1. convergence
2. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
   1. peer review.
3. Reading techniques
   1. skim reading
   2. Active reading
   3. Referencing
      1. superscripts
      2. Harvard system
4. heliograph
5. transmitter
6. receiver
7. transceivers
   1. regenerators
      1. amplification
8. Cognitive radio
   1. cognisant
9. antenna,
   1. wavefronts
      1. directional
         1. attenuation
10. Digital wireless communications
    1. binary signal.
    2. electromagnetic wave
       1. carrier
          1. modulation
             1. frequency shift keying
             2. frequency = number of cycles per bit × data rate
          2. inverse squared law
          3. demodulation
          4. regenerators
          5. power (in watts) is inversely proportional to the square of the distance (in metres).
       2. interference
          1. automatic repeat request (ARQ)
             1. management data.
          2. forward error correction (FEC) code
11. Security
    1. confidentiality
    2. man-in-the-middle attack,
    3. integrity
    4. availability
    5. encryption
       1. plaintext
       2. ciphertext
          1. cipher
          2. decryption function
       3. key
    6. Brute-force attack
    7. authentication
    8. security protocol
12. Wi-Fi
    1. wireless local area networking (WLAN)
       1. local area network (LAN)
          1. stations
             1. network interface card (NIC)
             2. service set identifier (SSID)
             3. ad hoc mode,
             4. peer-to-peer communication.
             5. probe request frame
             6. infrastructure mode
             7. access point (AP)
             8. base station
             9. probe request frame
             10. broadcast
          2. media access control address (MAC address)
       2. frames
          1. packets
       3. 802.11g
       4. 802.11n
       5. throughput
       6. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
       7. Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
       8. the effective data rate. This is lower than the maximum data rate because some of the data capacity is used by management data.
13. cellular data network
    1. global system for mobile communications (GSM)
    2. general packet radio service (GPRS)
    3. 2nd generation (2G)
       1. enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE)
    4. base stations
    5. 3rd generation (3G)
    6. 4th generation (4G)