Index_V-W

V-W

vendor interoperability, WAP, 320

virtual carrier sense, 114

voice channels, Bluetooth, 127

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), 52

W-CDMA, 131

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), 123, 298

3G compliance, 299

abbreviations, 302-303

architecture, 300

caching proxies, 309

conformance, 320

content decoders, 308

content encoders, 308

content typing, 308

design fundamentals, 298-299

EFI, 318

interoperability, 320

microbrowser, 308

motivations behind creation, 303

Navigation Discovery service, 318

network elements, 311

network independence, 299

PKI portals, 310

protocol gateways, 308

Provisioning Server, 310

Provisioning service, 318

proxies, 308-311

security model, 312

service discovery, 318

Service Lookup service, 318

UAProf Server, 310

user agent profiles, 309

wearable devices, 11

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), 18-19, 119, 154-162

Wi-Fi, 2

wired LANs, 802.11, 222

wireless standards, 53

WIS-net, 2

WLANs (wireless local area networks ), 2, 15, 104, 115

antenna diversity, 110

APs, 17-18, 104, 109

authentication, 116-117

BSS, 104

business market, 10

data rates, 116

differences from wired LANs, 217-218

DSSS, 104

encryption, 116-119

ESS, 109

FHSS, 104

hidden nodes, 114

hotspot service delivery, 4

infrastructure mode, 109

interference, 19

IR PHY, 112

MAC layer, CSMA/CA, 113

RTS/CTS exchange, 115

security, 116

spread spectrum, 110

standards, 52, 59-68

stations, 109

system implementations, 17

WEP, 18

WPAN coexistence, 64

WMLScript, 302

worldcells, 4

WPANs (wireless personal area networks), 2-3, 22

Bluetooth, 119-120

network topology, 128

profiles, 121-123

radio links, 127

security, 128

SIG, 124

voice channels, 127

WLAN coexistence, 64

WWANs (wireless wide area networks), 2, 25-27, 131

1xEV-DO, 35

1xRTT, 35

CDMA2000, 35, 131

cdmaOne, 132

CDPD, 35

EDGE, 38

GPRS, 31, 36-38, 140-142

GSM, 28, 138-140

HSCSD, 32

PDC, 33

TDMA, 131-132

UMTS, 34

W-CDMA, 131