Abbreviations

AAA: Authentication, Authorization, Accounting
3G: Third Generation
A/D: Analog/Digital
AAS: Adaptive Antenna System
AC: Alternating Current; Access Control
ACK: Acknowledgement
ACM: Accounting Management; Access Control Model
ADS: Acknowledged Datagram Service
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AES: Advanced Encryption Standard
AFS: Automatic Frequency Scanning; Automatic Frequency Selection
AGC: Automatic Gain Control
AK: Authorization Key
AKA: Authentication and Key Agreement
AKID: Authorization Key Identifier
AMC: Adaptive Modulation And Coding
AP: Access Point
API: Application Programming Interface
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
ARQ: Automatic Repeat Request
AS: Autonomous Systems
ASA: Authentication And Service Authorization
ASN.1: Abstract Syntax Notation One
ASR: Anchor Switch Reporting
ATDD: Adaptive Time Division Duplexing
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode

B-ISDN: Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BCC: Block Convolutional Code
BE: Best Effort
BER: Bit Error Ratio
BGP: Border Gateway Protocol
BIOS: Basic Input Output System
BNC: Bus Network Connector
BOOTP: BOOT Protocol
bps: Bits per Second
Bps: Bytes per Second
BPSK: Binary Phase Shift Keying
BR: Bandwidth Request
BS: Base Station
BSID: Base Station Identifier
BSM: Base Station Manager
BSN: Block Sequence Number
BSSID: Basic Service Set Identifier
BTC: Block Turbo Code
BW: Bandwidth
BWA: Broadband Wireless Access
BWAA: Bandwidth Allocation/Access

C-SAP: Control SAP
C/I: Carrier-to-interference Ratio
C/N: Carrier-to-noise Ratio
CA: Certification Authority
CBC: Cipher Block Chaining
CBC-MAC: Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code
CC: Confirmation Code; Convolutional Code
CCH: Control Subchannel
CCI: Co-channel Interference
CCM: CTR Mode With CBC-MAC
CCS: Common Channel Signaling
CCV: Clock Comparison Value
CD: Collision Detection
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
CHAP: Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
ChID: Channel Identifier
CID: Connection Identifier
CINR: Carrier-to-interference-and-noise Ratio
CIR: Channel Impulse Response
CLP: Cell Loss Priority
CMAC: Cipher-based Message Authentication Code
CP: Cyclic Prefix
CPE: Customer Premises Equipment
CPS: Common Part Sublayer
CQI: Channel Quality Information
CQICH: Channel Quality Information Channel
CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check
CS: Convergence Sublayer
CSCF: Centralized Scheduling Configuration
CSCH: Centralized Scheduling
CSIT: Channel State Information At The Transmitter
CSMA / CA: Carrier Sence Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
CSMA / CD: Carrier Sence Multiple Access / Collision Detection
CSU: Channel Service Unit
CTC: Convolutional Turbo Code
CTR: Counter Mode Encryption

D-SAP: Data SAP
D-TDOA: Downlink Time Difference Of Arrival
DA: Destination Address
DAMA: Demand Assigned Multiple Access
DARS: Digital Audio Radio Satellite
dB: Decibel
dBi: Decibels relative to isotropic radiator
dBm: Decibels relative to 1 mW
DC: Direct Current
DCD: Downlink Channel Descriptor
DES: Data Encryption Standard
DFS: Dynamic Frequency Selection
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIUC: Downlink Interval Usage Code
DL: Downlink
DLFP: Downlink Frame Prefix
DNS: Domain Name System
DOCSIS: Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DSA: Dynamic Service Addition
DSC: Dynamic Service Change
DSCH: Distributed Scheduling
DSCP: Differentiated Services Codepoint
DSD: Dynamic Service Deletion
DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM: Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSx: Dynamic Service Addition, Change or Deletion

