WiFi abbreviations - Revision history

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 | EDCA || Enhanced Distributed Channel Access || Extension of DCF using up to eight user priority (UP) levels ginving QoS at the MAC level.
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 | UP || User Priority || Used in EDCA to give up to eight UP levels making QoS possible. Identical to 802.3D (CoS) QoS priority
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 | HCCA || HCF Controlled Channel Access ||
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 | TXOP || Transmit Opportunity || When a HCF-compliant contends for the medium it receives an alooted amount of time to send frames called TXOP

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 | UP || User Priority || Used in EDCA to give up to eight UP levels making QoS possible. Identical to 802.3D (CoS) QoS priority
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 | HCCA || HCF Controlled Channel Access ||
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 | CCA  || Clear Channel Assesment || Listening to physical medium if a transmission is in progress. Also known as Physical Carrier Sense. Operates on OSI layer 1.
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 | CTS ||Clear To Send || A signal after RTS acknowledging permission to transmit.
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 | NAV || Network Allocation Vector || A timer initiated by the Duration field in 802.11 frames by stations. It is illegal to transmit in this period. Also known as Virtual Carrier sense. Operates on OSI layer 2.
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 | CCA  || Clear Channel Assesment || Listening to physical medium if a transmission is in progress. Also known as Physical Carrier Sense. Operates on OSI layer 1.
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 | CTS ||Clear To Send || A signal after RTS acknowledging permission to transmit.
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 | AP || Access point || Gives wireless clients access to the network services.
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 | WLAN || Wireless Local Area Network || Wireless Network spanning buildings/campusses for example WiFi/802.11
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-| IS || Integration Service ||
+| IS || Integration Service || The process of transforming the MSDU (802.11) frame to other frame standards. Normally ethernet
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 | DS || Distribution System ||
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 | MBSS || Mesh Basic Service Set ||
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 | DS || Distribution System ||
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 | DSS || Distributed System Services ||

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 | FEC || Forward Error Correction || Allows the receiving system to detect and correct bit errors.
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-| WWAN || Wireless Wide Area Networo ||
+| WWAN || Wireless Wide Area Network || Wireless Network spanning wide areas for example GSM or LTE
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-| WMAN || Wireless Metropolitan Area Networo ||
+| WMAN || Wireless Metropolitan Area Network || Wireless Network spanning cities for example WiMax
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-| WPAN || Wireless Personal Area Networo ||
+| WPAN || Wireless Personal Area Network || Wireless Network spanning small personal areas for example Bluetooth or infrared
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-| WLAN || Wireless Local Area Networo ||
+| WLAN || Wireless Local Area Network || Wireless Network spanning buildings/campusses for example WiFi/802.11
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 | IS || Integration Service ||