User's Manual Part 1

WiFi Advisor Wireless LAN Analyzer User’s Guide
December 2014 22073751, Rev. 002 Page 61
Glossary
A AP — Access Point. The 802.11 device which allows wireless devices to connect
to a wired network (in general)
B BSSID — Basic service set identifier. An identifier that represents a single 802.11
cell (similar to a MAC address)
C Client — Client – device with connects to an access point, does not function as an
AP (but can operate as a wired to wireless “adapter”)
CPE — Customer Premise Equipment
D DSSS — Digital Sequence Spread Spectrum. A type of Modulation.
M MIMO — Multiple Input, Multiple Output antenna – simultaneous (and smart; each
antenna can choose RF signals) transmit and receive (referenced as “mxn
antennas” such as 2x2 or 3x3)
Modulation — RF (analog) delivery mechanism of digital data (FM is a type of
modulation)