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Wireless networking
Terms in relation to computer networks that use (usually) ratio communication to wirelessly connect to the internet.
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Wireless networking
Coding gain
Network hardware; Wireless networking
Coding gain is the effective gain, measured in dB, that coding provides over an uncoded signal. Coding gain is usually measured as the dB difference in C/N ratios between a coded and uncoded signal ...
Basic service set identifier (bssid)
Network hardware; Wireless networking
BSSID refers to the MAC address of the Station (STA) in an Access Point (AP) in an infrastructure mode BSS defined by the IEEE 802. 11-1999 Wireless Lan specification. This field uniquely identifies ...
Bandwidth time product (bt)
Network hardware; Wireless networking
Bandwidth Time Product(BT) is the result obtained by multiplying the system bandwidth by the signal duration. As a general rule, the system bandwidth must be approximately equal to the reciprocal of ...
Co-channel interference
Network hardware; Wireless networking
The unwanted interference within a radio channel from another transmitter using the same channel at a different location. Co-channel interference is very common in a frequency reuse system and must ...
Commercial mobile radio services (CMRS)
Network hardware; Wireless networking
An FCC designation for any carrier or licensee whose wireless network is connected to the public switched telephone network and/or is operated for profit.
Codeword
Network hardware; Wireless networking
A contiguous set of bits that together form a piece of information. The codewords used in digital paging codes include redundant bits that allow a receiver to reconstruct the information if some of ...
Coherent detection
Network hardware; Wireless networking
Also referred to as coherent demodulation, coherent detection is a technique of phase locking to the carrier wave to improve detection. Knowledge of the carrier phase improves demodulator ...
