A/D

analog to digital

A&F

amplify and forward

AP

access point

AWGN

additive white gaussian noise

BER

bit error rate

BLAST

Bell laboratories layered space-time

BS

base station

BSC

binary symmetric channel

CBPS

coded bits per symbol

CBPSC

coded bits per subcarrier

CC

convolutional coding

CDF

cumulative distribution function

CDMA

code division multiple access

COFDM

coded-OFDM

CP

cyclic prefix

CSMA

carrier sense multiple access

CT

continuous-time

D/A

digital to analog

DAB

digital audio broadcasting

dB

decibel

DBPS

data bits per symbol

DC

diagonal coding

D&F

decode and forward

D-FRFD

distributed full-rate/full-diversity

DFT

discrete Fourier transform

Di-BLAST

distributed BLAST

D-OSTC

distributed orthogonal STC

DPC

dirty-paper coding

DPCCH

dedicated physical control channel

DPDCH

dedicated physical data channel

DS

direct-sequence

DSC

diagonally strict concave

DS-SS

direct-sequence spread spectrum

DSTC

distributed space-time coding

DTTB

digital terrestrial television broadcasting

DVB

digital video broadcasting

FDD

frequency division duplex

FDMA

frequency division multiple access

FEC

forward error correction

FFT

fast Fourier transform

FIR

finite impulse response

FRFD

full-rate full-diversity

FSK

frequency shift keying

HC

horizontal coding

Hz

Hertz

IBI

inter block interference

IFFT

inverse fast Fourier transform

iid

independent and identically distributed

IIR

infinite impulse response

I/O

input-output

ISI

inter symbol interference

IWFA

iterative water filling algorithm

LAN

local area network

LOS

line of sight

LPF

lowpass filter

LTI

linear time invariant

LTV

linear time varying

MA

multiple access

MAN

metropolitan area network

MC

multicarrier

MC-CDMA

multicarrier code division multiple access

MIMO

multiple input multiple output

MISO

multiple input single output

ML

maximum likelihood

MMSE

minimum mean...