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18.3 List of acronyms
Acronym
Expansion / Meaning
2G
2nd Generation
3G
3rd Generation
ADSL
Asymmetric digital subscriber line, ADSL is a type of DSL broadband communications
technology used for connecting to the Internet
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AP Client
Access Point Client
CSQ
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a standardized networking protocol
used on Internet Protocol (IP) networks for dynamically distributing network
configuration parameters, such as IP addresses for interfaces and services.
DIN
DIN connector is an electrical connector that was originally standardized by the
Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)
DMZ
In computer security, a DMZ or Demilitarized Zone is a physical or logical sub network
that contains and exposes an organization's external-facing services to a larger and
un-trusted network, usually the Internet.
DNS
Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for
computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network
DynDNS, DDNS
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is a method of automatically updating a name server in the
Domain Name System (DNS), often in real time, with the active DNS configuration of
its configured hostnames, addresses or other information.
EDGE
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) is a digital mobile phone technology
that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of
GSM.
GPRS
General packet radio service (GPRS) is a packet oriented mobile data service on the
2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications
GSM
Global system for mobile communications
HT Physical mode
High Throughput Physical Mode
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is one of the main protocols of the Internet
Protocol Suite. It is used by network devices, like routers, to send error messages
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol is a communications protocol used by hosts and
adjacent routers on IP networks to establish multicast group memberships
IP Sec
Internet Protocol Security is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol (IP)
communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication
session
ISP
Internet service provider
L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private
networks
LAN
Local Area Network
Acronym
Expansion / Meaning
LLTD
Link Layer Topology Discovery is a proprietary Link Layer protocol for network
topology discovery and quality of service diagnostics
M2M
Machine to machine
MAC address
Media access control address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for
communications on the physical network segment
MTU
Maximum transmission unit of a communications protocol of a layer is the size (in
bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can pass onwards
NAT
Network address translation is a methodology of modifying network address
information in Internet Protocol (IP) datagram packet headers while they are in transit
across a traffic routing device for the purpose of remapping one IP address space into
another.
NTP
Network Time Protocol is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between
computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PSK
Pre-shared key
QoS
Quality of Service
RF
Radio Frequency
Rx
Reception
SIM
Subscriber identity module
SMA
SMA (Sub Miniature version A) connectors are semi-precision coaxial RF connectors
SMS
Short Message Service
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface
SSID
Service set identification
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TKIP
Transmission Control Protocol
Tx
Transmission
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UPnP
Universal Plug and Play
VPN
Virtual private network
WAN
Wide Area network
