16PSK,
16-PSK |
|
16-state
PSK |
16QAM,
16-QAM |
|
16-state
QAM |
256QAM,
256-QAM |
|
256-state
QAM |
32PSK,
32-PSK |
|
32-state
PSK |
64QAM,
64-QAM |
|
64-state
QAM |
8PSK,
8-PSK |
|
8-state
PSK |
| A/D,
ADC |
|
analog-to-digital
converter |
| AF |
|
active
filter |
| ACI |
|
adjacent
channel interference |
| ACL |
|
adjacent
channel leakage |
| ACLR |
|
adjacent
channel leakage ratio |
| ACP |
|
adjacent
channel power |
| ACPR |
|
adjacent
channel power ratio |
| ACS |
|
adjacent
channel selectivity |
| AF |
|
adaptive
filter |
| ADL |
|
analog
delay line |
| ADPCM |
|
adaptive
differential pulse code
modulation/modulator |
| APCM |
|
adaptive
pulse code modulation/modulator |
| AE |
|
adaptive
equalization/equalizer |
| AGC |
|
automatic
gain control |
| AJ |
|
antijam
(anti-jam) property |
| AM |
|
amplitude
modulation/modulator |
| ARQ |
|
automatic
retransmission request |
| ASK |
|
amplitude
shift keying |
| ASM |
|
arbitrary
spreading modulation/modulator |
| ATM |
|
asynchronous
transfer mode |
| AWGN |
|
additive
white Gaussian noise |
| BCH |
|
Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem
code |
| BEC |
|
burst
error correction |
| BER |
|
bit error
rate (performance) |
| BERT |
|
bit error
rate tester/testing |
| BLER |
|
block
error rate |
| BLS |
|
band-limited
signal |
| BNJ |
|
broadband
noise jamming |
| BOC |
|
binary
orthogonal code |
| BOS |
|
block
orthogonal signaling |
| BPF |
|
bandpass
(band-pass) filter |
| BPSK |
|
binary
phase shift keying |
| BRF |
|
band-reject
filter |
| BSC |
|
binary
symmetric channel |
| BSF |
|
bandstop
(band-stop) filter |
| BF |
|
Bessel
filter |
| BTM |
|
backward
transition matrix |
| BW |
|
bandwidth |
| BWF |
|
Butterworth
filter |
| C |
|
C band |
| C/I,
CIR |
|
carrier-to-interference
ratio |
| C/N,
CNR |
|
carrier-to-noise
ratio |
| CAF |
|
cross-ambiguity
function |
| CCD |
|
charge-coupled
device |
| CCDF |
|
complementary
cumulative distribution function |
| CCI |
|
cochannel
(co-channel) interference |
| CCRR |
|
co-channel
rejection ratio |
| CCSK |
|
cyclic
code (coded) shift keying |
| CD |
|
coherent
demodulation |
| CDD |
|
code
division duplexing/duplexer/duplexor |
| CDF |
|
cumulative
distribution function |
| CDM |
|
code
division multiplexing/multiplexer/
multiplexor |
| CDMA |
|
code
division multiple access |
| CDP |
|
code
domain power |
| CE |
|
channel
equalization/equalizer |
| CG |
|
coding
gain |
| CF |
|
Chebychev
filter |
| CMOS |
|
complimentary
metal oxide semiconductor |
| CODEC |
|
coder/decoder |
| CPFSK |
|
continuous-phase
frequency shift keying |
| CPM |
|
continuous
phase modulation/modulator |
| CRC |
|
cyclic
(cyclical) redundancy code/check |
| CTL |
|
code
tracking loop |
| CW |
|
continuous
wave |
| D/A, DAC |
|
digital-to-analog
conversion/converter |
| DAMA |
|
demand-assigned
multiple access |
| DBM |
|
double
balanced mixer |
| DCR |
|
direct
conversion receiver |
| DCR |
|
dual
conversion receiver |
| DDL |
|
digital
delay line |
| DDS |
|
direct digital
synthesis/synthesizer |
| DF |
|
decimation
filter |
| DFE |
|
decision
feedback equalization/equalizer |
| DFT |
|
discrete
Fourier transform |
| DIF |
|
dispersive
filter |
| DL |
|
downlink
(down-link) |
| DLF |
|
delay
line filter |
| DLL |
|
delay-locked
loop |
| DM |
|
delta
modulation/modulator |
| DNC |
|
discrete
noiseless channel |
| DPM |
|
digital
phase modulation/modulator |
| DPSK |
|
differential
phase shift keying |
| DQASK |
|
