Glossary - Mitsubishi ST200 Series Technical Support Manual

AC Alternating Current
AMSC American Mobile Satellite Corporation
AMSC1 AMSC's Satellite @ 101
AMSS Aeronautical MobileSatellite Service
ASA Authorized Sales/Service Agent
ASD Authorized Service Depot
CFC Commissioning Frequency Code
CGS Communications Ground Segment
CLA Cigarette Lighter Adapter
CNV Converter
CODEC Coder/Decoder
DC Direct Current
DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying
DQPSK Differential Quaternary Phase Shift Keying
DTE Data Terminating Equipment
EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
ESN Electronic Serial Number
FCN Function
FDMA Frequency Division Multiplexing
FEC Forward Error Correction
FES Feeder Earth Station
FIU Facsimile Interface Unit
FTIN Forward Terminal Identification Number
GC Group Controller
GC-S Group Control Signaling
GHz Gigahertz
HPA High Power Amplifier
IMBE Improved Multi-Band Excitation
KHz Kilohertz
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
MET-SR Mobile Earth Terminal-Signaling Random
MET-ST Mobile Earth Terminal-Signaling TDMA
MSAT Mobile Satellite
MSAT1 TMI's MSAT Satellite @ 101
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
MT Mobile Terminal
NAM Number Assignment Module
NCC Network Communications Controller
NG No Good
NOC Network Operations Center
NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
PFC Pilot Frequency Code
PN Pseudo-random Number
PNC Private Network Capacity (Provider)
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