Glossary

3G

Third Generation

MIMO

Multiple Input Multiple Output

3GPP

Third Generation Partnership Project

ML

Maximum Likelihood

4G

Fourth Generation

MMSE

Minimum Mean Square Error

AMCS

Adaptive Modulation and Coding Schemes

MRRM

Multi Radio Resource Management

AN

Ambient Network

MSE

Mean Square Error

AWGN

Additive White Gaussian Noise

OFDM

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

B3G

Beyond 3G

OFDMA

OFDM Access

BC

Broadcast Channel

PAN

Personal Area Network

BER

Bit Error Rate

PAR

Peak-to-Average power Ratio

BFWA

Broadband FWA

PARC

Per-Antenna Rate Control

BLER

Block Error Rate

PCC

Project Coordination Committee

BTS

Base Station

PF

Proportional Fair

C&T

Core network and Transmission

PHY

Physical layer

CDI

Channel Distribution Information

PMP

Point-to-Multipoint

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

PU2RC

Per-User Unitary Rate Control

CP

Cyclic Prefix

QMR

Quarterly Management Report

CQI

Channel Quality Indicator

QoS

Quality of Service

CSI

Channel State Information

RNC

Radio Network Controller

CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

RRC

Radio Resource Control

CSP

Communication Sequential Processes

RRM

Radio Resource Management

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcast

SAP

Service Access Point

DRl

Dynamically Reconfigurable Logic

SAR

Segmentation And Reassembly

DS-CDMA

Direct Sequence CDMA

SB3G

Systems Beyond 3G

DSP

Digital Signal Processing

S-CDMA

Synchronous CDMA

DSSS

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

SCM

Spatial Channel Model

DSTTD

Double STTD

SGRC

Sub-Group Rate Control

DVB

Digital Video Broadcast

SINR

Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio

DVB-T

DVB-Terrestrial

SISO

Single Input Single Output

ERA

European Research Area

SNR

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

EUTRA

Evolved UTRA

SRAM

Static Random Access Memory

FEC

Forward Error Correction

STTD

Space-Time Transmit Diversity

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Array

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

FWA

Fixed Wireless Access

UTRAN

UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

GLL

Generic Link Layer

WEP

Wireless Equivalent Privacy

H/2

HiperLAN/2

WiFi

Wireless Fidelity

H2GF

HiperLAN2 Global Forum

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

H-ARQ

Hybrid Automatic Repeat on reQuest

WLAN

Wireless LAN

HDL

Hardware Description Language

WLL

Wireless Local Loop

HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access

WMAN

Wireless MAN

HSUPA

High Speed Uplink Packet Access

WPAN

Wireless PAN

HTSG

High Throughput Study Group

WRC

World Radio Congress

I/O

Input/Output

WWI

Wireless World Initiative

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

WWISE

World-Wide Spectrum Efficiency

KKT

Karush Kuhn Tucker

WWRF

World Wireless Research Forum

LAN

Local Area Network

SVD

Singular Value Decomposition

LMDS

Local Multipoint Distribution Service

TDD

Time Division Duplex

LP

Linear Pre-coder

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access

LTE

Long Term Evolution

TNO

Telecom Network Operator

MAC

Medium Access Control

TOD

Trace-Orthogonal Design

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

TTI

Transmission Timing Interval

MBMS

Multimedia Broadcast/ Multicast Services

WWI

Wireless World Initiative

MC-CDMA

Multi-Carrier CDMA