Abbreviations
| 3G | Third Generation (cellular system) |
| 3GPP | 3G Partnership Project |
| 3GPP2 | 3G Partnership Project 2 |
| 3GPP-LTE | 3GPP long-term evolution |
| ACS | add–compare–select |
| AMC | adaptive modulation and coding |
| AMD | acknowledged mode |
| APP | a posteriori probability |
| ARQ | automatic retransmission request |
| ASD | algebraic soft decision |
| AWGN | additive white Gaussian noise |
| BCH | Bose Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (code) |
| BCJR | Bahl Cocke Jelinek Raviv |
| BEC | binary erasure channel |
| BER | bit error rate |
| BPSK | binary phase shift keying |
| BICM | bit interleaved coded modulation |
| BLER | block error rate |
| BMU | branch metric unit |
| BP | belief propagation |
| BS | base station |
| CB | circular buffer |
| CCSDS | consultative committee for space data systems |
| CDMA | code division multiple access |
| CFU | check nodes functional unit |
| CIR | channel impulse response |
| CN | check node |
| CNB | check node block |
| CNP | check node processor |
| CRC | cyclic redundancy check |
| CRSC | circular recursive systematic code |
| CSI | channel state information |
| CTC | convolutional turbo code |
| CTF | channel transfer function |
| CW | codeword |
| DB TC | duo-binary turbo code |
| DE | density evolution |
| DECT | digital cordless telecommunication standard |
| DEINT | deinterleaver |
| DIC | dynamic interleaving code |
| DPREG | dual-ported register |
| DSP | digital signal processing |
| DVB-RCS | digital video broadcasting – return channel for satellite distribution systems |
| DVB-RCT | digital video broadcasting – return channel for terrestrial distribution systems |
| ECC | error correcting ... |
