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# WiMAX - Useful Acronyms

Acronym | Description
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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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