Acronyms
Rev 2 Feb.13
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FSN
Factory Serial Number—A unique serial number assigned to the mini card during
manufacturing.
GCF
Global Certification Forum
GLONASS
Global Navigation Satellite System — A Russian system that uses a series of 24
satellites in middle circular orbit to provide navigational data.
GMSK
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying modulation
GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS plus GLONASS)
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
GPS
Global Positioning System
An American system that uses a series of 24 satellites in middle circular orbit to
provide navigational data.
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
Host
The device into which an embedded module is integrated
HSDPA
High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSPA+
Enhanced HSPA, as defined in 3GPP Release 7 and beyond
HSUPA
High Speed Uplink Packet Access
Hz
Hertz = 1 cycle / second
IC
Industry Canada
IF
Intermediate Frequency
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMS
IP Multimedia Subsystem — Architectural framework for delivering IP multimedia
services.
inrush current
Peak current drawn when a device is connected or powered on
inter-RAT
Radio Access Technology
IOT
Interoperability Testing
IS
Interim Standard.
After receiving industry consensus, the TIA forwards the standard to ANSI for
approval.
IS-2000
3G radio standards for voice and data (
only)
IS-95
2G radio standards targeted for voice (cdmaONE)
LED
Light Emitting Diode.
A semiconductor diode that emits visible or infrared light.
LHCP
Left-Hand Circular Polarized
LNA
Low Noise Amplifier
Table 5-1: Acronyms and definitions (Continued)
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