Wireless Mesh Networks/Glossary

= Glossary = AC       Alternating Current

API      Application Programming Interface

CA       Certificate Authority

CIDR     Classless Inter-Domain Routing

DC       Direct Current

DHCP     Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS      Domain Name System

FCC      Federal Communications Commission

GPIO     General Purpose Input/Output

GUI      Graphical User Interface

HNA      Host Network Announcement

I/O      Input/Output

ICMP     Internet Control Message Protocol

IP       Internet Protocol

LED      Light Emitting Diode

LOS      Line Of Sight

MANET    Mobile Ad Hoc Network

MID      Mobile Internet Device

MPR      Mote Processor Radio

NEMA     National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NTP      Network Time Protocol

NTSC/PAL National Television System Committee/Phase Altering Line OEM      Original Equipment Manufacturer

OLSR     Optimized Link State Routing

OLSRD    Optimized Link State Routing Daemon

PoE      Power Over Ethernet

PTT      Push To Talk

PWM      Pulse Width Modulation

RP-SMA   Reverse Polarity-SubMiniature Version A

RF       Radio Frequency

SSID     Service Set Identifier

TC       Topology Control

TCIP/IP  Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TOS      Type Of Service

USB      Universal Serial Bus

UTP      Unshielded Twisted Pair

VANET    Vehicular Ad Hoc Network

VPN      Virtual Private Network

WAN      Wide Area Network

WEP      Wired Equivalency Privacy

WPA      WiFi Protected Access