Abbreviations

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Appendix A. Abbreviations

 

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

BER

Bit Error Rate

CLI

Command Line Interface

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

dBc

decibel relative to the carrier

dBi

decibel relative to the isotropic

dBm

decibel relative to the milliwat

DCE

Data Communication Equipment

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

Domain Name Server

DTE

Data Terminal Equipment

EMC

Electro-Magnetic Compatibility

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FEC

Forward Error Correction

FEP

Front End Processor

GPL

General Public License

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

IP

Internet Protocol

LAN

Local Area Network

MAC

Media Access Control

MDIX

Medium dependent interface crossover

MSE

Mean Square Error

MIB

Management Information Base

NMS

Network Management System

N.C.

Normally Closed

N.O.

Normally Open

NTP

Network Time Protocol

MRU

Maximum Reception Unit

MTU

Maximum Transmission Unit

OS

Operation System

PC

Personal Computer

PER

Packet Error Rate

PWR

Power

RF

Radio Frequency

RoHS

Restriction of the use of Hazardeous Substances

RSS

Received Signal Strength

RTS

Request To Send

RTU

Remote Terminal Unit

RX

Receiver

SCADA

Supervisory control and data acquisition

SDR

Software Defined Radio

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TS5

Terminal server 5

TX

Transmitter

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

WEEE

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment