User Manual

User Reference and Installation Manual 6-3
MDS 5800 II
MUX Multiplex, Multiplexer
µs
Microsecond
µV
Microvolts
NC Normally closed
NIC Network Interface Card
NMS Network Management System
NO Normally open
NOC Network Operations Center
OAM&P Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning
OC-3 Optical Carrier level 3
ODU Outdoor Unit
OS Operating System
PCB Printed circuit board
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PGM Program
PLL Phase-Locked Loop
POP Point of Presence
PRBS Pseudo Random Bit Stream
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
R Transmission Rate
RF Radio Frequency
ROH Radio Overhead
RPTR Repeater
RSL Received Signal Level (in dBm)
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator/Indication
RX Receiver
SCA Subsidiary Communications Authorization
SCADA Security Control and Data Acquisition
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SDIDU
TM
Software Defined Indoor Unit (CarrierComm trademark)
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SQM Signal Quality Metric
SRD Step Recovery Diode