Comtech EF Data SDM-650B User Manual
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Glossary
SDM-650B Satellite Modem
g–2 Draft
Rev.
5
BTU
British Thermal Unit
BW
Backward Alarm or Bandwidth
BWR Bandwidth
Ratio
C Celsius
C/N Carrier-to-Noise
Ratio
C/No
Carrier-to-Noise Density Ratio
CCITT
International Telephone and Telegraph Consultative Committee
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
CH Channel
CHNL Channel
CIC
Common Interface Circuit
CL Carrier
Loss
CLK Clock
CLNA C-band
LNA
CLR Clear
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Coax Coaxial
Codec Coder/Decoder
COM Common
CPFSK
Continuous-Phase Frequency Shift Keying
CPSK
Coherent Phase Shift Keying
CPU
Central Processing Unit
cr Carriage
Return
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
CS
Clear to Send
CSC Comstream
Compatible
CSMA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CTS
Clear to Send
CU Channel
Unit
CW Continuous
Wave
D&I
Drop and Insert
D/A Digital-to-Analog
D/C Down
Converter
DAC Digital-to-Analog
Converter
DAMA
Demand Assignment Multiple Access
dB Decibels
dB/Hz
Decibels/Hertz (unit of carrier-to-noise density ratio)
dBc
Decibels referred to carrier
dBm
Decibels referred to 1.0 milliwatt
dBm0
The signal magnitude in dBm referenced to the nominal level at that
point
dBW
Decibels referred to 1.0 watt
DC Direct
Current
DCE
Data Circuit Terminating Equipment
DCPSK
Differentially Coherent Phase Shift Keying
DDO
Drop Data Output
DDS
Direct Digital Synthesis
Demod Demodulator
DEMUX Demultiplexer
DET Detector
DM Data
Mode
DPCM
Differential Pulse Code Modulation
DPSK
Differential Phase Shift Keying
DSP
Digital Signal Processing
DSR
Data Signal Rate