Abbreviations

3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
BT Bluetooth
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CTIA Cellular Telephone Industries Association
DCS Digital Cellular Service
DS-MID Double-Shot Molded Interconnect Device
EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
EIS Effective Isotropic Sensitivity
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FER Frame Error Rate
GPS Global Positioning System
GSM Global System for Mobile communication
HAC Hearing Aid Compatibility
IC Integrated Circuits
ID Industrial Design
IFA Inverted-F Antenna
LDS Laser Direct Structuring
LTCC Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic
MIMO Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output
NHPIS Near-Horizon Partial Isotropic Sensitivity
NHPRP Near-Horizon Partial Radiated Power
OTA Over-The-Air
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCS Personal Communications Service
PIFA Planar Inverted-F Antenna
PTT Push-to-Talk
RAM Radiation Absorbent Material
RL Return Loss
SAR Specific Absorption Rate
SNA Scalar Network Analyzer
SRF Self-Resonance Frequency
TEM Transverse Electro-Magnetic
TIS Total Isotropic Sensitivity
TRP Total Radiate Power
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UWB Ultra-Wide Band
VNA Vector Network Analyzer
VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
WiFi Wireless Fidelity
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network

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