1
Q
ACK
A
Acknowledgement
2
Q
AP
A
Access Point
3
Q
API
A
Application Programming Interface
4
Q
ARP
A
Address Resolution Protocol
5
Q
ASCII
A
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
6
Q
ASK
A
Amplitude Shift Keying
7
Q
BSS
A
Basic Service Set
8
Q
BSSID
A
BSS Identifier
9
Q
CF
A
Contention Free
10
Q
Client STA
A
Client Station
11
Q
CTS
A
Clear to Send
12
Q
dBM
A
Decibel Milliwatts
13
Q
DNS
A
Domain Naming System
14
Q
DSSS
A
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
15
Q
EM
A
Electromagnetic
16
Q
ESS
A
Extended Service Set
17
Q
ESSID
A
Extended Service Set Identifier
18
Q
ETSI
A
European Telecommunication Standards Institute
19
Q
FCC
A
Federal Communications Commission
20
Q
FDM
A
Frequency Division Multiplexing
21
Q
FHSS
A
Frequency Hop Spread Spectrum
22
Q
FSK
A
Frequency Shift Keying
23
Q
GHz
A
Gigahertz
24
Q
HCF
A
Hybrid Coordination Function
25
Hz
Hertz
26
IBSS
Independent Base Service Set
27
IEEE
Institute of Electricals and Electronics Engineering
28
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4
29
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6
30
LAN
Local Area Network
31
MAC
Media Access Point
32
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
33
Mbps
Megabits per second
34
MBSS
Mesh Basic Service Set
35
MHz
Megahertz
36
MIMO
Multiple Input / Multiple Output
37
MU-MIMO
Multiple User - Multiple Input / Multiple Output
38
mW
Milliwatt
39
NIC
Network Interface Controller
40
OFDM
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
41
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
42
OUI
Organizationally Unique Identifier
43
PAN
Personal Area Network
44
PCF
Point Coordination Function
45
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
46
PN
Pseudorandom Noise
47
PS Poll
Power Save Poll
48
PSK
Phase Shift Keying
49
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
50
QoS
Quality of Service
51
RF
Radio Frequency
52
RTS
Request to Send
53
SSID
Service Set Identifier
54
STA
Station
55
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
56
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
57
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
58
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
59
WAN
Wide Area Network
60
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
