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Appendix 7 - Glossary And Acronyms
AMR Adaptive Multi-Rate
API Application Programming Interface.
App Application
Refers to the Application which sends or receives
commands/responses from the HS 3001 Module
AT Command Set
Commands issued by intelligent device to a
modem to perform functions, such as to initiate
call, to answer call, or to transmit data.
Bit Error Rate
(BER)
Bit Error Rate
CMUX
Multiplexer protocol that operates between an MS
and a TE and allows a number of simultaneous ses-
sions over a normal serial asynchronous interface
Customer Premise
Equipment (CPE)
A terminal in fixed location on the customers
premises.
Circuit Switched
Data (CSD)
Data link from a terminal through the network allow-
ing real-time, duplex connectivity at 9600
bytes/second.
dBi Decibels referenced to an isotropic radiator
Data Com-
munications Equip-
ment (DCE)
Data Communications Equipment
Digital Cellular Sys-
tem(DCS)
A collection of services and capabilities providing
flexibility of access and mobility through a com-
bination of wireless and wire-line networks, using
the 1800 MHz bandwidth.
Data Terminal
Equipment (DTE)
Data Terminal Equipment
Enhanced Full
Rate (EFR)
Voice (vocoder) compression algorithms which
offer the highest quality voice communication.
Equipment Iden-
tity Register (EIR)
A database used to store International Mobile
Equipment Identity (IMEI) of a locally issued ter-
minal.
Equivalent Iso-
tropic Radiated
Power (EIRP)
In a given direction, the gain of a transmitting
antenna multiplied by the net power accepted by
the antenna from the connected transmitter.
Electromagnetic
Compatibility
(EMC)
The ability of a device to function satisfactorily in
its electromagnetic environment without inducing
intolerable disturbance to that environment (or to