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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.

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Nyquist Theorem

Nyquist Theorem

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ONU

Optical Network Unit

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Optical Budget

Optical Budget

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Out of Band Signalling

Out of Band Signalling

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PCU

Packet Control Unit

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PDCP (UMTS)

Packet Data Convergence Protocol

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PDU

Protocol Data Unit

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PGW-U

PDN Gateway User plane function

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Pilot PN Sequence

Pilot PN Sequence

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Pilot PN Sequence Offset

Pilot PN Sequence Offset

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Pilot PN Sequence Offset Index

Pilot PN Sequence Offset Index

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Point to Multipoint

Point to Multipoint

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Port Number

Port Number

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Power Up Registration

Power Up Registration

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Public Key

Public Key

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PUCCH

Physical Uplink Control Channel

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PUF

Power Up Function

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PUSCH

Physical Uplink Shared Channel

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QDU

Quantization Distortion Unit

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QoS Requested

QoS Requested

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QoS Subscribed

QoS Subscribed

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Qqualmeas

Qqualmeas

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Qqualmin

Qqualmin

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Quantization

Quantization

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