EAP: Extensible Authentication Protocol
EC: Encryption Control
ECB: Electronic Code Book
ED: Ending Delimiter
EDE: Encrypt-decrypt-encrypt
EDGE: Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
EESS: Earth Exploratory Satellite System
EFS: End-of-Frame Sequence
EGP: Exterior Gateway Protocol
EIK: EAP Integrity Key
EIRP: Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
EKS: Encryption Key Sequence
EMC: Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMI: Electromagnetic Interference
EMP: Electromagnetic Pulse
EMS: Element Management System
ERL: Echo Return Loss
ERP: Effective Radiated Power
ESSID: Extended Service Set Identifier
ETR: Early Token Release
EVM: Error Vector Magnitude

FBR: Front to Back Ratio
FBSS: Fast Base Station Switching
FC: Fragmentation Control
FCAPS: Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security
FCH: Frame Control Header
FCS: Frame Check Sequence
FDD: Frequency Division Duplex
FDMA: Frequency Division Multiple Access
FEC: Forward Error Correction
FFSH: Fast-feedback Allocation Subheader
FFT: Fast Fourier Transform
FHDC: Frequency Hopping Diversity
FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standard
FoIP: Fax over IP
FPC: Fast Power Control
FQ: Fair Queuing
FS: Frame Status
FSH: Fragmentation Subheader
FSN: Fragment Sequence Number
FSS: Fixed Satellite Service
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
FUSC: Full Usage Of Subchannels

GF: Galois Field
GGP: Gateway To Gateway Protocol
GKEK: Group Key Encryption Key
GMSH: Grant Management Subheader
GPCS: Generic Packet Convergence Sublayer
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
GPS: Global Positioning System
GS: Guard Symbol
GSM: Global System for Mobile Communications
GTEK: Group Traffic Encryption Key
GUI: Graphical User Interface
GW: Gateway

H-FDD: Half-duplex Frequency Division Duplex
HCS: Header Check Sequence
HEC: Header Error Check
HMAC: Hashed Message Authentication Code
HO: Handover
HSDPA: High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSUPA: High Speed Uplink Packet Access
HT: Header Type
HTML: HyperText Markup Language
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
HUMAN: High-speed Unlicensed Metropolitan Area Network
Hz: Hertz

I/O: Input/Output
I/Q: In-phase/Quadrature-Phase
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol
IDSL: ISDN Digital Subscriber Line
IE: Information Element
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
IFFT: Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
IGP: Interior Gateway Protocol
IIS: Internet Information Server
IMD: Inter-Modulation
IMM: Idle Mode Management
IND: Indication
IP: Internet Protocol
IPoA: IP over ATM
IPX: Internetwork Packet eXchange
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
ISM: Industrial, Scientific and Medical (Band)
ISN: Initial Sequence Number
ISO: International Standards Organisation
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ITU: International Telecommunications Union
ITU-R: ITU - Radio Communications Division
ITU-T: ITU - Telecommunications Division
IV: Initialization Vector
IWF: Interworking Function

JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group

KEK: Key Encryption Key

LAN: Local Area Network
LBS: Location Based Services
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDP: Label Distribution Protocol
LDPC: Low-density Parity Check
LEAP: Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
LER: Label Switch Router
LFSR: Linear Feedback Shift Register
LLC: Logical Link Control
LNA: Low Noise Amplifier
LOS: Line Of Sight
LSAP: Link Service Access Point
LSB: Least Significant Bit
LSL: Link Support Layer
LSR: Label Edge Router
LTE: Long Term Evolution