differentially
phase-encoded quadrature amplitude-shift
keyed modulation/modulator |
| DQPSK |
|
differential-quadrature
phase shift keying |
| DSB |
|
double
sideband modulation/modulator |
| DSB-SC |
|
double
sideband suppressed carrier
modulation/modulator |
| DS-CDMA |
|
direct
sequence CDMA |
| DS-CDMA |
|
direct-sequence
code division multiple access |
| DSM |
|
direct
spread modulation/modulator |
| DSP |
|
digital
signal processing/processor |
| DSSS,
DS |
|
direct
sequence spread spectrum |
| ECC |
|
error
correction code/coding/control |
| ECCM |
|
electronic
counter-countermeasure |
| ECL |
|
emitter
coupled logic |
| ECM |
|
electronic
countermeasure |
| ED |
|
eye
diagram |
| EG |
|
energy
gain |
| EIRP |
|
effective
isotropic radiated power |
| ELBS |
|
early-late
bit synchronization/synchronizer |
| ELGS |
|
early-late
gate synchronization/synchronizer |
| EMI |
|
electromagnetic
interference |
| EVM |
|
error
vector magnitude |
| FAR |
|
false
alarm rate |
| FBC |
|
filter
bank combiner |
| FCS |
|
frame
check sequence |
| FDD |
|
frequency
division duplexing/duplexer/duplexor |
| FDE |
|
frequency
domain equalization/equalizer |
| FDM |
|
frequency
division multiplexing/multiplexer/
multiplexor |
| FDMA |
|
frequency-division
multiple access |
| FEC |
|
forward
error correction |
| FER |
|
frame
error rate |
| FFH |
|
fast
frequency hopping |
| FFSK |
|
fast
frequency shift keying |
| FFT |
|
fast
Fourier transform |
| FHSS,
FH |
|
frequency
hopping spread spectrum |
| FIR |
|
finite
impulse response (filter) |
| FLB |
|
fixed-length
block |
| FLBC |
|
fixed-length
block code |
| F-LFSR |
|
Fibonacci
form |
| FLTC |
|
fixed-length
tree code |
| FM |
|
frequency
modulation/modulator |
| FSF |
|
frequency
selective fading |
| FSK |
|
frequency
shift keying |
| FSM |
|
field
strength meter |
| GaAs MOSFET |
|
gallium-arsenide
metal-oxide semiconductor field effect
transistor |
| GDF |
|
group
delay filter |
| GFSK |
|
Gaussian-filtered
frequency shift keying |
| G-LFSR |
|
Galois
form LFSR |
| GMSK |
|
Gaussian
minimum shift keying |
| GMW |
|
Gordon-Mills-Welch
(sequence) |
| GPS |
|
Global
Positioning System |
| GSDF |
|
Gaussian
spectral density function |
| GSM |
|
Groupe
Speciale Mobile (what is known in English
as Global System for Mobile
Communications) |
| GSS |
|
geosynchronous
satellite |
| HF |
|
high
frequency |
| HPA |
|
high
power amplifier |
| HPSK |
|
hybrid
phase shift keying |
| HSOC |
|
high-speed
optical correlator |
| I |
|
in-phase
signal |
| IC |
|
integrated
circuit |
| ICI |
|
intercarrier
interference |
| IDD |
|
integrate-and-dump
detection |
| IF |
|
ideal
filter |
| IDF |
|
integrate-and-dump
filter |
| IF |
|
intermediate
frequency |
| IFF |
|
IF filter |
| IIR |
|
infinite
impulse response (filter) |
| IMD |
|
intermodulation
distortion |
| IMD2 |
|
second-order
intermodulation distortion |
| IMD3 |
|
third-order
intermodulation distortion |
| IP3 |
|
third-order
intercept point |
| IPM |
|
incremental
phase modulation/modulator |
| IRF |
|
image
reject filter |
| IRM |
|
image
reject mixer |
| ISI |
|
intersymbol
interference |
| J/S, JSR |
|
jammer-to-signal
ratio |
| JM |
|
jamming
margin |
| Ka |
|
Ka band |
| KF |
|
Kalman
filter |
| Ku |
|
Ku band |
| L |
|
L band |
| LAN |
|
local
area network |
| LBA |
|
link
budget analysis |
| LBW |
|
loop
bandwidth |
| LDF |
|
loop
damping factor |
| LEO |
|
low earth
orbit/orbiting satellite |
| LF |
|
loop
filter |
| LFSR |
