 |
 |
Wireless
Technology RF Glossary of Terms
Marcelrf@bellsouth.net
on NEXTEL1@yahoogroups.com via Robert Wyman 2G
- second generation of wireless communications systems 3G
- third generation A/D
- analog-to-digital AC
- alternating current ACPR
- adjacent-channel power ratio ADC
- analog-to-digital converter AIMS
- advanced iterative matrix solvers AMPS
- advanced mobile phone system ASIC
- application-specific integrated circuit ASP
- application service provider ATM
- asynchronous transfer mode AWGN
- additive white gaussian noise BDR
- blocking dynamic range BER
- bit error rate BPSK
- binary phase shift keying CCRR
- co-channel rejection ratio CDMA
- code-division multiple access CDPD
- cellular digital packet data CDR
- call detail record CMOS
- complementary metal oxide semiconductor CPE
- customer premises equipment CSU
- channel service unit DC
- direct current DCS
- distributed communications system DDS
- direct digital synthesis DECT
- digital european cordless telephone DSP
- digital signal processor DUT
- device under test EDA
- electronic design automation EDGE
- enhanced data for global evolution EIA
- electronics industry association EM
- electromagnetic EMC
- electromagnetic compatibility EMI
- electromagnetic interference EOS
- electrical overstress ESD
- electrostatic discharge FA
- failure analysis FDD
- frequency division duplex FET
- field-effect transistor FIR
- finite impulse response FSK
- frequency shift keying GaAs
- gallium arsenide GaN
- gallium nitride GFSK
- gaussian filtered frequency shift keying GMSK
- gaussian minimum shift-keying GPIB
- general-purpose interface bus GPRS
- general packet radio service GSM
- global system for mobile communications HBT
- heterojunction bipolar transistor HCI
- host controller interface HDR
- high data rate HEMT
- high electron mobility transistor HSCSD
- high-speed circuit-switched data I
and Q - in-phase and quadrature I/O
- input/output IAD
- integrated access device IC
- integrated circuit IEC
- international electrotechnical commission IF
- intermediate frequency IM
- intermodulation IMD
- intermodulation distortion InP
- indium phosphide IQC
- incoming quality control IR
- infrared IS-95
- EIA interim standard 95 ISM
- industrial, scientific medical IT
- information technology LDMOS
- laterally diffused metal oxide silicon LMDS
- local multipoint distribution service LNA
- low-noise amplifier LO
- local oscillator LOS
- line of sight LPF
- low-pass filter LSI
- large scale integration LTCC
- low-temperature co-fired ceramic MDS
- multipoint distribution systems MMDS
- multichannel multipoint distribution service MMIC
- monolithic microwave integrated circuit MOSFET
- metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor MOU
- minutes of use MTBF
- mean time between failures NRZ
- non-return to zero NTC
- negative temperature coefficient OEM
- original equipment manufacturer OSS
- operation system support PA
- power amplifier PC
- personal computer PCB
- printed circuit board PCS
- personal communications system PDA
- personal digital assistant PDC
- pacific digital cellular PIM
- personal information management PLL
- phase-locked loop PPM
- parts per million PSK
- phase shift keying PSTN
- public switched telephone network PTFE
- polytetrafluoroethylene QoS
- quality of service QPSK
- quadrature phase shift keying RFI
- radio frequency interference RFIC
- radio frequency integrated circuit ROM
- read-only memory RSSI
- received signal strength indicator RTT
- radio transmitter technologies SD
- sigma delta SDH
- synchronous digital hierarchy SFDR
- spurious-free dynamic range SMD
- short message delivery SMS
- short messaging service SMT
- surface-mount technology or surface-mount toroidal SNR
- signal-to-noise ratio SONET
- synchronous optical network SPDT
- single-pole double-throw SSB
- single sideband SSPA
- solid state power amplifiers TCP
- transmission control protocol TDD
- time division duplex TDMA
- time-division multiple access TETRA
- trans european trunked radio TIA
- telecommunications industry association TTL
- transistor -transistor logic TXCO
- temperature-compensated crystal oscillator UDP
- user datagram protocol UMTS
- universal mobile telecommunications service UTRA
- UMTS terrestrial radio access UWC
- universal wireless consortium VCO
- voltage-controlled oscillator VCXO
- voltage-controlled crystal oscillator VOFDM
- vector orthogonal frequency division multiplexing VSAT
- very small aperture terminal (satellite service) VSWR
- voltage standing wave ratio WAP
- wireless application protocol W-ASP
- wireless application service provider W-CDMA
- wideband code-division multiple access WLAN
- wireless local area network |