Cooperative Communications: Hardware, Channel & PHY

Abbreviations

Abbreviations and acronyms used throughout this book

Abbreviation	Connotation
2D	Two Dimensional
3D	Three Dimensional
3G	Third Generation
3GPP	Third Generation Partnership Project
4G	Fourth Generation
AAA	Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
ACF	Auto-Correlation Function
ACK	Acknowledgement
ACM	Adaptive Coding and Modulation
ADC	Analog-to-Digital (converter)
AF	Amplify-and-Forward Protocol
AFD	Average Fade Duration
AAOA	Azimuth AOA
AAOD	Azimuth AOD
ANCC	Adaptive Network Coded Cooperation
AOA	Angle of Arrival
AOD	Angle of Departure
AP	Access Point
APP	A Posteriori Probability
ARP	Adaptive Relaying Protocol
ARQ	Automatic Repeat Request
ASIC	Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
AWGN	Additive White Gaussian Noise
BAW	Bulk Acoustic Wave (filter)
BEP	Bit Error Probability
BER	Bit Error Rate
BLAST	Bell Labs Layered Space Time
BPF	Bandpass Filter
BPSK	Binary Phase Shift Keying
BS	Base Station
EF	Estimate-and-Forward Protocol
EM	Electro-Magnetic
CCF	Cross-Correlation Function
CDF	Cumulative Density Function
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CEIGU	Channel Estimation and Interference Replica Generation Unit
CF	Compress-and-Forward Protocol
CFO	Channel Frequency Offset
CLT	Central Limit Theorem
COST	Cooperation in Science and Technology
CP	Cyclic Prefix
CPICH	Common Pilot Channel
CRC	Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRLB	CramérRao Lower Bound
CSI	Channel State Information
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