|
linear
feedback shift register |
| LMS |
|
least-mean-square
(equalization/equalizer) |
| LMSE |
|
LMS
equalization/equalizer |
| LNA |
|
low noise
amplifier |
| LNB |
|
low-noise
block |
| LO |
|
local
oscillator |
| LOL |
|
local
oscillator leakage |
| LORAN |
|
long
range navigation |
| LPA |
|
linear
power amplifier |
| LPC |
|
linear
predictive coding |
| LPF |
|
lowpass
(low-pass) filter |
| LPI |
|
low
probability of intercept |
| LRS |
|
linear
recursive sequence |
| MF |
|
matched
filter |
| MAP |
|
maximum a
posteriori receiver |
| MAPSK |
|
multiple-amplitude
PSK |
| MBF |
|
Modified
Bessel function |
| MCA |
|
Monte
Carlo analysis |
| MCS |
|
Monte
Carlo simulation |
| MCTL |
|
modified
code-tracking loop |
| MDA |
|
multiple-dwell
acquisition |
| MDT |
|
mean
dwell time |
| ME |
|
maximum
entropy |
| MEO |
|
medium
earth orbit/orbiting satellite |
| MEO |
|
medium
earth satellite |
| MFC |
|
microwave
frequency counter |
| MFE |
|
matched
filter estimator |
| MFSK |
|
m-ary FSK |
| MIC |
|
multiply-and-integrate
correlation |
| MSF |
|
microstrip
filter |
| ML |
|
maximum
likelihood (receiver) |
| MLE |
|
maximum
likelihood estimation/estimator |
| MLS |
|
maximal
length sequence |
| MLSE |
|
maximum
likelihood sequence estimation/estimator |
| MMIC |
|
monolithic
microwave integrated circuit |
| MPA |
|
microwave
power amplifier |
| MPC |
|
Mersenne
prime code |
| MPF |
|
multipath
fading |
| MPSK |
|
m-ary PSK |
| MQPSK |
|
modified
QPSK |
| MSK |
|
minimum
shift keying |
| MSRG |
|
modular
shift register generator |
| MTJ |
|
multitone
jamming |
| NCD |
|
noncoherent
(non-coherent) correlation detection |
| NCD |
|
noncoherent
(non-coherent) demodulation |
| NF |
|
noise
factor |
| NLFFL |
|
nonlinear
(non-linear) feedforward logic |
| NNB |
|
null-to-null
bandwidth |
| NSR |
|
Nyquist
sampling rate |
| OCQPSK |
|
orthogonal
complex-quadrature phase shift keying |
| OFDM |
|
coded
orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing/multiplexer/ multiplexor |
| OFDM |
|
orthogonal
frequency division multiplex |
| OP |
|
orthogonality
properties |
| OPSK |
|
offset
phase shift keying |
| OQPSK |
|
offset-quadrature
phase shift keying |
| PA |
|
power
amplifier |
| PAA |
|
phased
array antenna |
| PF |
|
passive
filter |
| PAM |
|
pulse
amplitude modulation/modulator |
| PCM |
|
pulse
code modulation/modulator |
| PCN |
|
personal
communications (communication) network |
| PCS |
|
personal
communications (communication)
services/system |
| PDF |
|
phase
delay filter |
| PDF |
|
probability
density function |
| PDG |
|
phase
detector gain |
| PDM |
|
pulse
duration modulation/modulator |
| PECL |
|
positive
emitter coupled logic |
| PER |
|
packet
error rate |
| PFM |
|
pulse-frequency
modulation/modulator |
| PG |
|
processing
(process) gain |
| PLL |
|
phase
locked (lock) loop |
| PMMIC |
|
power
MMIC |
| PN |
|
pseudonoise
(pseudo-noise) |
| PN11 |
|
11-stage
pseudonoise sequence |
| PN13 |
|
13-stage
pseudonoise sequence |
| PN15 |
|
15-stage
pseudonoise sequence |
| PN23 |
|
23-stage
pseudonoise sequence |
| PN9 |
|
9-stage
pseudonoise sequence |
| PNG |
|
pseudonoise
(pseudo-noise) generator |
| PNM |
|
phase
noise measurement/measure |
| PPM |
|
pulse
position modulation/modulator |
| PRBS |
|
pseudorandom
(pseudo-random) bit sequence |
| PSA |
|
parallel-search
acquisition |
| PSD |
|
power
spectral density |
| PSK |
|
phase
shift keying |
| PTM |
|
pulse-time
modulation/modulator |
