Glossary 

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ACK  

Acknowledge  

AES  

Advanced Encryption Standard  

ARQ  

Automatic Repeat reQuest  

ASA  

Authentication and Service Authorization  

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B-ACK 

Block Acknowledgment  

BB  

BaseBand  

BER  

Bit Error Rate  

BM  

Burst Mode  

BP  

Beacon Period  

BPSK  

Binary Phase Shift Keying  

BPST  

Beacon Period Start Time  

BT  

Bluetooth  

BTS

Base Station

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CAC 

Channel Access Code  

CODEC  

COder DECoder  

CRC  

Cyclic Redundancy Check  

CTS  

Clear To Send  

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DAC 

Digital-to-Analog Converter  

DUT  

Device Under Test  

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EDR

Extended Data Rate

ETSI  

European Telecommunications Standards Institute  

EVM  

Error Vector Magnitude  

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FCC 

Federal Communications Commission  

FCS FDS FEC  

Frame Check Sequence Frequency-Domain Spreading Forward Error Correction  

FDD

Frequency Division Duplexing

FH  

Frequency Hopping  

FSK  

Frequency Shift Keying  

FW  

Firmware  

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GF 

Green Field  

GF  

Galois Field  

GFSK  

Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying  

GI  

Guard Interval  

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HCI 

Host Controller Interface  

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IAC 

Inquiry Access Code  

IEEE  

Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineering  

IP  

Internet Protocol  

ISDN  

Integrated Services Digital Net-works  

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LM 

Link Manager  

LMP  

Link Manager Protocol  

LOS/NLOS

Line-Of-Sight/Non-Line-Of-Sight

LTF  

Long Training Field  

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MAC 

Medium Access Control  

MAPI  

Messaging Application Procedure Interface  

Mbps or Mb/s

Mega Bits Per Second

MCDU  

MAC Command Data Unit  

MIMO  

Multiple Input Multiple Output  

MM  

Mixed Mode  

MSC  

Message Sequence Chart  

MTU  

Maximum Transmission Unit  

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NAK  

Negative Acknowledge  

NAV  

Network Allocation Vector  

No-ACK OFDM OUI PAN  

No Acknowledgement Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation Organizationally Unique Identifier Personal Area Network  

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OBT

One-Box Tester

OFDM  

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing  

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PAPR 

Peak to Average Power Ratio  

PCM  

Pulse Coded Modulation  

PCMCIA  

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association  

PER  

Packet Error Rate  

PnP  

Plug and Play  

POTS  

Plain Old Telephone System  

PPM  

Parts Per Million  

PPP  

Point-to-Point Protocol  

PSD

Power Spectral Density

PSD PSDU  

Power Spectral Density PHY Service Data Unit  

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QAM 

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation  

QoS  

Quality of Service  

QPSK  

Quadrature Phase Shift Keying  

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RF 

Radio Frequency  

RFCOMM  

 

RSSI  

Received Signal Strength Indica-tion  

RSSI RTS SAP  

Received Signal Strength Indicator Request To Send Service Access Point  

RX  

Receiver  

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SAP 

Service Access Points  

SAR  

Segmentation and Reassembly  

SDMA

Spatial Division Multiple Access  

SDP  

Service Discovery Protocol  

SEQN  

Sequential Numbering scheme  

SFC  

Secure Frame Counter  

SFN  

Secure Frame Number  

SN  

Sequence Number  

SSI  

Signal Strength Indication  

SSID  

Subscriber Station Identification (MAC address)  

STF  

Short Training Field  

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TCP/IP 

Transport Control Protocol/Inter-net Protocol  

TX  

Transmit  

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UART 

Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter  

UDP/IP  

User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol  

USB  

Universal Serial Bus  

UWB  

Ultra Wideband or WiMedia

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VSA

Vector Signal Analyzer

VSG

Vector Signal Generator

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WAP 

Wireless Application Protocol  

WiMAX

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WUG  

Wireless User Group  

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