4.0 ACRONYMS

• MAC

  Medium Access Control
• CSMA

  Carrier Sense Multiple Access
• CSMA/CD

  CSMA with Collision Detection
• FDDI

  Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• RPR

  Resilient Packet Ring
• MACA

  Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
• RTS

  Request To Send
• CTS

  Clear To Send
• OUI

  Organizationally Unique Identifier
• KISS

  Keep It Simple, Stupid
• CCK

  Complementary Code Keying
• DCF

  Distributed Coordination Function
• PCF

  Point Coordination Function
• NAV

  Network Allocation Vector
• APSD

  Automatic Power Save Delivery
• DIFS

  DCF InterFrame Spacing
• SIFS

  Short InterFrame Spacing
• AIFS

  Arbitration InterFrame Space
• EIFS

  Extended InterFrame Spacing
• TXOP

  Transmission Opportunity
• SSID

  Service Set IDentifier
• LLC

  Logical Link Control
• WPA2

  WiFi Protected Access 2
• EAP

  Enhanced Authentication Protocol
• WEP

  Wired Equivalent Privacy
• AES

  Advanced Encryption Standard
• L2CAP

  Logical Link Control Adaptation Protocol
• SCO

  Synchronous Connection Oriented
• ACL

  Asynchronous ConnectionLess
• LLD

  Low-Latency DOCSIS
• CFI

  Canonical format indicator
• CEI

  Corporate ego indicator