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

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QoS Negotiated

QoS Negotiated

QoS Requested

QoS Requested

QSTA

Quality Station

Quantization

Quantization

Quantization level

Quantization level

Quantization noise

Quantization noise

Quick Paging Channel Slot

Quick Paging Channel Slot

Quick Repeats

Quick Repeats

R Reference Point

R Reference Point

RA-RNTI

Random Access - Radio Network Temporary Identifier

Radio Configuration Class

Radio Configuration Class

Radio Interface

Radio Interface

Radio Spectrum

Radio Spectrum

RAT

Radio Access Technology

Rate centre

Rate centre

Rate matching

Rate matching

Rayleigh Scattering

Rayleigh Scattering

Ready State

Ready State

Reassociation

Reassociation

Receiver Antenna Gain

Receiver Antenna Gain

Receiver Sensitivity

Receiver Sensitivity (dBm)

Recipient network

Recipient network

Reference point

Reference point

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