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The development of connectivity applications often poses multiple challenges for designers. Some of the key challenges and constraints are ease of component use, Wi-Fi security, network topology, design for low power, environmental operating conditions, and network range. The following section details how these are addressed with WiLink8 device family. For a detailed list of features and performance, see the WiLink™ 8 WLAN Features User's Guide.
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| AP | Access Point |
| BT | Bluetooth |
| BLE | Bluetooth low energy |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standards Publication |
| MIMO | Multiple Input Multiple Output |
| MRC | Maximum Ratio Combining |
| PSK | Pre-Shared Key |
| P2P | Peer 2 Peer |
| SoC | System on Chip |
| STA | Station |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| WMM-AC | Wireless Multi-media – Access Categories |
| WMM APSD | Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) Automatic Power Save Delivery |
| WPA/2 | Wi-Fi Protected Access |
| WMM-PS | Wireless Multi-media – Power Save |
| WoW | Wake on Wireless LAN |