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µ-law - µ-law (mu-law)

A companding technique used in North American telecommunication systems during the process of analogue to digital conversion. ... View more

16QAM - 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

This is a modulation technique in which the carrier can exist in one of sixteen different states. As such, each state can represent four bits - 0000 t... View more

1G - First Generation

1G is an alternative name given to the first generation of wireless telephone networks. 1G systems were based on analogue transmission and have been s... View more

2.5G

The requirement for mobile data services, fuelled by the growth of the Internet, was the driver for the development of enhanced data services known as... View more

2G - Second Generation

2G systems were developed as the requirement for mobile communications grew. Their characteristics included the use of digital signalling across the a... View more

3DES - Triple Data Encryption Standard

Triple DES is an example of a Block Cipher encryption algorithm. Block Ciphers operate on one block of data at a time with the normal block size being... View more

3G - Third Generation

3G is the term given to the third generation of mobile communication systems. These offered enhanced services, such as multimedia and video. The main ... View more

3GPP - Third Generation Partnership Project

The 3GPP was formed in December 1998 as a collaboration agreement bringing together a number of telecommunication standards bodies. These standards bo... View more

3GPP2 - Third Generation Partnership Project 2

The 3GPP2 is a sister project to 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) and is a collaboration agreement dealing with North American and Asian in... View more

3PTY - 3 Party

3 Party is a telecommunications supplementary service which enables a user who is active on a call to hold that call, make an additional call to a thi... View more

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