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SysKonnect SK-54C1 Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter
8 Acronyms and Abbreviations
The following table shows a list of acronyms and abbreviations used throughout this docu-
ment.
Term Definition
802.11 A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for wireless LAN technology.
802.11b An extension to 802.11 for WLANS and provides 11 Mbps transmission in the
2.4 GHz band.
802.11g An extension to 802.11 for WLANS and provides 11 Mbps transmission in the
2.4 GHz band.
ACK Acknowledgement
Ad-hoc A group of computers each with wireless adapters, connected as an indepen-
dent WLAN.
AP Access Point. A communication hub for wireless device users to connect to a
wired LAN.
BSS Basic Service Set
BSSID Basic Service Set Identifier
CardBus The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA PC Card standard. In addition to support-
ing a wider bus (32 bits instead of 16 bits), CardBus also supports bus mas-
tering and operation speeds up to 33 MHz.
CTS Clear-to-Send
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
FCC Federal Communications Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
LAN Local Area Network
MAC Media Access Controller
MIC Message Integrity Check
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PEAP Protected EAP
PSK Pre-shared Keys
RF Radio Frequency
ROM Read Only Memory
RTS Request-to-Send
Rx Receive
SoC System-on-Chip
SSID Service Set ID. A 32-character unique identifier attached to the header of
packets sent over a WLAN that acts as a password when a mobile device
tries to connect to the BSS.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol