ANIMA

Autonomic Networking Integrated Model and Approach
CS

Computer Society
HSSG

Higher Speed Study Group
ISTO

Industry Standards and Technology Organization
LMSC

LAN MAN Standards Committee
PAR

Project Authorisation Request
SUPA

Simplified Use of Policy Abstractions
WLAN

Wireless LAN

802

ECMP

Equal-Cost Multi-Path Routing
LLC

Logical Link Control
MAC

Media Access Control
PBB

Provider Backbone Bridge
PHY

Physical Layer
SPB

Shortest Path Bridging
Wi-Fi

Wireless Fidelity
WiFi

Wireless Fidelity

Ethernet

1000Base-CX

Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, shielded balanced copper cable (UTP Category 5)
1000Base-LX

Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, LWL fibre optic cable
1000Base-SX

Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, SWL fibre optic cable
1000Base-T

Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, twisted pair cable
100Base-FX

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3u: Ethernet with 100 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, fibre optic cable
100Base-T

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3u: Ethernet with 100 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, twisted pair cable
100Base-T2

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3u: Ethernet with 100 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, 2 pair twisted pair cable
100Base-T4

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3u: Ethernet with 100 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, 4 pair twisted pair cable
100Base-TX

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3u: Ethernet with 100 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, twisted pair cable
100BaseVG

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: Ethernet with 100 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission
100VG-AnyLAN

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.12: Ethernet with 100 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission
10Base2

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, also known as Cheapernet: Ethernet with 10 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, 185m segments
10Base5

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, classic Ethernet: Ethernet with 10 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, 500m segments
10BaseF

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: Ethernet with 10 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, fibre optic cable
10BaseT

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: Ethernet with 10 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, twisted pair cable
10Broad36

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: Ethernet with 10 MBit/s, Broadband Transmission
10GE

10 GigaBIT Ethernet

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series: 10 GigaBIT Ethernet
1Base5

Ethernet with 1 MBit/s

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, also known as Starlan: Ethernet with 1 MBit/s, Baseband Transmission, 500m segments
AUI

Attachment Unit Interface

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
BEB

Binary Exponential Backoff

  • Notes: in CSMA/CD, LIB
BNC

Baby N Connector

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
CAM

Content Addressable Memory

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
CD

Carrier Detect

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Carrier Detect

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DELNI

Digital Ethernet Local Network Interconnect

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DELQA

Digital Ethernet Lowpower Q-bus network Adapter

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DELUA

Digital Ethernet Lowpower Unibus network Adapter

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DEMPR

Digital Ethernet Multi-Port Repeater

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DEPCA

Digital Ethernet Personal Computer-bus Adapter

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DEQNA

Digital Ethernet Q-bus Network Adapter

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DEREP

Digital Ethernet REPeater

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DESPR

Digital Ethernet Single Port Repeater

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DESTA

Digital Ethernet thin-wire STation Adapter

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DEUNA

Digital Ethernet Unibus Network Adapter

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DIX

DEC, Intel and Xerox

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
DMD

Differential Mode Delay

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
EDLC

Ethernet Data Link Control

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
EEE

Energy Efficient Ethernet

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
ELAP

Ethernet Link Access Protocol

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
EPIM

Ethernet Port Interface Module

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
ESP

Ethernet Serial Port

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
ETH

Ethernet
FDE

Full Duplex Ethernet

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
FLP

Fast Link Pulse

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
FOIRL

Fibre Optic Inter-Repeater Link

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
FOMAU

Fiber Optic MAU

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
GE

Gigabit Ethernet

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
GMII

Gigabit Media Independent Interface

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
LACP

Link Aggregation Control Protocol

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3ad
LANCE

LAN Controller for Ethernet

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3
LIB

Linear Incremental Backoff

  • Notes: in CSMA/CD, BEB
MAU

Medium Attachment Units

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet Transceiver
MDI

Medium Dependent Interface

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
MII

Medium Independent Interface

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
NLP

Normal Link Pulse

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
PACE

Priority Access Control Enabled

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
PCS

Physical Coding Sub-Layer

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
PEA

Pocket Ethernet Adapter

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
PHY

Ethernet Physical Layer

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
PLS

Physical Signalling Sub-layer

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
PMA

Physical Medium Attachment

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
PPPoED

Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet DAEMON

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
PSE

Port Switched Ethernet

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
SNAP

SubNetwork Access Protocol

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet
TPE

Twisted Pair Ethernet

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet

Ethernet Frame

DA

Destination Address

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet, part of an Ethernet Frame
FCS

Frame Check Sequence

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet, part of an Ethernet Frame, usually CRC-32
LEN

Length

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet, part of an Ethernet Frame
PA

Preamble

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet, part of an Ethernet Frame
PAD

Padding

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet, part of an Ethernet Frame
SA

Source Address

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet, part of an Ethernet Frame
SFD

Start Frame Delimiter

  • Notes: IEEE 802.3 Series, Ethernet, part of an Ethernet Frame

WLAN

802.11/HR

802.11 High Rate