Glossary
DSSS is a proven modulation technique in telecommunications. It is, as the name indicates, a spread spectrum technology. On-Ramp is pioneering the use of DSSS by allowing dynamic allocation of the spreading level (processing gain). DSSS has a proven history within well known wireless technologies such as CDMA.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSSS
The Industrial, Scientific, and Medical radio bands are (generally) internationally reserved bands for RF electromagnetic fields, such as the microwave. Lately these bands have been shared with license free communication systems. On-Ramps Ultra-Link Processing™ technology utilizes the 2.4 GHz ISM band.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_band
ULP is the name of the breakthrough wireless processing technology developed by On-Ramp Wireless.
RPMA is the name of the unique, highly efficient multiple access scheme developed by On-Ramp and deployed in its wireless communication systems.
A bandwidth denotes a given frequency range. On-Ramp’s initial wireless communication system uses a bandwidth of 1Mz, but the technology allows for the signal to be spread over a narrower or wider bandwidth as well.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_(signal_processing)
The ULP system operates in a star topology, meaning that all nodes communicate, bidirectionally, with the access point. By using an efficient protocol, the star topology has the advantage (over mesh and other topologies) of significantly simplifying network architecture and optimizing network capacity.
wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_network
In a mesh network, data is routed from node to node (potentially in several hops) until it reaches its intended destination. 802.15.4 and other wireless networks have been implemented with mesh network application layers applied.
wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking
The IEEE 802.15.4-2006 standard defines a physical layer and a MAC layer for a low rate wireless personal area network.
wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.15.4
Zigbee is one of the more popular applications layers used in conjunction with the 802.15.4 standard.
wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZigBee
