CHAPTER 3

PPP Point-to-Point Protocol

HDLC High-Level Data Link Control
FEC Forward Error Correction
LDPC Low-Density Parity Check
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
NIC Network Interface Card
ARQ Automatic Repeat reQuest
PAR Positive Acknowledgement with Retransmission
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
LCP Link Control Protocol
NCP Network Control Protocol
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop/Line
DSLAM DSL Access Multiplexer
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AAL5 ATM Adaptation Layer 5
PPPoA PPP over ATM
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
CHAPTER 4
MAC Medium Access Control
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FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing
CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CSMA/CD CSMA with Collision Detection
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
RPR Resilient Packet Ring
MACA Medium Access with Collision Avoidance
RTS Request To Send
CTS Clear To Send
OUI Organizationally Unique Identifier
APs Access Points
CCK Complementary Code Keying
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output
MU-MIMO Multi-User MIMO / MultiUser MIMO
DCF Distributed Coordination Function
PCF Point Coordination Function
NAV Network Allocation Vector
APSD Automatic Power Save Delivery
DIFS DCF InterFrame Spacing
SIFS Short InterFrame Spacing
AIFS Arbitration InterFrame Space
EIFS Extended InterFrame Spacing
TXOP Transmission Opportunity
LLC Logical Link Control
SSID Service Set Identifier
WPA2 Wifi Protected Access 2
EAP Enhanced Authentication Protocol
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
L2CAP Logical Link Control Adaptation Protocol
PIN Personal Identification Number
SCO Synchronous Connection Oriented
ACL Asynchronous ConnectionLess
CMTS Cable Modem Termination System
LLD Low-Latency DOCSIS
VLAN Virtual LAN

Ethernet (802.3)
802.3u fast ethernet
802.3ab gigabit ethernet - 8B/10B encoding, 10-gigabit 64B/66B encoding
802.3ba, bj, 40GBPS 100GBPS gigabit ethernet
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Wireless (802.11)
802.11b 1,2,5.5, 11 mbps, spread spectrum, Barker Sequence
802.11a 54 mbps in 5ghz ISM bands
802.11n High throughput physical layer
802.11ac 80MHz and 160 MHz
802.11ad 60 GHz
802.11ax high-efficiency wireless/ WIfi 6
802.1q Tagging frames on a trunk

802.4 token bus protocol

802.17 RPR (Resilient Packet Ring)