WiMAX – list of useful WiMAX acronyms sorted in alphabetical order

Acronym Description

AAA	Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
AAS	Advanced Antenna Systems
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
ARQ	Automatic Repeat Request
ASN	Access Services Network
ASP	Application Service Provider
BPSK	Binary Phase Shift Keying
BWA	Broadband Wireless Access
CCK	Complementary Coded Keying
CLEC	Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CIR	Committed Information Rate
CSMA/CA	Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD	Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (Ethernet)
DCF	Distributed Control Function
DES	Digital Encryption Standard
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DSSS	Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
EDCA	Enhanced Distributed Control Access
ETSI	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
ED-VO	Enhanced Version-Data Only (Data Optimized)
FCC	Federal Communications Commission
FDD	Frequency Division Duplex
FDX	Full Duplex
FEC	Forward Error Correction
FHSS	Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Hz	Hertz (Prefix Kilo = Thousands, Mega = Millions, Giga = Billions)
HARQ	Hybrid-ARQ
HIPERMAN	High-Performance Metropolitan Area Network
HUMAN	High-speed Unlicensed Metropolitan Area Network
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
ILEC	Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
ISM	Industrial, Scientific, and Medical
ITU	International Telecommunications Union
LAN	Local Area Network
LR	Location Register
LS	Least Squares
MAC	Media Access Control
MBS	Multicast Broadcast Service
MIMO	Multiple Input-Multiple Output
MMDS	Multi-channel Multipoint Distribution Service
MMS	Multimedia Messaging Service
MPDU	MAC Protocol Data Unit
MS	Mobile Station
MS	Mobile Station
NLOS	Non-Line-of-Sight
NWG	Network Working Group
OFDM	Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
PCF	Point Control Function
PoP	Point of presence
x-QAM	x-level Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QoS	Quality of Service
QPSK	Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
RC4	Ron.s Code-4
SIM	Subscriber Identity Module
SONET	Synchronous Optical Network Interface
TDD	Time Division Duplex
TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
U-NII	Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
VoIP	Voice over IP
VPN	Virtual Private Network
WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi	Wireless Fidelity
WiMax	Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WISP	Wireless Internet Service Provider
WLAN	Wireless LAN
WMAN	Wireless Metropolitan Area Network
WME	Wi-Fi Multimedia Extensions
WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
WRAN	Wireless Regional Area Network
WSM	Wi-Fi Scheduled Multimedia
WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
ZF	Zero Forcing

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