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