M-SAP: Management SAP
MAC: Media Access Control (Layer); Message Authentication Code
MAK: MBS Authorization Key
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
MAU: Media Access Unit
MBS: Multicast Broadcast Service
MCID: Multicast CID
MCS: Modulation Coding Scheme
MDHO: Macro Diversity Handover
MDS: Multipoint Distribution Service
MGTEK: MBS Group Traffic Encryption Key
MIB: Management Information Base
MIC: Message Integrity Check
MIH: Media Independent Handover
MIHF: MIH Function
MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIMO: Multiple Input Multiple Output
MLID: Multiple Link Interface Drivers
MMDS: Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service
MPEG: Moving Pictures Experts Group
MPLS: Multi-protocol Label Switching
MS: Mobile Station
MSB: Most Significant Bit
MSCHAP: Microsoft Challenge Authentication Handshake Protocol
MSK: Master Session Key
MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit

NAS: Network Attached Storage
NAT: Network Address Translation
NBF: NetBIOS Frame Protocol
NBT: NetBIOS Over TCP/IP
NCP: NetWare Core Protocols
NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification
NEM: Network Entry Management
NetBEUI: NetBIOS Extended User Interface
NetBIOS: Network Basic Input Output System
NF: Noise Figure
NFS: Network File System
NIC: Network Interface Card
NIS: Network Information System
NLOS: Near Line Of Sight
NOS: Network Operating System
NSAP: Network Service Access Point
NTP: Network Time Protocol

OAM: Operations And Maintenance
ODI: Open Datalink Interface
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
OFDMA: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OSI: Open Systems Interconnect
OSPF: Open Shortest Path Protocol

P2P: Peer to Peer
PA: Power Amplifier
PAD: Packet Assembly/Disassembly
PAK: Primary Authorization Key
PAN: Personal Area Network
PAP: Password Authentication Protocol
PAPR: Peak To Average Power Ratio
PAR: Positive Acknowledgement With Retransmission
PASV: PASsiVe Mode FTP
PBR: Piggyback Request
PBX: Private Branch eXchange
PC: Personal Computer
PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PDC: Primary Domain Controller
PDU: Protocol Data Unit
PEAP: Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
PER: Packet Error Ratio
PHS: Payload Header Suppression
PHSF: Payload Header Suppression Field
PHSI: Payload Header Suppression Index
PHSM: Payload Header Suppression Mask
PHSS: Payload Header Suppression Size
PHSV: Payload Header Suppression Valid
PHY: Physical (Layer)
PING: Packet Internet Groper
PKM: Privacy Key Management
PM: Poll-me (Bit)
PMD: Physical Medium Dependent
PMK: Pairwise Master Key
PMP: Point-to-multipoint
PN: Packet Number
POP: Post Office Protocol
POTS: Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol
PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPTP: Point To Point Tunneling Protocol
PQ: Priority Queuing
PRBS: Pseudo-random Binary Sequence
PS: Physical Slot
PSC: Power Saving Class
PSD: Power Spectral Density
PSH: Packing Subheader
PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
PTI: Payload Type Indicator
PTP: Point-to-point
PUSC: Partial Usage Of Subchannels
PUSC-ASCA: Partial Usage Of Subchannels – Adjacent Subcarrier Allocation
PVC: Permanent Virtual Circuit

QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QoE: Quality of Experience
QoS: Quality of Service
QPSK: Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RADSL: Rate Adaptive DSL
RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
REP: Report
REQ: Request
RF: Radio Frequency
RFC: Request For Comments
RFI: Radio Frequency Interference
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
RFS: Remote File System; Root File System
RIP: Routing Information Protocol
RLAN: Radio Local Access Network
RMS: Root Mean Square
RNG: Ranging
ROHC: Robust Header Compression
RPC: Remote Procedure Call
RRA: Radio Resource Agent
RRC: Radio Resource Controller
RRM: Radio Resource Management
RS: Reed–Solomon
RSP: Response
RSS: Receive Signal Strength
RSSI: Receive Signal Strength Indicator
RTG: Receive/transmit Transition Gap
rtPS: Real-time Polling Service
Rx: Receive
RxDS: Receiver Delay Spread

