LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AM: Amplitude Modulation
AMPS: Advanced Mobile Phone Service ARQ: Automatic Repeat Request
ASK: Amplitude Shift Keying
AWGN: Additive White Gaussian Noise BER: Bit Error Ratio
BPSK: Binary Phase Shift Keying CDMA: Code-Division Multiple Access CW: Continuous Wave
DS-SS: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum ESN: Electronic Serial Number
FCC: Federal Communications Commission FDMA: Frequency-Division Multiple Access FEC: Forward Error Correction
FM: Frequency Modulation FSK: Frequency Shift Keying FSM: Finite-State Machine
FSSMs: Finite State Sequential Machines GF: Galois Field
GPS: Global Positioning Systems LOS: Line-of-Sight
MC-SS: Multiple Channel - Spread Spectrum PAs: Power Amplifiers
PN: P seudo N oise
PSD: Power Spectral Density PSK: Phase Shift Keying
RAM: Random-Access Memory RF: Radio Frequency
ROM: Read-only Memory
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SIR: Signal to Interference Ratio
SIR dB: Signal to Interference Ratio in decibel SNR: Signal to Noise Ratio
SNR dB: Signal to Noise Ratio in decibel TDMA: Time-Division Multiple Access
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