| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| A2DP | Advanced audio distribution profile |
| AAA | Authentication, authorization, and accounting |
| ACK | Acknowledgement (packet) |
| A | response packet the receiver sends to acknowledge receipt of a packet. |
| ACL | Access control list |
| ADB | Android Debug Bridge |
| AFH | Adaptive frequency hopping oR vAutofrequenxy hopping |
| AIFS | Arbitration inter-frame space |
| vAMPDU | Aggregated MAC protocol data unit |
| ANQP | Access Network Query Protocol |
| ANT | Antenna |
| vAoA | Angle of arrival |
| AP | Access point |
| APEX | Analysis and postprocessing expert |
| APF | Android packet filtering |
| API | Application programming interface |
| APPS | Applications |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| AS | Authentication server |
| ASHM | Antenna-sharing message handler |
| BC | Broadcast |
| BDF | Board data file |
| BLE | Bluetooth low energy |
| BSS | Basic service set |
| BSSID | Basic service set identifier |
| BTC | Bluetooth coexistence |
| CCKM | Cisco centralized key management |
| CCX | Cisco-compatible extensions |
| CFON | Capable of forming its own network |
| CLD | Converged Linux driver |
| CPU | Central processing unit |
| CRC | Cyclic redundancy check |
| CSA | Channel switch announcement |
| CTS | Clear to send |
| CTS2S | Clear to send to self |
| DBS | Dual-band simultaneous |
| DDR | Double data rate |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DLCA | Downlink carrier aggrgation |
| DoS | Denial of service |
| DPP | Device Provisioning Protocol |
| DRAM | Dynamic random access memory |
| DSDS | Dual-SIM and dual-standby |
| DTIM | Delivery traffic indication map |
| DUT | Device under test |
| EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| EAPOL | Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN |
| EAP-TTLS-MSCHAPv2 | Extensible Authentication Protocol - Tunneled Transport Layer Security - Microsoft Challenge Hash Authentication Protocol v2 |
| ECC | Error-correcting code (standard) |
| ECDH | Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman |
| ECDSA | Elliptic curve digital signature algorithm |
| ECSA | Extendec channel switch announcement |
| EGAP | Enhanced Green AP |
| EIR | Extended inquiry response |
| eSCo | Extended synchronized connection-oriented |
| ESE | Enterprise security enhancement |
| ESP | Estimated service parameters |
| EVM | Error vector magnitude |
| FILS | Fast initial link setup |
| FS | Frame sync |
| FW | Firmware |
| GMAC | Gigabit Ethernet media access control |
| GPM | General purpose message |
| GRO | Generic receive offload |
| GTK | Group temporal key |
| GTx | Green Tx |
| GUI | Graphical user interface |
| HID | Human interface device |
| HS | handset |
| HTT | Host target transport |
| IBSS | Independent basic service set (IEEE 802.11 wireless networking) |
| ICMPV6 | Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 |
| IE | Information element |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronica Engineers |
| IOT | Internet of things |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPA | IP accelerator |
| IPv4 | Internet Protocol version 4 |
| IPv6 | Internet Protocol version 6 |
| ISM | Industrials, scientific, and medical |
| ITO | Inactivity timeout |
| LAA | Licensed-assisted access |
| LCD | Liquid crystal display |
| LDPC | Low density parity check |
| LFR | Legacy fast roaming |
| LLMNR | Link-local multicast name resolution |
| LNA | Low-noise amplifier |
| LPI | Low-power interface |
| LRF | location retrieval function |
| LRO | Large receive offload |
| LTE | Long-term evolution |
| LTE-U | Long term evolution - Unlicensed |
| MAC | Media access control |
| MBO | Multiband operations |
| MC | Multicast |
| MCC | Multichannel concurrency |
| MCI | Message-based coexistence interface |
| MCS | Multicast services |
| mDNS | multicast DNS multicast Domain Name System |
| MPDU | MAC protocol data units |
