Sierra Wireless AirPrime MC7710 Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Manuallines page 94

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines
Table F-1: Acronyms and definitions (Continued)
Acronym or term
PA
packet
PCB
PCS
PDN
PMI
PSS
PTCRB
QAM
QMI
QOS
QPSK
QPST
RAT
RF
RI
RSE
RSSI
SDK
SED
Sensitivity
(Audio)
Sensitivity (RF)
SG
SIB
SIM
SIMO
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Definition
Power Amplifier
A short, fixed-length block of data, including a header, that is transmitted as a unit
in a communications network.
Printed Circuit Board
Personal Communication System
A cellular communication infrastructure that uses the 1.9 GHz radio spectrum.
Packet Data Network
Pre-coding Matrix Index
Primary synchronisation signal
PCS Type Certification Review Board
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
This form of modulation uses amplitude, frequency, and phase to transfer data on
the carrier wave.
Qualcomm MSM/Modem Interface
Quality of Service
Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
Qualcomm Product Support Tools
Radio Access Technology
Radio Frequency
Ring Indicator
Radiated Spurious Emissions
Received Signal Strength Indication
Software Development Kit
Smart Error Detection
Measure of lowest power signal that the receiver can measure.
Measure of lowest power signal at the receiver input that can provide a prescribed
BER / BLER / SNR value at the receiver output.
An LTE signaling interface for SMS ("SMS over SGs")
System Information Block
Subscriber Identity Module. Also referred to as USIM or UICC.
Single Input Multiple Output—smart antenna technology that uses a single
antenna at the transmitter side and multiple antennas at the receiver side. This
improves performance and security.
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