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

Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum

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, 4-level PSK

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

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