Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits (2002)
Chapter: E List of Acronyms
E List of Acronyms
ADSL
asymmetric digital subscriber line
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ASIC
application specific integrated circuit
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
BLEC
building-focused local exchange carriers
CATV
originally community antenna television; now synonymous with cable TV
CDMA
code-division multiple access
CDPD
cellular digital packet data
CLEC
competitive local exchange carrier
CO
central office
CPE
customer premises equipment
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DBS
direct broadcast satellite
DHCP
dynamic host configuration protocol
DLC
digital loop carrier
DLEC
data local exchange carrier
DMT
discrete multitone transmission
DSL
digital subscriber line
DSLAM
DSL access multiplexer
DSP
digital signal processor
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FEXT
far end cross talk
FTTC
fiber to the curb
FTTH
fiber to the home
GEOS
geo-synchronous orbit satellites
HDSL
high-speed digital subscriber line
HDTV
high definition television
HFC
hybrid fiber coax
HPNA
Home Phone Networking Alliance
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
ILEC
incumbent local exchange carrier
IP
Internet protocol
ISDN
integrated services digital network
ISP
Internet service provider
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
LAN
local area network
LEC
local exchange carrier
LEOS
low earth orbit satellites
LMDS
local multipoint distribution services
LOS
line of sight
MAC
medium access control
MDUs
multi-dwelling units
MIMO
multiple in, multiple out
MMDS
multipoint multichannel distribution service
MSO
multiple system operator
NEXT
near end cross talk
NII
national information infrastructure
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSP
native signal processor
NTIA
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
OFDM
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
PCS
personal communications service
PEG
public, educational, and government
PON
passive optical network
POTS
plain old telephone service
PPP
point-to-point protocol
PSD
power spectral density
QAM
quadrature amplitude modulation
QOS
quality of service
RADSL
rate adaptive digital subscriber line
RF
radio frequency
RLP
radio link protocol
SDMI
Secure Digital Music Initiative
SDSL
symmetric digital subscriber line
SDTV
standard definition television
SONET
synchronous optical network
TDM
time division multiplexing
TDMA
time division multiple access
UDP
user datagram protocol
USB
universal serial bus
VADSL
very-high data rate asymmetric DSL
VDSL
very high speed digital subscriber line
VLSI
very large scale integrated circuit
VOD
video on demand
VoDSL
voice over DSL
VoIP
voice over Internet Protocol
VPN
virtual private network
VTIP
video telephony over Internet Protocol (IP)
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAN
wide area network
WDM
wavelength-division multiplexing
WLAN
wireless local area network
WLL
wireless local loop
