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Wireless Networking Glossary

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IA5	International Alphabet 5. Basically the ASCII character set
IAD	Internet Access Device. Related to suppliers of VoIP, hardware placed at end-user site.
IANA	Internet Assigned Number Authority. Mostly superseded by ICANN
ICANN	The Internet Corporation for Assignment Names and Numbers. Performs top level resource assignment tasks for the internet, e.g. for domain names and IP addresses.
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol. Part of TCP/IP protocol family, allows routers to send error and control messages between other routers and hosts, allowing routing information to be distributed throughout network.
iDEN	Integrated Digital Enhanced Network. Motorola¹s proprietary system for E-SMR, used by Nextel and others. Based on GSM
IDL	Interface Description Language
IDSL	ISDN Digital Subscriber Line. Just a fancy name for ISDN
IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission. Worldwide standards body.
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEEE-ISTO	IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization
IESG	Internet Engineering Steering Group. Group that oversees the activities of IETF
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force. Standards setting body for the Internet
IGP	Interior Gateway Protocol.
IIF	Interworking and Interoperability Function
ILEC	Incumbent LEC. The former monopoly local telephone carrier. cf CLEC
IM	Instant Messaging
IMS	IP Multimedia Subsystem. An All-IP wireless system, where data, voice and signaling are all carried as IP packets.
Interface	A point of connection upon which data can travel. Port.
Interleaving	Mixing of bits upon transmission according to a simple pattern (e.g. organizing bits in a matrix by columns and transmitting by rows) to somewhat randomize the output and protect from burst of noise on the RF channel
Intermodulation Interference	RF interference within a channel generated as one or more intermodulation products within the receiver itself, typically as the result of the presence of very strong signals in adjacent bands. Contrast with Systemic Interference and Non-Systemic Interference
IOTA	IP-based Over-the-Air configuration management
IP	Internet Protocol. Method by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet.
IP Address	Internet Protocol Address. 32-bit number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent using IP. When sending data between LAN devices, must convert IP address of destination device to its MAC address. See MAC re: address resolution.
IPCP	PPP IP Control Protocol
IPDR	Internet Protocol Detail Record. An internet oriented record for carrying charging details for services. Compare with CIBER, BAF, TAP, EMI
IPHC	IP Header Compression. Provides compression of TCP, UDP and IP headers.
IP-M	IP Multicast
IPoA	IP over ATM
IPsec	IPsec (an abbreviation of IP security) is a standard for securing Internet Protocol (IP) communications by encrypting and authenticating all IP packets.
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a type of telephone network system, designed to allow digital (as opposed to analog) transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires, resulting in better quality and higher speeds. More specifically, ISDN is a set of protocols for establishing calls and then tearing them down.
IPv4	IP Protocol Version 4. The version currently in use in the internet, using 32 bit addressing. See also IPv6.
IPv6	IP Protocol Version 6. The version that is supposed to provide significantly larger and more powerful addressing, and eventually replace IPv4.
IPV6	Internet Protocol Version 6. a.k.a. IP Next Generation or Ipng. Set of specifications from Internet Engineering Task Force; evolutionary set of improvements to current IP Version 4.
IPv6CP	IPv6 Control Protocol
IPX	Networking protocol from Novell that interconnects networks that use Novell's NetWare clients and servers.
IR Wireless	Infrared Wireless. Use of devices that convey data via infrared radiation; employed in certain limited-range communications and control systems. See Fixed Wireless, Mobile Wireless, Portable Wireless, and Wireless.
IR	Infra-Red
IS-124	Wireless call detail and billing record format for online transfer
IS-136	Second generation TDMA air interface standard
IS-41	Wireless intersystems operation standard. Now called TIA/EIA-41
IS-41-C	IS-41 Revision C (Intersystem Operations Standard)
IS-54	First generation TDMA Radio Interface standard
IS-756	A TIA standard for WNP
IS-801	TIA/EIA interim standard for CDMA MS-assisted position determination
IS-91	Most advanced analog air interface standard (including NAMPS)
IS-93	Wireless-PSTN interface standard
ISI	Inter-Symbol Interference
ISM	Industrial, Scientific, Medical frequency band (2.45-2.5 GHz). Available around the world for unlicensed applications, generally using low power and short distances
ISO	International Organization of Standards. Worldwide federation of national standards bodies, one from each country. Among standards it fosters is OSI. Founded 1947.
ISP	Internet Service Provider
ISUP	ISDN User Part. SS7 signaling between switches. Standardized in ANSI T1.113 and ITU-T Q.760-769
ITAR	US International Traffic in Arms Regulations. These rules used to govern export of encryption technology in the US and, to some extent, in Canada. Replaced by EAR
ITU	International Telecommunications Union
ITU-R	ITU - Radio Communications Division
ITU-T	ITU - Telecommunications Division
ITU-T	International Telecommunications Union. Telecommunications equipment and systems standards body.
IVR	Interactive Voice Response
IXC	Interexchange carrier. Telephone companies providing long distance service between local exchanges, also known as local access and transport areas (LATAs). Include AT&T, MCI, Sprint.

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