User's Manual

Glossary
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LAN: Local-Area Network
M
MAC: Media Access Controller. The next layer up from the PHY.
Mbit/s: Megabits per second
MHz: Megahertz (one million cycles per second)
MIB: Management Information Base
N
NLOS: Non Line of Sight radio propagation path
O
ODU: Outdoor unit associated with an ST
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
P
PHY: The physical layer associated with the WiMAX interconnection stack
POTS: Plain old telephone service
Q
QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QoS: Quality of Service, which is used to specify level of data throughput
QPSK: Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
R
RF: Radio frequency
Rx: Receive
S
SF: Service Flow
SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR: Signal-to-Noise Ratio
ST: Subscriber terminal (interchangeable with CPE or SS)
SW: Software
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