3 Abbreviations
25.2013GPPPhysical layer - general descriptionRelease 17TS
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
16QAM 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
64QAM 64 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
BER Bit Error Rate
CCTrCH Coded Composite Transport Channel
DCA Dynamic channel allocation
DCH Dedicated Channel
DS-CDMA Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access
DSCH Downlink Shared Channel
DwPCH Downlink Pilot Channel
DwPTS Downlink Pilot Time Slot
E-DCH Enhanced Dedicated Channel
E-HICH E-DCH Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel
E-RGCH E-DCH Relative Grant Channel
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
FEC Forward Error Correction
FER Frame Error Rate
GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
HS-DSCH High Speed Downlink Shared channel
HS-SCCH HS-DSCH Shared Control Channel
L1 Layer 1 (physical layer)
L2 Layer 2 (data link layer)
L3 Layer 3 (network layer)
LAC Link Access Control
MAC Medium Access Control
MBSFN MBMS over a Single Frequency Network
Mcps Mega Chip Per Second
MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output
QPSK Quaternary Phase Shift Keying
RACH Random Access Channel
RF Radio Frequency
RLC Radio Link Control
RRC Radio Resource Control
SAP Service Access Point
SCH Synchronisation Channel
SIR Signal-to-Interference Ratio
TDD Time Division Duplex
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TFCI Transport-Format Combination Indicator
UE User Equipment
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UpPTS Uplink Pilot Time Slot
UpPCH Uplink Pilot Channel
UTRA UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access
UTRAN UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
WCDMA Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access