Acronym or abbreviation |
Writing out in full |
Comments |
8DPSK |
8 phase Differential Phase Shift Keying |
3 Mb/s modulation type used by Enhanced Data rate |
AAD |
Additional Authenticated Data |
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ACI |
Antenna Configuration Index |
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ACK |
Acknowledge/Acknowledgment |
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ACL |
Asynchronous Connection-oriented [logical transport] |
Reliable or time-bounded, bi-directional, pointto-point |
ACL-C |
ACL Control [logical link] (LMP) |
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ACL-U |
ACL User [logical link] (L2CAP) |
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ACO |
Authenticated Ciphering Offset |
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AD |
Advertising Data |
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Adv_idx |
Advertising channel index |
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ADVB |
LEAdvertising Broadcast |
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ADVB-C |
LE Advertising Broadcast Control(Logical Link) |
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ADVB-U |
LE Advertising Broadcast User Data (Logical Link) |
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ADI |
AdvDataInfo |
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AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
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AES-CCM |
Advanced Encryption Standard - Counter with CBC-MAC |
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AFH |
Adaptive Frequency Hopping |
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AHS |
Adapted Hop Sequence |
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AoA |
Angle of Arrival |
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AoD |
Angle of Departure |
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APB |
Active Peripheral Broadcast [logical transport] |
Unreliable, uni-directional broadcast to any devices synchronized with the physical channel |
APB-C |
APB Control [logical link] (LMP) |
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APB-U |
APB User [logical link] (L2CAP) |
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ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
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ASK |
Amplitude Shift Keying |
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ATT |
Attribute Protocol |
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BB |
Baseband |
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BCH |
Bose, Chaudhuri & Hocquenghem |
Type of code The persons who discovered these codes in 1959 (H) and 1960 (B&C) |
BD_ADDR |
Bluetooth Device Address |
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BER |
Bit Error Rate |
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BIG |
Broadcast Isochronous Group |
A group of one or more time-related Broadcast Isochronous Streams |
BIS |
Broadcast Isochronous Stream |
Connectionless isochronous logical transport |
BT |
Bandwidth Time |
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C |
Central |
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C.# |
Conditional Any number may be used. See [Vol 1] Part E, Section 2.11 |
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CAC |
Channel Access Code |
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CBC-MAC |
Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code |
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CCM |
Counter with CBC-MAC |
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CIG |
Connected Isochronous Group |
A group of one or more time-related Connected Isochronous Streams |
CIS |
Connected Isochronous Stream |
Point-to-point isochronous logical transport |
CLKN |
Native Clock |
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CLK |
Central's Clock |
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CLKE |
Estimated Clock |
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CODEC |
COder DECoder |
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COF |
Ciphering Offset |
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CP |
CTEInfo Present |
A field in the Data Channel PDU Header to indicate the presence of the CTEInfo field |
CPB |
Connectionless Peripheral Broadcast |
The logical transport enabled by the Connectionless Peripheral Broadcast feature |
CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
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CS |
Channel Sounding |
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CS |
Tone Channel Sounding Tone |
Unmodulated carrier associated with the phase-based ranging technique |
CSA |
Core Specification Addendum (In plural Addenda) |
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CSRK |
Connection Signature Resolving Key |
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CTE |
Constant Tone Extension |
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CTEInfo |
Constant Tone Extension Information |
A field in the Data Channel PDU Header and the extended advertising header |
CTS |
Clear to send |
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CVSD |
Continuous Variable Slope Delta Modulation |
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DAC |
Device Access Code |
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DCI |
Default Check Initialization |
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DEVM |
Differential Error Vector Magnitude |
Measure of modulation error used for Enhanced Data Rate transmitter testing |
DH |
Data-High Rate Data packet type for high rate data |
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DHK |
Diversifier Hiding Key |
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DIAC |
Dedicated Inquiry Access Code |
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DID |
(Advertising) Data ID |
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DIV |
Diversifier |
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DM |
Data - Medium Rate |
Data packet type for medium rate data |
DPSK |
Differential Phase Shift Keying |
Generic description of Enhanced Data Rate modulation |
DQPSK |
Differential Quaternary Phase Shift Keying |
Modulation type used by Enhanced Data Rate |
DRBG |
Deterministic Random Bit Generator |
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DTM |
Direct Test Mode |
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DV |
Data Voice Data packet type for data and voice |
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E |
Excluded |
See [Vol 1] Part E, Section 2.11 |
ECLD |
Early Commit Late Detect |
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EDIV |
Encrypted Diversifier |
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EDLC |
Early Detect Late Commit |
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EDR |
Enhanced Data Rate |
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EIR |
Extended Inquiry Response |
Host supplied information transmitted in the Inquiry Response substate |
EIRP |
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power |
Equivalent power that an isotropic antenna must transmit to provide the same field power density |
(e)SCO |
Synchronous logical link or Extended Synchronous logical link |
SCO or eSCO |
eSCO |
Extended Synchronous Connection-Oriented [logical transport] |
Bi-directional, symmetric or asymmetric, point to-point, general regular data, limited retransmission |
eSCO-S |
Stream eSCO (unframed) |
