User's Manual

1 General
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1. GENERAL
1.1. USED ABBREVIATIONS
3GPP 3
rd
Generation Partnership Project
ALC Automatic Level Control
AMPS American Mobile Phone System or Advanced Mobile Phone System
APAC Automatic Power Adjustment Circuit
BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
BITE Built-In Test Equipment
BTS Base Transceiver Station
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CEPT Conférénce Européenne des Postes et Télécommunications
CF Center Frequency
CFO Center Frequency Offset
DL Downlink
EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ETACS Enhanced TACS
ETS European Telecommunication Standard
ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
I
2
C-Bus Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus (Philips)
ID No Identification Number
IF Intermediate Frequency
LED Light Emitting Diode
LMT Local Maintenance Terminal
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
MCC Mobile Country Code
MNC Mobile Network Code
MOR Microwave Optical Repeater
MR Microwave Repeater
MS Mobile Station
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
OIP-3 Output Intercept Point of the 3
rd
order
OMC Operation and Maintenance Center
PA Power Amplifier
PCMCIA Personal Computer Modem Communication International Association
PCS Personal Communication System
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PSU Power Supply Unit
Rev Revision
RF Radio Frequency
RLP Radio Link Protocol
RSSI Receive Signal Strength Indication
RTC Real-Time Clock
RX Receiver