Harris Corporation Constellation™
GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
A
ACU Antenna Coupling Unit.
A/D Analog to Digital.
ADM Add-Drop Multiplexer.
AGC Automatic Gain Control; automatic gain adjustment of a varying input
signal level to produce a constant output signal level.
AIS Alarm Indication Signal.
ALC Automatic Level Control.
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion.
ANSI American National Standards Institute.
AUX Auxiliary port.
B
B8ZS Bipolar with Eight Zero Substitution.
baseband A frequency band occupied by a modulating information signal.
Bellcore Bell Communications Research, Inc. (source of telephony standards
in the U.S.).
BER Bit Error Ratio.
BERT Bit Error Ratio Tester.
BPF BandPass Filter.
BPV BiPolar Violation.
BW BandWidth.
C
CAN Controller Area Network. An interface standard (ISO 11898) for
interconnecting microcontrollers.
CEPT Conference Européen des Administrations des Postes et des
Télécommunications.
CIT Craft Interface Terminal.