This list is by no means complete. It is provided as a resource to help understand the acronyms in the wireless networking world.
| 802.xx |
Wireless LAN Standards developed by IEEE (802.11b,g,etc.) |
| AP |
Access Point |
| AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
| ARK |
Automatic Retransmission Queing |
| CPE |
Customer Premise Equipment |
| dB |
Decibel |
| dBm |
dB milliWatt |
| dBd |
dB Dipole |
| dB |
dB Isotropic |
| DSSS |
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum |
| EAP |
Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| EMI |
Electro Magnetic Interference |
| ERP |
Effective Radiated Power |
| EIRP |
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power |
| FDM |
Frequency Division Muliplexing |
| FHSS |
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum |
| FSL |
Free Space Loss |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
| IF |
Intermediate Frequency |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LEAP |
Lightweight EAP |
| LOS |
Line of Sight |
| MP |
Multipath Propagation |
| NLOS |
Near LOS |
| NON-LOS |
Non-LOS |
| ODU |
Outdoor Unit |
| OFDM |
Orthogonal FDM (used in 802.11g) |
| OLOS |
Obstructed LOS |
| PEAP |
Protected EAP |
| POE |
Power Over Ethernet |
| POP |
Point of Presence |
| PSK |
Pre Shared Key |
| PtP |
Point to Point |
| PtMP |
Point to Multi Point |
| RADIUS |
Remote Access Dial-In User Service |
| SOM |
System Operating Margin |
| SSID |
Service Set Identifier (unique 32-bit identifier) |
| TDD |
Time Division Duplex |
| TKIP |
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
| TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
| TTLS |
Tunneled TLS |
| UNII |
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure |
| VLAN |
Virtual LAN |
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
| WEP |
Wireless Equivalency Privacy |
| Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |
| WISP |
Wireless ISP |
| WIPOP |
Wireless POP |
| WLAN |
Wireless LAN |
| WPA |
Wi-Fi Protected Access |
| WS |
Wireless Station |
| 802.11a |
5 GHz, OFDM, 54 Mbps (most radios do 4.9GHz through 6.1GHz) |
| 802.11e |
Polling, QoS, Hidden node support |
| 802.11g |
2.4 GHz OFDM, 54 Mbps (radios do 2.3GHz thru 2.6GHz) |
| 802.11h |
5 GHz Extension for Europe auto frequency and power control |
| 802.11j |
4.9 GHz Extension for Japan (may apply to USA public safety) |
| 802.11k |
Radio Resource Measurement Extensions |
| 802.11m |
Maintenance and Management Extensions |
| 802.11n |
MIMO Extensions (of 12, 24, 48, 96 and 216 Mbps in 40MHz bandwidth) |
| 802.11p |
WAVE – Moving vehicle Extensions |
| 802.11r |
Advanced Roaming and Context Transfer |
| 802.11s |
Mesh Extensions |
| 802.11t |
Wireless Performance Predictions |
| 802.11x |
Authentication and Encryption |
| WPA2 |
Wi-Fi Hot Spot Extensions |
| WME |
Wi-Fi Multimedia Extensions |
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