A/C - Alternating Current ( xyncax ry ) ACK - Acknowledgement ( Taapx yr ) ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop ( Xprr Tr xr yc T Byra ) AES - Advanced Encryption Standard (Iyrpyyc B]px r ) ANSI - American National Standards Institute (Aep Yc craapr crryr )
ARQ - Automatic Repeat Request (Anrar anrar Xycr ) ARRL - American Radio Relay League (Aep Pa X r ) ASK - Amplitude ShiIt Keying ( Aryypra cx apra ) ASN.1 - Abstract Syntax Notation One (Xcnp ryyp y Trr ) AT&T - American Telephone & Telegraph ATM - Asynchronous Transmission Mode (Acxp ayy rp) ATS - Arrival Time Stamp ( Hpx xyraaa rrr) AVLN - AV Logical Network BBC - British Broadcasting System ( Fpra yc r ccre) BC - BackoII Counter ( Fyax ryyp ) BER - Bit Error Rate ( Fr aaa pr ) BP - Beacon Period ( uryyr x ye ) BPC - BackoII Procedure ( Fyax rp ) BPL - Broadband over Power Lines ( Haxraa p xy yraaap pr ypnac yr nrpyyx ) BPSK - Binary Phase ShiIt Keying ( Xpr r ccre ]a cx apra ) CA - Collision Avoidance ( 3pc acxx ) CAP - Channel Access Priority ( Cynr xaar a xr ) CBC - Cipher Block Chaining CBPSK - Coherent Binary Phase ShiIt Keying ( apaaara xpr r ccre ]a cx apra ) CCIP - Communications and InIormation Policy ( ) CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access ( K xyprr rrpyyr apra ) CFA - Contention-Free Access CIFS - Contention Inter-Frame Space CIP - Critical InIrastructure Protection CL - Convergence Layer CP - Cyclic PreIix CPE - Customer Premises Equipment CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check CSMA - Carrier Sense Multiple Access (3r pr xaar ) CSMA/CA - Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (3r pr xaar / capyar ) CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection (pr pyyc, xarra r xaar ) CSPEC - Connection SpeciIication ( Xr rpxr ) CW - Contention Window ( Mapraa x) DA - Destination Address ( Xypx xar )
DAB - Digital Audio Broadcast (T yyr nrpyyr ) DAK - Device Access Key ( Txp xaax ryxyyp ) dB Decibel (yy rap] r, yy ccr rynr xapyyca xrxyy ) DBPSK DiIIerential Binary Phase ShiIt Keying (]]epea xpr r ccre ]a cx apra ) DC - DeIerral Counter ( Vxpax ryyp ) DES - Data Encryption Standard (rr ]x r ) DHS - Department oI Homeland Security (Tpc yrar Ayry a Tacar ) DiII-Serv - DiIIerentiated Services (raca Yryy ) DS1 - Digital Signaling Level 1 ( T x ryrp ryn ) DSL - Digital Subscriber Loop ( T xprr yra ) DSSS - Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum ( Byy apaaca rapxarra cerp) DQPSK - DiIIerential Quadruple Phase ShiIt Keying ( ]]epea pn ax crr xpr r ccre ]a cx apra ) E-PAD - Encryption Packet Assembler Disassembler ( B]px Xapar xpnyyx ) EFG - End oI Frame Gap EIFS - Extended Inter Frame Space EKS - Encryption Key Select ELF - Extremely Low Frequency ( Tyr a anra) E.O. - Executive Order ( Vpar ryaa ) EOF - End oI Frame ( upe rrcr ) E.O.P - Executive OIIice oI the President (Epxr Vpax Aa raap ) EP - Emergency Preparedness (Or rx F aa ) ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute I - Frequency ( anra ) FAIL- Failure ( Aaa ) FC - Frame Control ( upe xyyar ) FCC - Federal Communications Commission ( OV- x cc ) FCS - Frame Check Sequence ( upe apaaa arax ) FDD - Frequency Division Duplex ( 2 rr cynr anra xynaax apra ) FDM - Frequency Division Multiplexing (anra Xynaar rrpyyax ) FEC - Forward Error Correction ( ayyar aaa acax ) Fed-Std - Federal Standard ( OV- craapr ) FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency ( ) FFT - Fast Fourier TransIorm FH - Frame Header ( upe rr ) FHSS - Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FTSC Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee FTTH Fiber To The Home Gb/s