SA: Security Association; Source Address
SAID: Security Association Identifier
SAP: Service Access Point
SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar
SC: Single Carrier
SD: Starting Delimiter
SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDMA: Spatial Division Multiple Access
SDU: Service Data Unit
SF: Service Flow
SFD: Start Frame Delimiter
SFID: Service Flow Identifier
SFM: Service Flow Management
SFS: Start-of-frame Sequence
SGMP: Simple Gateway Management Protocol
SHA: Secure Hash Algorithm
SI: Slip Indicator
SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
SIQ: Service Information Query
SM: Spatial Multiplexing; Security Management
SMB: Service Message Block
SMC: Secondary Management Connection
SMI: Structure Of Management Information
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SN: Sequence Number
SNA: System Network Architecture
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR: Signal-to-noise Ratio
SNTP: Simple Network Time Protocol
SONET: Synchronous Optical NETwork
SPX: Sequenced Packet eXchange
SS: Subscriber Station
SS7: Signaling System 7
S-SAP: Source Service Access Point
SSH: Secure Shell
SSID: Subscriber Station Identifier; Service Set Identifier
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer
SSM: Subscriber Station Manager
SSTG: Subscriber Station Transition Gap
STC: Space Time Coding
STP: Shielded Twisted Pair; Spanning Tree Protocol
STTD: Space Time Transmit Diversity
SVC: Switched Virtual Circuit
SWR: Standing Wave Ratio
SYN: Synchronising Segment

T-SAP: Transport SAP
TCB: Transmission Control Block
TCM: Trellis Coded Modulation
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCS: Transmission Convergence Sublayer
TDD: Time Division Duplex
TDI: Transport Driver Interface
TDM: Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access
TDOA: Time Difference Of Arrival
TDR: Time Domain Reflectometer
TEK: Traffic Encryption Key
TELNET: Terminal Networking
TFPT: Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TKIP: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TLI: Transport Layer Interface
TLS: Transport Layer Security
TLV: Type Length Value
TOI: Third Order Intercept
TTG: Transmit/receive Transition Gap
TTL: Time to Live
TTLS: Tunneled TLS
TUSC: Tile Usage Of Subchannels
Tx: Transmit

U-NII: Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
U-TDOA: Uplink Time Difference Of Arrival
UCD: Uplink Channel Descriptor
UDP: User Datagram Protocol
UDS: Unacknowledged Datagram Service
UEP: Unequal Error Protection
UGS: Unsolicited Grant Service
UI: User Interface
UIUC: Uplink Interval Usage Code
UL: Uplink
ULP: Upper Layer Protocol
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UNC: Universal Naming Convention
UNI: User-network Interface
UPnP: Universal Plug and Play
URI: Uniform Resource Identifier
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
USB: Universal Serial Bus
UTC: Universal Coordinated Time
UTP: Unshielded Twisted-Pair
UW: Unique Word
UWB: Ultra-Wide Band

VC: Virtual Channel/Circuit
VCI: Virtual Channel Identifier; Virtual Circuit Identifier
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network
VNC: Virtual Network Computing
VoIP: Voice over IP
VP: Virtual Path
VPI: Virtual Path Identifier
VPN: Virtual Private Network
VSWR: Voltage Standing Wave Ratio

WAN: Wide Area Network
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol; Wireless Access Point
WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy
WFQ: Weighted Fair Queuing
WiFi: Wireless Fidelity
WiMAX: Worldwide Interoperability For Microwave Access
WINS: Windows Internet Name Service
WirelessHUMAN: Wireless High-speed Unlicensed Metropolitan Area Networks
WirelessMAN: Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
WISP: Wireless Internet Service Provider
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
WLL: Wireless Local Loop
WMAN: Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
WML: Wireless Markup Language
WMM: WiFi Multimedia
WPA: WiFi Protected Access
WPAN: Wireless Personal Area Network
WWW: World Wide Web

XDR: eXternal Data Representation
XML: eXtensible Markup Language
XOR: eXclusive Or

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