User's Manual

Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Appendix A.Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table 15: Acronyms and Terms
Term Definition
802.11 A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for WLAN technology.
802.11a An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 54 Mbps transmission in
the 5 GHz UNII radio band.
802.11b An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 11 Mbps transmission in
the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band. 802.11b uses DSSS modulation.
802.11g An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 54 Mbps transmission in
the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band. 802.11g uses OFDM modulation and is backwards
compatible with 802.11b.
AC Admission Control
Ad-Hoc A group of computers each with wireless adapters, connected as an independent
WLAN.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AP Access Point
ATIM Announced Traffic Indication Message
BBP Baseband Processor
BSS Basic Service Set
BSSID Basic Service Set ID
CardBus The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA PC Card standard. In addition to supporting a wider
bus (32 bits instead of 16 bits), CardBus also support bus mastering and operation
speeds up to 33 MHz.
CCMP Counter mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message protocol
CCX Cisco Compatible Extensions
CE European health and safety label
CF CompactFlash
CTS Clear to Send
DGT Directorate General of Telecommunications Taiwan
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMA Direct Memory Access
DRV Driver
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSR Delayed Service Routine