| PWM |
|
pulse
width modulation/modulator |
| Q |
|
quadrature-phase
signal |
| Q |
|
quality
factor |
| QAM |
|
quadrature
amplitude modulation/modulator |
| QASK |
|
quadrature
amplitude shift keying |
| QPSK |
|
quadrature
phase shift keying |
| QSG |
|
quadrature
signal generator |
| RADEM |
|
random
access delta modulation/modulator |
| RAM |
|
random
access memory |
| RARASE |
|
recursion-aided
rapid acquisition sequential estimation |
| RBC |
|
random
block coding |
| RC |
|
reflection
coefficient |
| RCF |
|
raised
cosine filter |
| RCS |
|
radar
cross-section |
| RF |
|
radio
frequency |
| RFA |
|
RF power
amplifier |
| RFC |
|
RF
frequency counter |
| RFIC |
|
radio
frequency integrated circuit |
| RM |
|
Reed-Muller
(code) |
| RRC |
|
root
raised cosine |
| RRCF |
|
root
raised cosine filter |
| RS |
|
Reed-Solomon
(code) |
| S |
|
S band |
| S/I,
SIR |
|
signal-to-interference
ratio |
| S/N,
SNR |
|
signal-to-noise
ratio |
| SAR |
|
synthetic
aperture radar |
| SAW |
|
surface
acoustic wave device |
SCDMA,
S-CDMA |
|
synchronous
CDMA |
| SCPDM |
|
suppressed-clock
pulse duration modulation/modulator |
| SCT |
|
sliding
correlator/tracker |
| SCW |
|
scrambled
continuous wave |
| SDA |
|
single-dwell
acquisition |
| SDM |
|
sigma-delta
modulation/modulator |
| SDMA |
|
space
division multiple access |
| SE |
|
sequential
estimation |
| SFDR |
|
spurious
free dynamic range |
| SFH |
|
slow
frequency hopping |
| SHR |
|
superheterodyne
receiver |
| SJR,
S/J |
|
signal-to-jammer
ratio |
| SNRF |
|
slow
nonselective Rician fading |
| SPRT |
|
sequential
probability ratio test |
| SQPN |
|
staggered
quadriphase PN modulation/modulator |
| SRG |
|
shift
register generator |
| SRS |
|
transmitted
reference synchronization |
| SS |
|
spread
spectrum |
| SSA |
|
serial-search
acquisition |
| SSB |
|
single
sideband (side-band) modulation/modulator |
| SSMA |
|
spread
spectrum multiple access |
| SSPA |
|
solid-state
power amplifier |
| SSRG |
|
simple
shift register generator |
| SS-TDMA |
|
satellite-switched
TDMA |
| SVM |
|
space
vector modulation/modulator |
| SWR |
|
standing
wave ratio |
| TCM |
|
trellis
code (coded) modulation/modulator |
| TDD |
|
time
division duplexing/duplexer/duplexor |
| TDE |
|
time
domain equalization/equalizer |
| TDL |
|
tapped
delay line |
| TDL |
|
tau-dither
loop |
| TDM |
|
time
division multiplexing/multiplexer/
multiplexor |
| TDMA |
|
time
division multiple access |
| TDRSS |
|
tracking
and data relay satellite system |
| TD-SCDMA |
|
time-division
synchronous CDMA |
| TD-SCDMA |
|
time-division
synchronous code-division multiple access |
| TDT |
|
tau-dither
tracking/tracker |
| TH |
|
time
hopping |
| TJT |
|
tau-jitter
tracking/tracker |
| TTL |
|
transistor-transistor
logic |
| TW |
|
time-bandwidth
product |
| TWT |
|
traveling
wave tube |
| UHF |
|
ultra
high frequency |
| UL |
|
uplink
(up-link) |
| VCO |
|
voltage
controlled oscillator |
| VHF |
|
very high
frequency |
| VLB |
|
variable-length
block |
| VLBC |
|
variable-length
block code |
| VLTC |
|
variable-length
tree code |
| VNA |
|
vector
network analyzer |
| VSA |
|
vector
signal analyzer |
| VSB |
|
vestigial
sideband modulation/modulator |
| VSWR |
|
voltage
standing wave ratio |
| WAN |
|
wide area
network |
WCDMA,
W-CDMA |
|
wideband
CDMA |
| WF |
|
Wiener
filter |
| WGF |
|
waveguide
filter |
| WGN |
|
white
Gaussian noise |
WLAN,
W-LAN |
|
wireless
local area network |
| X |
|
X band |
