IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary

In the IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary iPhone application, the first IEEE Standard iPhone application, professional experts and students alike will gain an in-depth understanding and appreciation for the breadth of coverage of IEEE wireless standards terms and definitions—not found in any other single source.

There are over 3,200 terms and definitions with complete source citations on this application. You will be able to search for definitions by Standard Number or Alphabetically. The search function automatically identifies terms as you begin typing in the search field.

Wireless technology, like many other technical fields, has its own set of jargon and acronyms. Many times, these acronyms are used simply to reduce the effort required to describe concepts. The goal of this application is to provide meaning for the acro­nyms and jargon used in the wireless industry with a par­ticular emphasis on commercial systems.

Technology areas that are addressed in the application include: ad hoc networks, broadband wireless access (BWA), coexistence, integrity/confidentiality, interference, low-rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPAN), media independent handover, mobile broadband wireless access, mobility, quality of service (QoS), RF/microwave exposure assessment, SAR measurements, vehicular mobility, wireless access, wireless communications, wireless local area networks (WLANs), wireless metropolitan area networks (WMANs), wireless networks security, wireless personal area networks (WPANs), as well as wireless regional area networks (WRANs).