5 Glossary

BER: Bit Error Rate
Bluetooth: Standard for Wireless around 2,45 GHz
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
DECT: Digital European Cordless Telephony
Eb/No: Energy per bit to Noise density ratio: used for evaluating link performances
EDGE: Enhanced Data rates for the GSM Evolution
FDD: Frequency Division Duplex
FDMA: Frequency Division Multiple Access
FEC: Forward Error Correction
GMSK: Gaussian Filtered Minimum Shift Keying (GSM Modulation)
GSM: Global System for Mobile
IEEE 802.11: Standards for WLAN
LMDS: Local Multipoint Distribution System
MC-CDMA: Multicarrier CDMA
MC-DS-CDMA: Multicarrier Direct Sequence CDMA
MIMO: Multiple Input Multiple Output
MT-CDMA: Multitone CDMA
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
PCS: Personal Communication System
PSK: Phase Shift Keying
QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
RLAN: Radio Local Area Network
SDMA: Space Division Multiple Access
TDD: Time Division Duplex
TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunication System: 3G standard
UWB: Ultra Wide Band
WCDMA: Wideband CDMA (UMTS Access technique)
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network