Terminology and abbreviations
3GPP
3rd Generation Partnership Project.
AMR
Adaptive Multi Rate. For speech sounds and
speech coding.
API
Application Programming Interface.
ASP
Active Server Page. Server technology that gener-
ates web pages dynamically.
Bearer
The method for accessing WAP from the phone, for
example GSM Data (CSD) and GPRS.
bFTP
binary File Transfer Protocol.
Bookmark
A URL and header/title stored in the phone.
Browsing session
The period from the first access of content until the
termination of the connection.
C/I
Carrier to interference ratio of radio signal.
Calling Line Identification (CLI)
Shows the number of the caller, or a picture
assigned to the number of the caller in the mobile
phone display. Not all numbers can be displayed.
Network-dependent service.
Card
A single WML unit of navigation and user interface.
May contain information to present to the user,
instructions for gathering user input, etc.
CDMA
Code division Multiple Access. A generic term that
describes a wireless air interface based on code
division multiple access technology.
CGI
Common Gateway Interface. Server technology
that generates web pages dynamically.
CS
Circuit Switched.
CSD
Circuit Switched Data.
Deck
A collection of WML cards.
DTMF or Touch Tone
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency signal – codes sent as
tone signals. Used for telephone banking, access-
ing an answering machine, etc.
Dual band
GSM 900/1800.
e-GSM
Extended GSM. New frequencies specified by the
European Radio Communications Committee
(ERC) for GSM use when additional spectrum is
needed (Network-dependent). It allows operators
to transmit and receive just outside GSM's core
900 frequency band. This extension gives
increased network capability.
EDGE
Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution. EDGE
uses a new modulation schema to enable data
throughput speeds of up to 384kbit/s using existing
GSM infrastructure.
EFR
Enhanced Full Rate, speech coding.
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White Paper
T290i/T290c
October 2004