HP 83206A, User Manual

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Glossary
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autonomous registration The process by
which the mobile registers without being
instructed to do so by the base.
AVC Analog Voice Channel
average power The RMS power.
base station A station in the Domestic
Public Cellular Radio Telecommunications
Service, other than a mobile station, used
for communicating with the mobile.
A fixed-location transceiver in a
communications network. The land station
in a cellular or PCS network carrying on a
radio communication with mobile units.
BER Bit Error Rate. The number of
erroneous bits received compared to the
total number of bits received during the
observation period.
BS Base station.
CALL CNFG The configuration screen
for setting up call processing.
CALL CNTL The primary control screen
for call processing functions.
call processing The portion of the Test Set
that controls cellular call origination,
paging, and messaging.
calling number The number that is calling
the mobile.
camping The state on a DCCH in which
the mobile is available to originate a call or
accept orders. Analogous to Idle mode on
an ACC.
cellular adapter A self-contained module
that attaches to the Test Set. It typically tests
a specific system or provides a special
function to the Test Set.
channel designation the message in which
a voice or traffic channel is assigned.
Choices menu A menu on the display
which presents a list of choices.
Connect The Test Set’s state in which the
Test Set has established a communications
link (for example, a call) to the transceiver
under test.
control channel A frequency channel
which is used to send control messages
between the base and the mobile.
COUNT
s-p
The Call History Parameter,
stored in the mobile. Used in authentication.
country code A transmitted code which
identifies the country of the mobile.
Derived from CCITT Recommendation
E.212.
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
DAMPS Another name for TDMA
following the TIA/EIA-627 specification.
DCCH Digital Control Channel. Controls
the digital transmissions of a cellular phone
system.
DCCH subsystem The firmware
subsystem which controls call processing
for DCCH specification TIA/EIA-136.