SysKonnect SK-54C1 8 Acronyms and Abbreviations, ACK, BSS, CTS, EAP, FCC, LAN, MAC, MIC, PSK, ROM, RTS, SoC, Term, DHCP, IEEE, PEAP, SSID, TKIP, BSSID, Ad-hoc, PCMCIA, TCP/IP

8 Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following table shows a list of acronyms and abbreviations used throughout this docu- ment.

Term	Definition
802.11	A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for wireless LAN technology.
802.11b	An extension to 802.11 for WLANS and provides 11 Mbps transmission in the
	2.4 GHz band.
802.11g	An extension to 802.11 for WLANS and provides 11 Mbps transmission in the
	2.4 GHz band.
ACK	Acknowledgement
Ad-hoc	A group of computers each with wireless adapters, connected as an indepen-
	dent WLAN.
AP	Access Point. A communication hub for wireless device users to connect to a
	wired LAN.
BSS	Basic Service Set
BSSID	Basic Service Set Identifier
CardBus	The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA PC Card standard. In addition to support-
	ing a wider bus (32 bits instead of 16 bits), CardBus also supports bus mas-
	tering and operation speeds up to 33 MHz.
CTS	Clear-to-Send
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
FCC	Federal Communications Commission
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
LAN	Local Area Network
MAC	Media Access Controller
MIC	Message Integrity Check
PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PEAP	Protected EAP
PSK	Pre-shared Keys
RF	Radio Frequency
ROM	Read Only Memory
RTS	Request-to-Send
Rx	Receive
SoC	System-on-Chip
SSID	Service Set ID. A 32-character unique identifier attached to the header of
	packets sent over a WLAN that acts as a password when a mobile device
	tries to connect to the BSS.
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

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