Acronyms Flashcards
ACK
Acknowledgement
AP
Access Point
API
Application Programming Interface
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASK
Amplitude Shift Keying
BSS
Basic Service Set
BSSID
BSS Identifier
CF
Contention Free
Client STA
Client Station
CTS
Clear to Send
dBM
Decibel Milliwatts
DNS
Domain Naming System
DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
EM
Electromagnetic
ESS
Extended Service Set
ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
ETSI
European Telecommunication Standards Institute
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
FHSS
Frequency Hop Spread Spectrum
FSK
Frequency Shift Keying
GHz
Gigahertz
HCF
Hybrid Coordination Function
Hz
Hertz
IBSS
Independent Base Service Set
IEEE
Institute of Electricals and Electronics Engineering
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6
LAN
Local Area Network
MAC
Media Access Point
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
Mbps
Megabits per second
MBSS
Mesh Basic Service Set
MHz
Megahertz
MIMO
Multiple Input / Multiple Output
MU-MIMO
Multiple User - Multiple Input / Multiple Output
mW
Milliwatt
NIC
Network Interface Controller
OFDM
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
OUI
Organizationally Unique Identifier
PAN
Personal Area Network
PCF
Point Coordination Function
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
PN
Pseudorandom Noise
PS Poll
Power Save Poll
PSK
Phase Shift Keying
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QoS
Quality of Service
RF
Radio Frequency
RTS
Request to Send
SSID
Service Set Identifier
STA
Station
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
WAN
Wide Area Network
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network