Abbreviation Indes

A

AAPM: Adaptive Asynchronous Power Management
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AMC: Adaptive Modulation and Coding
AOA: Angle of Arrival
AODV: Ad hoc on Demand Distance Vector
AP: Access Point
AQEC: Asynchronous Quorum Energy Conserving
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
ARQ: Automatic Repeat Request
ASQEC: Adaptive Synchronous Quorum Energy Conserving
ATIM: Ad hoc Traffic Indication Map
AW: Awake Window

B
BE: Best Effort
BI: Beacon Interval
BR: Bandwidth Request
BS: Base Station
BT: BitTorrent
BW: Beacon Window

C
CA: Collision Avoidance
CCA: Common Channel Assignment
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
CDN: Content Distribution Network
CE: Consumer Electronics
CGSR: Clusterhead Gateway Switch Routing
CID: Connection Identifier
CLICA: Connected Low Interference Channel Assignment
CNNIC: China Internet Network Information Center
CPE: Customer Premises Equipment
CPS: Common Part Sublayer
CS: Convergence Sublayer
CSMA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CTS: Clear to Send

D

DAMA: Demand Assigned Multiple Access
DCD: Downlink Channel Descriptor
DCF: Distributed Coordinated Function
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DL-MAP: Downlink Bandwidth Allocation Map
DOMC: Distributed Operations and Maintenance Center
DPSM: Dynamic Power Saving Mechanism
DRM: Digital Rights Management
DSDV: Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector
DSR: Dynamic Source Routing
DVCS: Directional Virtual Carrier Sensing
DW: Data Window

E
EDCA: Enhanced Distribution Coordinate Access
EML: Element Management Layer
EMS: Element Management System
eNB: Enhanced Node B
ETT: Expected Transmission Time
ETX: Expected Transmission Count

F
FCH: Frame Control Header
FDMA: Frequency Division Multiple Access
FEC: Forward Error Correction

G
GPS: Global Positioning System
GSM: Global System for Mobile Communication
GW: Gateway

H
HARQ: Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
HSDPA: High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSPA: High Speed Packet Access
HSUPA: High Speed Uplink Packet Access

I
IAP: Internet Access Point
IMS: IP Multimedia System
IP: Internet Protocol
ISV: Independent Software Vendor

L
LAN: Local Access Network
LOS: Line-of-Sight
LTE: Long Term Evolution

M
MAC: Media Access Control
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
MAP: Mesh Access Point
MARP: Multi-hop Address Resolution Protocol
MBLB: Moving Boundary-based Load Balancing
MCCL: Multiple Channel Cooperation Layer
MIMO: Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MMACFC: Mesh Medium Access Coordinate Functional Component
MME: Mobility Management Entity
MMS: Multimedia Message Service
MOD: Music on Demand
MoM: Manager-of-Managers
MP: Mesh Point
MP2MP: Multipoint-to-Multipoint
MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group
MS: Mobile Station

N
NAV: Network Allocation Vector
NEL: Network Element Layer
NGN: Next Generation Network
NLOS: Non-Line-of-Sight
NML: Network Management Layer
NNOC: National Network Operation Center
NQBI: Non-Quorum Beacon Interval
nrtPS: non-real-time Polling Service

O
OAQEC: Optimal Asynchronous Quorum Energy Conserving
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OFDMA: Orthogonal Frequency  Division Multiplexing Access
OLSR: Optimized Link State Routing
OMC: Operation and Maintenance Center
OPEX: Operating Expenditure
OSI: Open System Interconnection
OSS: Operational Support System

P
P2MP: Point-to-Multipoint
P2P: Peer-to-Peer
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PDRS: Preferred Destination Ring Routing Scheme
PHLB: Partitioned Host-based Load Balancing
PIRS: Preferred Inner Ring Routing Scheme
PM: Poll-Me
PORS: Preferred Outer Ring Routing Scheme
PSLB: Positional Scan Load Balancing
PSRS: Preferred Source Ring Routing Scheme

Q
QAM: Quadrature Amplitude odulation
QBI: Quorum Beacon Interval
QI: Quorum Interval
QoS: Quality of Service

R
RF: Radio Frequency
RLC: Radio Link Control
RM: Reference Model
RMS: Resource Management System
RNC: Radio Network Control
RS: Relay Station
rtPS: real-time Polling Service
RTS: Request to Send
RTT: Round-trip Transmission Time

S
SBU: Strategic Business Unit
SDMA: Spatial-Division Multiple Access
SFID: Service Flow Identifier
SGW: Service Gateway
SINR: Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio
SM: Source Management
SMS: Service Management System
SMS: Short Message Service
SP: Service Provider
SQEC: Synchronous Quorum Energy Conserving
SRCC: Switched Routing Control Channel
SS: Subscriber Station
SSCH: Slotted Seeded Channel Hopping
SSR: Segment-by-Segment Routing

T
TB: Transport Block
TBRPF: Topology Broadcast based on Reverse-Path Forwarding
TCP: Transfer Control Protocol
TDD: Time Division Duplex
TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access
TD-SCDMA: Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
TORA: Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm
TSF: Timing Synchronization Function

U            
UCD: Uplink Channel Descriptor
UGS: Unsolicited Grant Service
UL-MAP: Uplink Bandwidth AllocationMap
UMB: Ultra Mobile Broadband
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UNMS: Unified Network Management System
UT: User Terminal
UTRAN: UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
UWB: Ultra Wideband

V
VCA: Variable Channel Assignment
VOD: Video on Demand
VoIP: Voice over IP

W
WBA: Wireless Broadband Access
WCDMA: Wireless Code Division Multiplex Access
WDS: Wireless Distributed System
WGW: Wireless Gateway
Wi-Fi: Wireless Fidelity
WiMAX: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WLAN: Wireless Local Access Network
WMAN: Wireless Metropolitan Area Network
WMN: Wireless Mesh Network
WPAN: Wireless Personal Area Network
WR: Wireless Router
WRP: Wireless Routing Protocol

Z
ZRP: Zone Routing Protocol