W Glossary : Telephony, VoIP and other terms
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Wireless |
The base station is on the subscriber premises, and attaches to the telephone network the same way as a corded telephone. The base station on subscriber premises is what differentiates a cordless telephone from a mobile telephone. Wireless telephony is used for on-site mobility solutions. On-site coverage can include in building and around a campus grounds. On-site mobility wireless telephony solutions use DECT technology and also FMC technology. Leading professional wireless telephony solutions are the Polycom KIRK solutions and the FMC solution uMobility. The KIRK DECT solution from Polycom, has blurred the once clear-cut line between cordless and mobile telephones by implementing cell handover and various advanced features, such as data-transfer for alarm notification and messaging. For more information see,
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| Wave |
It combines the features of a VoIP next generation telephone solution with a host of customer service and productivity applications. Wave IP is much more than a phone system. Wave is a powerful business tool that offers critical business communications applications, as well as the ability to integrate telephony with existing enterprise applications, resulting in greater employee productivity and visibility of business activities.
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Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) |
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity). Another name for IEEE 802.11b. Products certified as Wi-Fi are interoperable with each other even if they are from different manufacturers. A user with a Wi-Fi product can use any brand of access point with any other brand of client hardware that is built to the Wi-Fi standard. |
Wireless access point |
A wireless LAN transceiver or "base station" that can connect a wired LAN to one or many wireless devices. Access points can also bridge to each other. There are various types of access points, also referred to as base stations, used in wireless networks.
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Wireless Networking |
Wireless Networking Wireless Networking refers to the infrastructure enabling the transmission of wireless signals. A network ties things together and enables resource sharing. |
Wireless server |
All KIRK wireless servers (KWS) use DECT wireless protocol and thus deliver extremely reliable robust and secure communications. Any KIRK Wireless Server will work with any KIRK handset allowing the combination of the best handset for the work environment with the most appropriate KIRK Wireless Server.
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WLAN (Wireless LAN) |
WLAN (Wireless LAN) Also referred to as LAN. A type of local-area network that uses wireless or high-frequency radio waves rather than wires to communicate between nodes. |
| WMM | Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), previously known as Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME), is a Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability certification, based on the IEEE 802.11e standard. It provides basic Quality of service (QoS) features to IEEE 802.11 networks. WMM prioritizes traffic according to four categories - voice, video, best effort, and background. However, it does not provide guaranteed throughput. It is suitable for simple applications that require QoS, such as Voice over IP (VoIP) on Wi-Fi phones. For more information about QoS see |
The term used to describe the use of a cordless telephone that communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line or a business telephone system's IP-PBX or PBX. 
Vertical's Wave IP is a business phone system.
Access Point (AP). 
A component of a KIRK on-site mobility solution.
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