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Wireless Networking Glossary
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| QAM |
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation. Method of combining two AM signals into a single channel, thereby doubling the effective bandwidth. QAM is used with pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) in digital systems, especially in wireless applications. |
| QoS |
Quality of Service. Transmission rates, error rates and other characteristics can be measured, improved, and, to some extent, guaranteed in advance. Of particular concern for the continuous transmission of high-bandwidth video and multimedia. Transmitting this kind of content dependably is difficult in public networks using ordinary "best effort" protocols. See 802.1P and 802.1Q. |
| QPSK |
Quadrature PSK used in CDMA. Phase can be in one of four states |
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