Used to support isochronous data delivered in a stream without framing |
ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
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FAE |
Fractional Frequency Offset Actuation Error |
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FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
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FCS |
Frame Check Sequence |
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FDMA |
Frequency Division Multiple Access |
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FEC |
Forward Error Correction code |
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FFO |
Fractional Frequency Offset |
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FHS |
Frequency Hop Synchronization |
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FHSS |
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum |
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FIFO |
First In First Out |
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FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
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FM |
Frequency Modulation |
Modulation type |
GAP |
Generic Access profile |
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GATT |
Generic Attribute profile |
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GFSK |
Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying |
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GIAC |
General Inquiry Access Code |
Used for GAP General Discoverable mode and General Inquiry procedure. See Assigned Numbers. |
HCI |
Host Controller interface |
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HEC |
Header-Error-Check |
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HID |
Human Interface Device |
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HV |
High quality Voice e.g. HV1 packet |
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HW |
Hardware |
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IAC |
Inquiry Access Code |
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IC |
Industry Canada |
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IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
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IFS |
Inter Frame Space |
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IP |
Internet Protocol |
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IPv4 |
Internet Protocol version 4 |
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IPv6 |
Internet Protocol version 6 |
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IQ |
In-phase and Quadrature |
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IrDA |
Infra-red Data Association |
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IRK |
Identity Resolving Key |
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ISM |
Industrial, Scientific, Medical |
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ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
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ISO |
Isochronous |
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ISOAL |
Isochronous Adaptation Layer |
The layer that converts data units from the upper layer to data units in the Link Layer and vice versa |
ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
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IUT |
Implementation Under Test |
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IV |
Initialization Vector |
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IV_C |
Initialization Vector (Central) |
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IV_P |
Initialization Vector (Peripheral) |
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L2CAP |
Logical Link Control and Adaptation protocol |
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LAP |
Lower Address Part |
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LC |
Link Controller |
Link Controller (or Baseband) part of the Bluetooth protocol stack. Low level Baseband protocol handler |
LC |
Link Control [logical link] |
The control logical links LC and ACL-C are used at the link control level and link manager level, respectively |
LE |
Low Energy |
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LEB-C |
Low Energy Broadcast Control |
A logical link for control of Broadcast Isochronous Streams in a Broadcast Isochronous Group |
LE-C |
Low Energy Control (link) |
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LE-F |
Low Energy Framed |
A logical link for transferring framed isochronous data packets using a Connected or Broadcast Isochronous Stream logical transport |
LE-S |
Low Energy Stream |
A logical link for transferring unframed isochronous data packets using a Connected or Broadcast Isochronous Stream logical transport |
LE-U |
LE User [logical link] |
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LFAE |
Local Frequency Actuation Error |
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LFSR |
Linear Feedback Shift Register |
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LIAC |
Limited Inquiry Access Code |
Used for GAP Limited Discoverable mode and Limited Inquiry procedure. See Assigned Numbers. |
LL |
Link Layer |
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LLID |
Logical Link Identifier |
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LM |
Link Manager |
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LMP |
Link Manager protocol |
For LM peer to peer communication |
LR |
Loudness Rating |
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LSB |
Least Significant Bit |
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LSO |
Least Significant Octet |
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LSTO |
Link Supervision Timeout event |
Controller can send LSTO event to Host |
LT_ADDR |
Logical Transport ADDRess |
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LTK |
Long-Term Key |
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M |
Mandatory |
See [Vol 1] Part E, Section 2.11 |
MAC |
Message Authentication Code |
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Mb/s |
Megabits (millions of bits) per second MD More Data |
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MIC |
Message Integrity Check |
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MITM |
Man-in-the-middle |
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Msym/s |
Megasymbols per second |
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MSB |
Most Significant Bit |
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mSBC |
modified Sub Band Codec |
Hands-Free Profile v1.6 or later |
MSC |
Message sequence chart |
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MSO |
Most Significant Octet |
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MTU |
Maximum Transmission Unit |
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MWS |
Mobile Wireless Standards |
For example LTE and WiMAX |
N_AP |
Number of Antenna Paths |
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NADM |
Normalized Attack Detector Metric |
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NAK |
Negative Acknowledge |
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NAP |
Non-significant Address Part |
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NESN |
Next Expected Sequence Number |
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NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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O |
Optional |
See [Vol 1] Part E, Section 2.11 |
OBEX |
