User's Manual

Powerwave Fiber Optics Preface
VM100 56/EN – User’s Manual Rev. P1A9-Draft 2004-11 v
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the document, in the software and in supported hardware:
3G Third Generation mobile system.
AGC Automatic Gain Control.
ALI Alarm Interface (board).
ALR Powerwave low power repeater (usually called Compact repeater).
ALT Powerwave low power train repeater.
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service.
AR Powerwave repeater (usually called standard repeater).
BCCH Broadcast Control Channel.
BMU Base station Master Unit.
BA Booster Amplifier.
BS Base Station.
BSA Band Selective Amplifier (board).
BSC Band Selective Compact repeater (board).
BSel Band Selective repeater.
BTS Base station Transceiver System.
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access.
CH Central Hub.
CHA Channel Amplifier (board).
CMB Combiner
CSA CDMA/WCDMA Segment Amplifier (board).
CSel Channel Selective repeater.
CU Control Unit (board).
CW Continuous Wave.
DAMPS Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service.
DAS Distributed Antenna System.
DC Directional Coupler.
DCS Digital Communication System (same as PCN).
DFB Distributed Feedback.
DIA Distribution (board).
DIF Diplex Filter.
DL Downlink (signal direction from base station, via repeater, to mobile station).
DNS Domain Name Server.
DMB Digital Multimedia Broadcasting.
DPX Duplex filter.
EEPROM Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
EGSM Extended Global System for Mobile communication.
ETACS Extended Total Access Communication System.
ETS European Telecommunications Standards.
F2F Fiber to Fiber link (renamed to F-link/FLI).
FCC Federal Communications Commission.
FLI Fiber Link Interface.
F-link Fiber link.
F-net Fiber network.
FON Fiber Optic Node.
FOR Fiber Optic Repeater.
FOT Fiber Optic Transceiver.
FOU Fiber Optic Unit.
GSM Global System for Mobile communication.
GPS Global Position System.
HW Hardware
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol.
IM Intermodulation.
IP Internet Protocol.
LAN Local Area Network.
LED Light Emitting Diode.