User's Manual

Glossary
Glossary-4
Subscriber Station
A general term for a customer’s terminal equipment that provides connectivity with a
WIMAX network.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Protocol suite that includes TCP as the primary transport protocol, and IP as the
network layer protocol.
Transport Layer Security (TLS)
An standard defined in RFC 5216, EAP-TLS is an authentication protocol that
provides strong security through the use of client-side certificates.
Tunneled Transport Layer Security (TTLS)
EAP-TTLS is a protocol extension of EAP-TLS. The authentication server is
authenticated to the client using its Certification Authority certificate, this establishes
a secure “tunnel” through which the client is then authenticated.
Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM)
See Subscriber Identity Module.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
An easy-to-read character string that is used to represent a resource available on
the Internet. For example, “http://www.url-example.com/.”
WiMAX
The IEEE 802.16 standard for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. The
IEEE 802.16-2004 standard, known as “fixed WiMAX,” supports only point-to-point
links and has no support for mobility. The IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard, known as
“mobile WiMAX,” is an amendment to IEEE 802.16-2004 and supports mobility. Note
that mobile WiMAX standard is not backward compatible with the fixed WiMAX
standard.