OBject EXchange protocol |
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OCF |
Opcode Command Field |
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OGF |
Opcode Group Field |
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OOB |
Out of Band |
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π/4-DQPSK |
π/4 Rotated Differential Quaternary Phase Shift Keying |
2 Mb/s modulation type used by Enhanced Data Rate |
P |
Peripheral |
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PADVB |
LE Periodic Advertising Broadcast(Logical Transport) |
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PAwR |
Periodic Advertising with Responses |
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PBD |
Profile Broadcast Data |
The name of the logical link enabled by the Connectionless Peripheral Broadcast feature |
PBF |
Packet Boundary Flag |
The device supports the capability to correctly handle HCI ACL Data packets |
PBR |
Phase-Based Ranging |
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PCM |
Pulse Coded Modulation |
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PCT |
Phase Correction Term |
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PDU |
Protocol Data Unit |
A message |
PHY |
Physical Layer |
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PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
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PN |
Pseudo-random Noise |
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ppm |
Part Per Million |
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PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
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PRBS |
Pseudo Random Bit Sequence |
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PRNG |
Pseudo Random Noise Generation |
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PSK |
Phase Shift Keying |
Class of modulation types |
ptt |
Packet Type Table |
The ptt parameter is used to select the logical transport types via LMP. |
QoS |
Quality of Service |
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RAND |
Random number |
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RF |
Radio Frequency |
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RFC |
Request For Comments |
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RFCMode |
Retransmission and Flow Control Mode |
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RFCOMM |
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Serial cable emulation protocol based on ETSI TS 07.10 |
RFU |
Reserved for future use |
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RMS |
Root Mean Square |
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RPA |
Resolvable Private Address |
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RPL |
Reference Power Level |
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RSSI |
Received Signal Strength Indication |
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RTT |
Round-Trip Time |
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RX |
Receive |
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SAR |
Segmentation and Reassembly |
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SCA |
Sleep Clock Accuracy |
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SCO |
Synchronous Connection-Oriented [logical transport] |
Bi-directional, symmetric, point-to-point, AV channels |
SCO-S |
Stream SCO (unframed) |
Used to support isochronous data delivered in a stream without framing |
SDP |
Service Discovery protocol |
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SDU |
Service Data Unit |
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SEQN |
Sequential Numbering scheme |
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SID |
(Advertising) Set ID |
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SK |
Session Key |
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SKD_C |
Session Key Diversifier (Central) |
Central portion of the Session Key Diversifier |
SKD_P |
Session Key Diversifier (Peripheral) |
Peripheral portion of the Session Key Diversifier |
SM |
Security Manager |
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SMP |
Security Manager Protocol |
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SN |
Sequence Number |
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SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
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SRES |
Signed Response |
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SRK |
Signature Resolving Key |
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SSI |
Signal Strength Indication |
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SSP |
Secure Simple Pairing |
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STK |
Short Term Key |
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SW |
Software |
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T_FCS |
Time for Frequency Change Spacing |
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T_FM |
Time for Frequency Measurement |
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T_GD |
Time for Guard period |
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T_IFS |
Time Inter Frame Space |
Time interval between consecutive packets on same channel index in the situation indicated by the suffix. See [Vol 6] Part B, Section 4.1.1. |
T_IP1 |
Time for Interlude Period 1 (between CS packets) |
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T_IP2 |
Time for Interlude Period 2 (between CS tones) |
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T_MCES |
Time Minimum Connection Event Spacing |
Minimum time interval between connection events. See [Vol 6] Part B, Section 4.1.5. |
T_MSS |
Time Minimum Subevent Spacing |
Minimum time interval between subevents in the situation indicated by the suffix. See [Vol 6] Part B, Section 4.2.2. |
T_PM |
Time for Phase Measurement |
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T_RD |
Time for (transmission) RampDown |
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T_SY |
Time for synchronization sequence (CS packet) |
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TCP/IP |
Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
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TCS |
Telephony Control protocol Specification |
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TDD |
Time-Division Duplex |
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TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
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TK |
Temporary Key |
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ToA |
Time of Arrival |
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ToD |
Time of Departure |
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ToF |
Time of Flight |
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TX |
Transmit |
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UAP |
Upper Address Part |
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UART |
Universal Asynchronous receiver Transmitter |
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UI |
User Interface |
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ULAP |
Upper and Lower Address Parts |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
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UTF-8 |
8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format |
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UUID |
Universal Unique Identifier |
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