API Application Programming Interface
APL Application Layer
APS ZigBee Application Support Sublayer
BSP Board Support Package – taken together, HAL & OSAL comprise a rudimentary operating system commonly referred to as a BSP.
EP Endpoint
HAL Hardware (H/W) Abstraction Layer
HA Home Automation (A Stack Profile, Profile Id 0x0104)
MT Monitor Test
NWK ZigBee Network Layer
OSAL Operating System (OS) Abstraction Layer
OTA Over-The-Air
PC Personal Computer
SAP Service Access Point
SPI Serial Port Interface
ZCL ZigBee Cluster Library
ZDO ZigBee Device Objects
AF Application Framework
AIB APS Information Base
APS Application Support Sub-Layer
APSDE APS Date Entity
APSME APS Management Entity
ASDU APS Service Datagram Unit
MSG Message
NHLE Next Higher Layer Entity
NWK Network
PAN Personal Area Network
STAR A network topology consisting of one master device and multiple slave devices
ZDO ZigBee Device Object
AES Advanced Encryption Standard encryption algorithm.
CAP Contention Access Period
CBC-MAC Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code.
CCM Encryption using CTR with CBC-MAC.
Coordinator A full function device that accepts associations and transmits beacons.
CSMA-CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance.
CTR Counter mode encryption.
DSN Data Sequence Number
FFD Full Function Device.
LQI Link Quality Indication.
MAC Medium Access Control.
MCPS MAC Common Part Sublayer (data interface).
MIC Message integrity code.
MLME MAC Sublayer Management Entity (management interface).
MSDU MAC Service Data Unit.
PAN Personal Area Network.
PAN Coordinator A coordinator that is the principal coordinator of a PAN.
PHY Physical layer.
PIB PAN Information Base.
RFD Reduced Function Device.
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
SFD Start of Frame Delimiter
ADC Analog to Digital Conversion
CD Carrier Detect
CTS Clear To Send
DSR Data Set Ready
DTR Data Terminal Ready
GPIO General Purpose Input Output
HAL Hardware Abstract Layer
RI Ring Indicator
RTS Ready To Send