| MPSS | Modem peripheral subsystem software |
| MSDU | MAC service data unit |
| MTP | Media Transfer Protocol |
| MWS | Modem wireless subsystem |
| NAN | Neighborhood awareness networking |
| NAT | Network address translation |
| NDL | Network data link |
| Netd | Net daemon (Android) |
| NFC | Near-field communication |
| NLO | Network list offload |
| NS | network solicitation |
| NUD | network unreachability detection |
| OCE | Optimized connectivity experience |
| OCS | Off-channel scheduler |
| ODM | Original design manufacturer |
| OEM | Original equipment manufacturer |
| OFDM | Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing |
| OMN | Operating mode notification |
| OOB | Out of band |
| OTA | Over the air |
| OUI | Organizationally unique identifier |
| OWE | Opportunistic Wireless Encryption |
| PA | Power amplifier |
| PB | Power backoff |
| PBM | Pattern Byte Matching |
| PCC | Primary carrier |
| PDEV | Physical device |
| PER | Packet error rate |
| PHY | Physical layer |
| PMK | Pairwise master key |
| PNO | Preferred network offload |
| POSIX | Portable operating system interface |
| PPDU | Physical layer protocol data unit |
| PS | Power save |
| PSK | Phase Shift Key |
| QBSS | QoS basic service set |
| QoS | Quality of service |
| QPST | Qualcomm Product Support Tool |
| QTI | Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. |
| QXDM | Qualcomm extensible diagnostic monitor |
| RADIUS | Remote authentication dial-in user service |
| RF | Radio frequency |
| RFCOMM | Serial cable emulation protocol that is based on ETSI TS 07.10 |
| RSSI | Receive signal strength indicator |
| RTS | Request to send |
| RTT | Radio transmission technology |
| Rx | Receive |
| SAE | Simultaneous Authentication of Equals |
| SAP | Service access point Sensor-assisted provisioning |
| SAR | specific absorption rate |
| SC | Single carrier |
| SCC | Single channel concurrency |
| SIFS | Short inter-frame space |
| SIG | Schedule Information Generator |
| SIM | Subscriber identification module |
| skb | Socket buffer |
| SMPS | Switched mode power supply |
| SNAP | Snapdragon Networked Audio Platform |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise ratio |
| SoC | System-on-chip |
| SP | Service period |
| SPB | Static power backoff |
| SSDP | Simple Service Discovery Protocol |
| SSID | Service set identifier |
| STA | Station |
| SYN | Synchronize |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TDD | Time division duplex |
| TDLS | Tunneled Direct-Link Setup |
| TDM | Time division multplexing |
| TDS | Transport discovery service |
| TD-SCDMA | Time division - synchronous code division multiple access |
| TIM | Traffic indication map |
| TRM | TransReceiverManager |
| TSO | TCP segmentation offload |
| TWS | True wireless stereo |
| TWT | Target wake time |
| Tx | Transmit |
| TxB | Tx blanking |
| TxOP | Transmit opportunity |
| UAPSD | Unscheduled automatic power save delivery |
| UART | Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter |
| UC | Unicast |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UL | Uplink |
| ULCA | Uplink carrier aggregation |
| USB | Universal serial bus |
| VDEV | Virtual device |
| VHT | Very high throughput |
| VIF | Virtual interface |
| VZW | Verizon Wireless |
| WAPI | WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure |
| WCI | Wireless coexistence interface |
| WCN | Wireless connectivity network |
| WFA | Wi-Fi Alliance |
| WLAN | Wireless local area network |
| WLM | WLAN latency manager |
| WLS | Wi-Fi location system |
| WMM | Wireless multimedia |
| WMM-PS | WMM-power save |
| WoW | Wake-on-wireless |
| WPA-2 | Wi-Fi Protected Access v2 |
| WPA-3 | Wi-Fi Protected Access v3 |
| WPA-TKIP | Wi-Fi Protected Access - Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
| WPS2.0 | Wireless protected security version 2.0 |
| WSI | Wireless serial interface |
| WWAN | Wireless wide area network |