| Glossary of Acronyms |
AC | Alternating Current |
A/D | Analog to Digital converter |
AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
AP | Access Point |
Applet | a small Application |
BER | Bit Error Rate |
BPSK | Binary Phase Shift Keying |
BSS | Basic Service Set |
BW | Band Width |
CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access (spread spectrum modulation) |
DC | Direct Current |
D/A | Digital to Analog |
dB | decibel |
dBm | decibels referenced to 1 milliwatt |
DOS | Digital Operating System |
DSP | Digital Signal Processing |
DSSS | Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum |
ESS | Extended Service Set |
FHSS | |
FIR | Finite Impulse Response |
GHz | GigaHertz |
IF | Intermediate Frequency |
I and Q | In phase and Quadrature |
IBBS | Independent Basic Service Set |
IrDA | Infrared Data Association |
kHz | kiloHertz |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
LO | Local Oscillator |
MAC | Medium Access Control |
Mbits | Megabits |
MHz | MegaHertz |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
OFDM | Orthogonal Frequency Domain Multiplexing (802.11a) |
PC | Personal Computer |
PCS | Personal Communications Service (1.8 to 2.1 GHz frequency band) |
PER | Packet Error Rate |
PN | Pseudo Noise |
QPSK | Quaternary Phase Shift Keying, |
RF | Radio Frequency |
RSSI | Receiver Signal Strength Indicator |
SSID | Service Set IDentification |
STA | STAtion (generally a laptop client WLAN card) |
UCT | Universal Coordinated Time |
VAC | Volts Alternating Current |
VGA | Video graphic |
WEP | Wired Equivalent Protocol |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |