Specifications

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MC8201/MC8700/
MC8775/MC8775V /
MC8780/MC8781/
MC8790/MC8790V/
MC8791V/MC8792V/
MC8795V
Sierra Wireless AirPrime embedded modules used on GSM/UMTS
networks
MC8xxx Any of the following GSM/UMTS AirPrime embedded modules: MC8201/
MC8700/MC8775/MC8775V/MC8780/MC8781/MC8790/MC8790V/
MC8791V/MC8792V/MC8795V
MHz MegaHertz = 10E6 Hertz (Hertz = 1 cycle/second)
MIO Module Input/Output
MPE Maximum Permissible Exposure—the level of radiation to which a person
may be exposed without hazardous effect or adverse biological changes
OTA Over-The-Air or Radiated through the antenna
PCS Personal Communication System - PCS spans the 1.9 GHz radio spectrum
RF Radio Frequency
RMS Root Mean Square
SA Selective Availability
Sensitivity (Audio) Measure of lowest power signal that the receiver can measure
Sensitivity (RF) Measure of lowest power signal at the receiver input that can provide a
prescribed BER/BLER/SNR value at the receiver output.
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
SOF Start of Frame - a USB function
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
UDK Universal Development Kit (PCI Express Mini Card Dev Kit)
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
USB Universal Serial Bus
USIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module
VCC Supply voltage (3.8 V for MC8201, 3.3 V for all others)
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access—In this document, the term
“UMTS” is used instead of “WCDMA”.
XIM In this document, XIM is used as part of the contact identifiers for the USIM
interface (XIM_VCC, XIM_CLK, etc.).
Table D-1: Acronyms and definitions
Acronym or term Definition