Tactical Wireless Communications and Networks: Design Concepts and Challenges

List of Acronyms

2G	second generation
3G	third generation
3GPP	third generation partnership project
4G	fourth generation
ACK	acknowledgment
ADC	analog-to-digital converter
ADD	application deployment descriptor
ADNS	automated digital network system
AFH	adaptive frequency hopping
AI	artificial intelligence
AIM	advanced InfoSec machine
AMPS	advanced mobile phone system
AN	airborne network
AoC	area of coverage
API	application programming interface
ARQ	automatic repeat request
ASCII	American standards code for information interchange
ASIP	advanced system improvement program
AWGN	additive white Gaussian noise
BACN	battlefield airborne communications node
BER	bit error rate
BFSK	binary frequency shift keying
BGP	border gateway protocol
BPSK	binary phase shift keying
BSC	binary symmetric channel
C2	command and control
CAC	call admission control
CCSK	cyclic code shift keying
CDMA	code division multiple access
CDS	connected dominating set
CLS	cross layer signaling
CNR	combat net radio
ComSec	communications security
ConOps	concepts for operations
CONUS	continental United States
CORBA	common object request broker architecture
CoS	class of service
COTS	commercial-off-the-shelf
CPFSK	continuous phase frequency-shift keying
CPU	central processing unit
CR	cognitive radio
CRC	cyclic redundancy check
CRS	cognitive radio settings
CS	connecting set
CSDF	cyclic spectral density function
CSMA	carrier sense multiple ...