Wireless Acronym Decoder

802.11 A: IEEE standard completed in 1999. Physical layer operates within the 5 GHz radio band and offers up to

12 non-overlapping channels (as opposed to three with 802.11b). It uses orthogonal frequency division

multiplexing to offer maximum standardized data rate of 54 Mbps.

AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting client

ABL Adaptive Bit Loading

ABR Available Bit Rate

ACE Authentication Encryption

ACEK Authentication Encryption Key

ACI Adjacent Channel Interference

ACK Acknowledgement frame

ACS Access Control Server (Cisco Secure)

ACP Access Control Point

ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

AGC Automatic Gain Control

AES Advanced Encryption Standard

AID Association Identifier

AIN Advanced Intelligent Network

A-Key Authentication Key

AM Amplitude Modulation

AP Access Point

ARP Address Resolution Protocol

ARQ Automatic Repeat Request

ATIM Announcement Traffic Indication Message