Glossary

     

    A single-wire (plus ground) communications protocol.

    A 1-Wire interface master controller.

    10-Gigabit Ethernet

    3G

    Third-generation mobile telephone protocols that support higher data rates, for non-voice communications such as multimedia and Internet access.

    Third Generation Partnership Project, a collaboration of cell phone technology standards bodies. www.3gpp.org/.

    4G

    4th Generation mobile telephony standard with a potential speed of up to 1 gigabit per second for data transfer.

    5G

    Upcoming 5th Generation mobile telephony standard that can potentially transfer data at up to 20 gigabit per second.

    IEEE standard that specifies medium-access and physical-layer specifications for 1Mbps and 2Mbps wireless connectivity between fixed, portable, and moving stations within a local area.

    The IEEE standard that governs the deployment of 5GHz OFDM systems. It specifies the implementation of the physical layer for wireless UNII b.

    IEEE 802.11ac is a wireless networking standard in the 802.11 family (which is marketed under the brand name Wi-Fi), on the 5 GHz band. The specification has multi-station throughput of at least 1 gigabit per second and single-link throughput of at least

    An international IEEE standard for WLAN networks, operating at 2.4GHz and providing a maximum data transfer rate of 11Mbps.

    A proposed standard that describes a wireless networking method for a WLAN that operates in the 2.4GHz radio band (ISM: Industrial Scientific Medical frequency band). It transfers data at up to 54Mbps.

    An IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that increases transmission speeds to 600 Mbps and works in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands (see dual-band router).

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