List of Abbreviations
| 1G–5G | first to fifth generation (wireless networks) |
| AF | additional filter (of a DFE) |
| AM/AM | amplitude-dependent amplitude distortion |
| AM/PM | amplitude-dependent phase distortion |
| AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone Services |
| APD | avalanche photo diode |
| ASK | amplitude shift keying |
| ATSC | Advanced Television Systems Committee |
| AWGN | additive white Gaussian noise |
| BER | bit error rate |
| BIBO | bounded input bounded output |
| BPF | band pass filter |
| BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| CATV | community antenna TV |
| CBS | central base station |
| CCDF | complimentary cumulative distribution function |
| CDMA | code division multiple access |
| MCCDMA, MC-CDMA: multi carrier CDMA | |
| LAS-CDMA: large-area synchronized CDMA | |
| OFCDMA: orthogonal frequency CDMA | |
| TS-CDMA: time synchronous CDMA | |
| WCDMA: wideband CDMA | |
| DS-CDMA: direct spread CDMA | |
| CIR | channel state information |
| CMT | cross-multiplied terms |
| CW | continuous wave (light) |
| CWTA | Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association |
| DFB | distributed feedback laser |
| DFE | decision feedback equalizer |
| NEDFE: nonlinearly enhanced DFE | |
| HDFE: Hammerstein DFE | |
| DOCSIS | data over cable service interface specifications |
| DROF | digitized radio over fiber |
| DSB | double side band (modulation) |
| DSL | digital subscriber loop |
| DSP | digital signal processing |
| DVB-T | digital video broadcast–terrestrial |
| EAM | electro Absorption modulator |
| EDFA | erbium-doped fiber amplifier |
| EIN | equivalent input noise |
| E/O | electrical to optical conversion |
| EOM ... |
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