User's Manual

ADCP-75-347 • Issue 1 • 04/2008 • Preface
Page vii
© 2008, ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
The acronyms and abbreviations used in this manual are detailed in the following list:
AC Alternating Current
BTS Base Transceiver Station
C Centigrade
CM Centimeter
CPU Central Processing Unit
DART Digital/Analog Radio Transceiver (DART board)
DAS Distributed Antenna System
dB decibel
dBc The ratio (in dB) of the sideband power of a “signal” measured in a given band-
width at a given frequency offset from the center frequency of the same signal, to
the total inband power of the signal.
dB(FS) decibals (Full Scale – digital reading)
dBm deciBels relative to 1mW
DC Direct Current
Div Diversity
EMS Element Management System
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
F Fahrenheit
FCC Federal Communications Commission
GPS Global Positioning System
GUI Graphical User Interface
HU Host Unit
IC Industry Canada
IF Intermediate Frequency
IP Internet Protocol
LED Light Emitting Diode
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LPA Linear Power Amplifier
LSE Location Services Equipment
LVD Low Voltage Disconnect
MUX Multiplexer
OSP Outside Plant
PA Power Amplifier
PC Personal Computer
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect bus
RDI Remote DART Interface (RDI board)
RF Radio Frequency
RU Remote Unit
SeRF Serialized RF (SeRF board)