RF & Wireless Industry
Acronyms &
Definitions |
2G |
second Generation of wireless communication systems |
3G |
third Generation of wireless communication systems |
A/D |
Analog-to-Digital |
ACPR |
Adjacent-Channel Power Ratio |
AGC |
automatic Gain Control |
AMPS |
Advanced Mobile Phone System |
ASK |
Amplifier Shift Keying |
ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
AWGN |
Additive White Gaussian Noise |
BER |
Bit Error Rate |
BPSK |
Binary Phase Shift Keying |
BW |
Bandwidth |
CCRR |
Co-Channel Rejection Ratio |
CDMA |
Code - Division - Multiple - Access |
CDPD |
Cellular Digital Packet Data |
CMRR |
Common-Mode Rejection Ratio |
CTIA |
Cellular Telecomm Industry Association |
CW |
Continuous Wave |
DCS |
Digital Communications Systems (Europe) |
DECT |
Digital European Cordless Telephone |
DSATS |
Digital SATS |
DSP |
Digital Signal Processing |
FDMA |
Frequency -Division Multiple Access |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communications (Digital) |
I and Q |
In-Phase & Quadrature Phase Components |
IS54 |
"Iterim Standard 54" Dual-Mode TDMA/AMPS |
IS95 |
"Iterim Standard 95" Dual-Mode CDMA/AMPS |
ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISM Band |
Industrial - Scientific - Medical |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
LMDS |
Local Multipoint Distribution Services |
MMDS |
Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Services |
NAMPS |
Narrow-Band AMPS |
PACS |
Personal Access Communications System (USA) |
PBX |
Public Branch Exchange |
PCN |
Personal Communications Network |
PCS |
Personal Communication System/Services |
PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
PDC |
Personal Digital Cellular (Japan) |
PDDN |
Private Digital Data Network |
PHS |
Personal Handyphone System (Japan Cordless) |
PLL |
Phase Lock Loop |
POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System |
PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
SATS |
Supervisory Audio Tones |
SCPC |
Single Channel per Carrier |
SNR |
Signal to Noise Ratios |
TACS |
Total Access Communications System (UK Analog) |
TDMA |
Time - Division - Multiple - Access |
TDU |
Telecomm Delivery Unit |
VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminals |
VSELP |
Vector-Sum excited Linear-Predictive |
WLAN |
Wireless LAN |
WLL |
Wireless Local Loops |