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Acronyms<br />

AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service<br />

AP Access Point<br />

BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying<br />

CDMA Code Division Multiple Access<br />

DS-CDMA Direct Sequence CDMA<br />

FCC Federal Communications Commission<br />

FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access<br />

FH-CDMA Frequency Hopping CDMA<br />

GSM Global System for Mobile Communications<br />

IEEE Institute of Electrical <strong>and</strong> Electronics Engineers<br />

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Management Sciences<br />

IS-95 Interim St<strong>and</strong>ard 95<br />

LTE Long Term Evolution<br />

MAC Medium Access Control<br />

MANET Mobile Ad-Hoc <strong>Network</strong><br />

MNO Mobile <strong>Network</strong> Operator<br />

OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing<br />

PSTN Public Switched Telephone <strong>Network</strong><br />

QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation<br />

QoS Quality of Service<br />

RF Radio Frequency<br />

SIM Subscriber Identity Module<br />

SMS Short Message Service<br />

TACS Total Access Communication System<br />

TDMA Time Division Multiple Access<br />

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System<br />

VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol<br />

WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access<br />

WLAN <strong>Wireless</strong> Local Area <strong>Network</strong><br />

WPAN <strong>Wireless</strong> Personal Area <strong>Network</strong><br />

WWAN <strong>Wireless</strong> Wide Area <strong>Network</strong><br />

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