User's Manual

Preface
FlexWave Prism Element Management System 7.1 User Manual Page xiii
ADCP-77-177 • Issue 1 • July 2011 © 2011 ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS
This section defines abbreviations/acronyms used in this manual.
Abbreviations/Acronyms Definition
AC Alternating Current
BDA Bi-Directional Amplifier
BER Bit Error Rate
BTS Base Transceiver Station
COM Common
CWDM Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexer
DART Digital/Analog Radio Transceiver
DAS Distributed Antenna System
db Decibels
dBm decibel measured in reference to milliwatts
DC Direct Current
EMS Element Management System
FLM Forward Link Monitoring
FWD Forward
GUI Graphical User Interface
Id Identification
IF Intermediate Frequency
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LPA Linear Power Amplifier
MHz Megahertz
MMW Millimeter Wave
s
Microseconds
NC Normally Closed
NIC Network-Interface Connection
nm Nanometer
NO Normally Open
OSP Outside Plant
Pkt Packet
PLL Phase-Locked Loop
PRU Prism Remote Unit
RDI Remote DART Interface
REV Reverse
RF Radio Frequency
RLM Reverse Link Monitoring
RSI Remote SeRF Interface
RX Receive
SeRF Serialized RF
SFP Small Form-Factor Pluggable