Glossary
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LAN:
Local-Area Network
M
MAC:
Media Access Controller. The next layer up from the PHY.
Mbit/s:
Megabits per second
MHz:
Megahertz (one million cycles per second)
MIB:
Management Information Base
N
NLOS:
Non Line of Sight radio propagation path
O
ODU:
Outdoor unit associated with an ST
OFDM:
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
P
PHY:
The physical layer associated with the WiMAX interconnection stack
POTS:
Plain old telephone service
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QAM:
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QoS:
Quality of Service, which is used to specify level of data throughput
QPSK:
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
R
RF:
Radio frequency
Rx:
Receive
S
SF:
Service Flow
SIM:
Subscriber Identity Module
SNMP:
Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR:
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
ST:
Subscriber terminal (interchangeable with CPE or SS)
SW:
Software
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