User's Manual

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines
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MEID
Mobile Equipment Identifier — The unique second-generation serial number
assigned to the minicard for use on the wireless network.
MIMO
Multiple Input Multiple Output—wireless antenna technology that uses multiple
antennas at both transmitter and receiver side. This improves performance.
NAS / AS
Network Access Server
NC
No Connect
NDIS
Network Driver Interface SpecificationSpecification—a programming interface
specification for connecting network interface cards in Windows.
NIC
Network Interface Card
NMEA
National Marine Electronics Association
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer—a company that manufactures a product and
sells it to a reseller.
OFDMA
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
OMA DM
Open Mobile Alliance Device Management — A device management protocol.
OTA
‘Over the air’ (or radiated through the antenna)
PA
Power Amplifier
packet
A short, fixed-length block of data, including a header, that is transmitted as a unit
in a communications network.
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCS
Personal Communication System
A cellular communication infrastructure that uses the 1.9 GHz radio spectrum.
PDN
Packet Data Network
PMI
Pre-coding Matrix Index
PSS
Primary synchronisation signal
PST
Product Support Tools
PTCRB
PCS Type Certification Review Board
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
This form of modulation uses amplitude, frequency, and phase to transfer data on
the carrier wave.
QMI
Qualcomm MSM/Modem Interface
QOS
Quality of Service
QPSK
Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
QPST
Qualcomm Product Support Tools
RAT
Radio Access Technology
Table F-1: Acronyms and definitions (Continued)
Acronym or term Definition