Siglas e Acrônimos
Siglas e acrônimos utilizados ao longo do texto:
- ACK: Acknowledgement;
- ANATEL: Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações;
- ANEEL: Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica;
- ARQ: Automatic Repeat Request;
- BC: Backoff Counter;
- CAP: Channel Access Priority;
- CIFS: Contention Distributed Interframe Space;
- CPE: Customer Premise Equipment;
- CRC: Cyclic Redundant Check;
- CSMA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access;
- CSMA/CA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance;
- CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access;
- CPE: Customer Premise Equipment;
- CW: Contention Window;
- DC: Deferral Counter;
- DES: Data Encryption Standard;
- EOF: End of Frame;
- FC: Frame Control;
- GMSK: Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying;
- HD-PLC: High-Definition Power Line Communication;
- HDTV: High Definition Television;
- HPA: HomePlug Powerline Alliance;
- IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers;
- IP: Internet Protocol;
- ITU: International Telecommunication Union;
- ITU-T: International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector;
- NACK: Negative Acknowledgement;
- OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing;
- OSI: Open Systems Interconnection;
- PCS: Physical Carrier Sense;
- PLC: Power Line Communications;
- PLIC: Power Line Indoor Communication;
- PLOC: Power Line Outdoor Communication;
- PR: Priority Resolution;
- PRS: Priority Resolution Signal;
- QoS: Quality of Service;
- RF: Radio Frequency;
- RIFS: Response Distributed Interframe Space;
- ROBO: Robust Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing;
- SDTV: Standard Definition Television;
- SOF: Start of Frame;
- TCP: Transmission Control Protocol;
- TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access;
- UPA: Universal Powerline Association;
- USB: Universal Serial Bus;
- VCS: Virtual Carrier Sense;
- VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol;
- xDSL: Refere-se a todos os tipos de Digital Subscriber Lines: Asymmetric DSL (ADSL), Symmetric DSL (SDSL), High-data-rate DSL (HDSL) e Very High DSL (VDSL).