Comtech EF Data C5 - Manual (Page 326)

Glossary C5/K1/K3 Integrated Satellite Terminal System
g–2 Rev. 0
Acronym/
Abbreviation Definition
CS Clear to Send
CSC Comstream Compatible
CTS Clear to Send
CW Continuous Wave
D Depth
dB Decibels
dBc Decibels referred to carrier
dBm Decibels referred to 1.0 milliwatt
DC Direct Current
DCE Data Circuit Terminating Equipment
DDS Direct Digital Synthesis
DEMOD Demodulator
DEMUX Demultiplexer
Diff Differential Encoder
DM Data Mode
DSI Digital Speech Interpolation
DSR Data Signal Rate
DTS Data Test Set
E
b
/N
0
Bit Energy-to-Noise Ratio
EFD EFData
EMC Electro-Magnetic Compatibility
ESC Engineering Service Channel
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
etc Et Cetera
EXT External Reference Clock
EXT_CLK External Reference Clock
FAST Fully Accessible System Topology
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FEC Forward Error Correction
FIFO First in/First Out
FW Firmware
GND Ground
H Height
Hz Hertz (cycle per second)
IDU Indoor Unit
i.e. In Example
I/O Input/Output
I/Q In-Phase and Quadrature
IESS INTELSAT Earth Station Standards
IF Intermediate Frequency
INS Insert
INT Internal
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
ISD Insert Send Data
K ! kilo-ohms
K1
K3
Ku-Band Satellite Terminal System
kbit/s Kilobits per second (10 3 bits per second)
kHz Kilohertz (10 3 Hertz)
ks/s Kilosymbols Per Second (10 3 symbols per second)
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light-Emitting Diode
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LPF Low Pass Filter