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Glossary

Explore our library of thousands of telecoms terms and acronyms defined for on-the-job reference or learning new material.

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PFD

Packet Flow Detection

PFDF

Packet Flow Description Function

Pilot PN Sequence Offset Index

Pilot PN Sequence Offset Index

Ping of Death

Ping of Death

PMA or PM_ADDR

Parked Member Address

Power Down Registration

Power Down Registration

Precedence

Precedence

Primary CDMA Channel

Primary CDMA Channel

Propagation Delay

Propagation Delay

PS-Code

Pseudo Random Code

PZID

Packet Zone Identification

QDU

Quantization Distortion Unit

QoS Negotiated

QoS Negotiated

QoS Requested

QoS Requested

QoS Subscribed

QoS Subscribed

r-dsch

reverse-dedicated signaling logical channel

Radio Access Mode

Radio Access Mode

Radio Block

Radio Block

Radio Configuration Class

Radio Configuration Class

Radio frame

Radio frame

Radio Interface

Radio Interface

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