List of Abbreviations

3G third generation mobile telecommunications
AC alternating current (electricity; physics)
ACEPR adjacent channel error power ratio
A/D analog-to-digital
ADC analog-to-digital converter
ADS advanced design system
AE (mean) absolute error
AGC automatic gain control
ALU arithmetic logic unit
AM–AM PA EM amplitude modulation to amplitude modulation img envelope characteristic
AM–PM PA EM amplitude modulation to phase modulation img envelope characteristic
BAN body area network
BF Bessel–Fourier
BOC binary offset carrier
BP blood pressure (medical)
BPSK binary phase shift keying
BTS base transceiver station
BW bandwidth
CAD computer aided design
CBOC composite binary offset carrier
CCDF complementary cumulative distribution function
cf. compare
CME coronal mass ejection
CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductor
CN0 carrier-to-noise density ratio, C/N0
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
CP circular polarization
CRPA controlled reception pattern antenna
CST computer simulation technology
Cu copper (Cuprum)
CW continuous wave
D/A digital to analog
DC direct current
DIRECT dividing rectangles
DME distance metering equipment
EBG electromagnetic bandgap
ECG electrocardiogram
EEG electroencephalogram ...

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