
WAN
Wide Area Network
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