Giga-bits per second GHz Gigahertz (axraa ry axraa cp r anrar repr yyy px.) HC Hybrid Coordination ( Xr xyyar ) HD High DeIinition ( p rrpara ) HF High Frequency ( p anra ) HF/VHF - High Frequency/Very High Frequency ( p anra / xr p anra ) HLE - Higher Layer Entity ( anxpar r ) HPAV - HomePlug AV HV- High Voltage ( p xy ) Hz Hertz ( Iep ) IAIP - InIormation Analysis and InIrastructure Protection IEC International Electrotechnical Committee IEEE - Institute oI Electrical and Electronic Engineers IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier TransIorm I/N InterIerence to Noise IP Internet Protocol ISO International Organization Ior Standardization ISP Internet Service Provider ITU International Telecommunications Union ITU-R International Telecommunications Union Radiocommunications Sector ITU-T International Telecommunications Union Telecommunications Sector K/bps Kilo bits per second LAN Local Area Network LF Long Frame LLC Logical Link Control LN Logical Network LOS Line OI Sight LSB Least SigniIicant Bit LSF Last Segment Flag LV Low Voltage MAC Medium Access Control Mb/s Mega-bits per second MA Microwave Access MCF Multicast Flag MD Message Digest MHz Megahertz MLPP Multi Level Precedence and Preemption MPDU MAC Protocol Data Unit MPLS Multi Protocol Label Switching MS Milliseconds MSDU MAC Service Data Unit MV Medium Voltage N2 Technology and Programs Division N6 Technology and Standards Division NCS National Communications System NEK Network Encryption Key NESC National Electric SaIety Code NII National InIormation InIrastructure NMK Network Membership Key NOI Notice oI Inquiry NS/EP National Security/Emergency Preparedness NTIA National Telecommunications and InIormation Agency OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OMNCS OIIice oI the Manager National Communications System OSI Open Systems Interconnection PA Preamble PB PHY Block PBKDF Password Based Key Derivation Function PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PCF Persistent Contention Free PCS Physical Carrier Sense PDU Protocol Data Unit PKCS Public Key Crypto System PMP Point-to-MultiPoint PHY Physical Layer PLC Power Line Communications PLT Power Line Telecommunications PPDU PHY Protocol Data Unit PRN Pseudo Random Number PRP Priority Resolution Period PRS Priority Resolution Signal PSK Phase ShiIt Keying QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QoS Quality oI Service QPSK Quadrature Phase ShiIt Keying RCS Ripple Carrier Signaling RIFS Response Inter-Frame Space RFC Request For Comments RFCS Response Frame Check Sequence RF Radio Frequency ROBO Robust Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol SA Source Address SACK Selective Acknowledgement SBM Subnetwork Bandwidth Manager
SC Segment Control SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SDU Service Data Unit SHARES SHAred RESources SF Short Frame SFD Start Frame Delimiter SL Segment Length SOF Start oI Frame SOFDMA Scalable Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access SN Sequence Number TIB Technical InIormation Bulletin TC Turbo Code TCC Turbo Convolutional Code TCP Transmission Control Protocol TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TDD Time Division Duplex TDM Time Division Multiplexing TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TM Tone Map TMI Tone Map Index TXOP Transmit Opportunities UHF Ultra High Frequency VCS Virtual Carrier Sense VHF Very High Frequency VLAN Virtual LAN VLF Very Low Frequency VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol WiFi Wireless Fidelity WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability Ior Microwave Access