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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
FIR Finite Impulse Response
GHz GigaHertz
IF Intermediate Frequency
I and Q In phase and Quadrature
IBSS Independent Basic Service Set
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
UCT Universal Coordinated Time
VAC Volts Alternating Current
VGA Video graphic
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
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