User's Manual

Advanced RF Technologies, Inc.
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Terms and Abbreviations
The following is a list of abbreviations and terms used throughout this document.
Abbreviation/Term Definition
AGC Automatic Gain Control
ALC Automatic Level Control
AROMS ADRF Repeater Operation and Management System
BDA Bi-Directional Amplifier
BTS Base Transceiver Station
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CFR Crest Factor Reduction
CP Cyclic Prefix
CW Continuous Wave (un-modulated signal)
DAS Distributed Antenna System
DL Downlink
HPA High Power Amplifier
HW Hardware
IF Intermediate Frequency
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LTE Long Term Evolution
MS Mobile Station
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing
OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access
PAR (PAPR) Peak to Average Power Ratio (Crest Factor)
PLL Phase Locked Loop
PSU Power Supply Unit
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shit Keying
RB Resource Block
RF Radio Frequency
SC-FDMA Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access
SQE Signal Quality Estimate
SW Software
UE User Equipment
UL Uplink
VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio