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单词 wireless local area network
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wireless local area network


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Noun1.wireless local area network - a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocolWiFi, wireless fidelity, WLANLAN, local area network - a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices

wireless local area network


wireless local area network

(networking)(WLAN /W-lan/, or "LAWN" /lorn/, sometimes"WiLAN" /wi-lan/) A communication system that transmits andreceives data using modulated electromagnetic waves,implemented as an extension to, or as an alternative for, awired LAN. WLANs are typically found within a smallclient node-dense locale (e.g. a campus or officebuilding), or anywhere a traditional network cannot bedeployed for logistical reasons.

Benefits include user mobility in the coverage area, speed andsimplicity of physical setup, and scalability. Being amilitary spin-off, WLANs also provide security features suchas encryption, frequency hopping, and firewalls. Someof these are intrinsic to the protocol, making WLANs atleast as secure as wired networks, and usually more so. Thedrawbacks are high initial cost (mostly hardware), limitedrange, possibility of mutual interference, amd the need tosecurity-enable clients.

The established protocols are covered by IEEE 802.11. Recent developmentsinclude the Bluetooth project and other WPAN, or Personal Area Network initiatives, accessible through IEEE 802.15 working group.

Wireless Lan Association.

Usenet newsgroups: news:comp.dcom.lans.misc,news:comp.std.wireless.
See W-LAN
See WLAN

wireless local area network


Related to wireless local area network: Metropolitan area network, Storage area network
  • noun

Synonyms for wireless local area network

noun a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet

Synonyms

  • WiFi
  • wireless fidelity
  • WLAN

Related Words

  • LAN
  • local area network
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