Wireless networking

Wireless networking

Terms in relation to computer networks that use (usually) ratio communication to wirelessly connect to the internet.

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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.

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 ...

codebook

Network hardware; Wireless networking

An ordered collection of all possible values that can be assigned to a scalar or a vector variable. Each vector is called a codeword.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...