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2. Abbreviations


AMPS
Advanced Mobile Phone Service
Bluetooth
An open standard for PAN devices and systems
DFS
Dynamic Frequency Selection
DSRC

Dedicated ShortRange Communications

e.i.r.p.
equivalent isotropically radiated power
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCC
Federal Communications Commission (of USA)
FWA
Fixed Wireless Access
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
GURL
General User Radio Licence
GUSL
General User Spectrum Licence
HIPERLAN

High PErformance Radio LAN. WLAN standards developed by ETSI

HIPERMAN

High PErformance RadioMAN. WMAN standards developed by ETSI

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (of USA)

IEEE 802.11xx
IEEE standards for LAN devices and systems
IEEE 802.15xx
IEEE standards for PAN devices and systems
IEEE 802.16xx
IEEE standards for WAN devices and systems
ISO/IEC

International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission

ITU-R

International Telecommunications Union - Radiocommunications Sector

LAN
Local Area Network
LIPD
Low Interference Potential Devices
MICS
Medical Implant Communication Systems
PAN
Personal Area Network
Part xx.yyy

A part of the USA Federal Communications Commission's Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 (Part 15 covers unlicensed services)

STL
Studio Transmitter Links
TETRA
TErrestrial Trunked RAdio
TPC
Transmitter Power Control
ULP AMI
Ultra Low Power Active Medical Implants
UWB
Ultra Wide Band
VLP AS
Very Low Power Audio Sender
W
Watts
WAN
Wide Area Network
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
WMAN
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network
WMTS
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service
Zigbee

802.15.4 standard for intermittent use, low data rate devices using low power and having low cost.

Last updated 4 July 2007