Abbreviation Index

A

AAA: authentication, authorization and accounting
ACLR: adjacent channel leakage ratio
ADC: analog-to-digital converter
ADS: advanced design system
AKA: authentication and key agreement
AM: amplitude-modulated
AMC: adaptive modulation and coding
AN: access network
ASK: amplitude-shift keying
AWGN: additive white Gaussian noise

B
BBM: baseband module
BER: bit error rate
BJT: bipolar junction transistor
BPSK: binary phase-shift keying

C
CDF: cumulative distribution functions
CE: collector efficiency
CFR: crest factor reduction
CIR: carrier to interference ratio
CMOS: complementary metal oxide semiconductor
CPM: continuous phase modulation

D
DAC: digital-to-analog converter
DECT: digital enhanced cordless telecommunications
DPD: digital-predistortion
DSP: digital signal processing
DUC: digital up-conversion
CFR: crest factor reduction

E
ET: envelope tracking
EVM: error-vector-magnitude

F
FCC: federal communications commission
FDD: frequency-division duplexing
FDM: frequency division multiplexing
FF: flip flop
FPGA: field-programmable gate array
FUSE: filesystem in userspace

G
GF: geometry factor
GMSK: Gaussian MSK
GPIB: general-purpose interface bus

H
HARQ: hybrid automatic repeat request
HE: home environment

I
I/O: Input/Output
ICIC: inter-cell interference coordination
IF: intermediate frequency
IFM: intermediary frequency module
IMD: inter-modulation distortion
IMS: IP multimedia subsystem
IoT: interference over thermal
IQ: inphase and quadrature
ISE: integrated software environment
ISI: inter-symbol interference

L
LDMOS: laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor
LINC: linear amplification with nonlinear component
LNA: low-noise amplifier
LO: local oscillator
LPF: low-pass filter
LUT: look-up-table

M
MAPL: maximum allowed path loss
MCS: modulation and coding scheme
MHMIC: miniature hybrid microwave integrated circuit
MIMO: Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
M-PSK: M-ary phase shift keying
M-QAM: M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation
MSK: minimum shift keying
MTM: Mobile Trusted Module 
NCO: numerical controlled oscillator
NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification

N
NF: noise figure

P
PA: power amplifier
PAE: power-added efficiency
PAPR: peak-to-average power ratio
PAR: peak-to-average ratio
PDF: probability density function
PKI: public key infrastructure
PM: phase-modulated
PVT: process-voltage-temperature

Q
QAM: quadrature amplitude modulation
QPSK: quadrature phase-shift keying

R
RAM: random-access memory
RF: radio frequency
RFC: radio frequency choke
RMS: root-mean-square
RNC: radio network controller
RRC: root raised cosine filtering

S
SAE: system architecture evolution
SC-FDMA: single carrier frequency division multiple access
SDR: satellite digital radio
SHC: sample and hold circuit
SMSC: short message service center
SN: serving network
SOA: safe operation area
SP: service provider 
SPICE: simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis
SPMM: six-port millimeter-wave mixer
SRC: symbol rate per carrier
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer
SSP: security service provider
SWP: software provider

T
TLS: transport layer security
TMP: trusted mobile platform
TPM: trusted platform module  
TUT: Tampere University of Technology

U
USIM: user services identity module

V
VHDL: VHSIC hardware description language
VNA: vector network analyzer
VSA: vector signal analysis
VSWR: voltage standing wave ratio

W
WLAN: wireless local area networks