ACE

active constellation extension

ACI

adjacent channel interference

ACPR

adjacent channel power ratio

ADC

analog-to-digital converter

AM/PM

amplitude modulation/phase modulation

BCH

Bose Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (codes)

BER

bit error rate

(B)PSK

(binary) phase-shift keying

BS

block scaling

CCDF

complementary cumulative distribution function

CDMA

code division multiple access

CF

crest factor

CS

codes of strength

DAB

digital audio broadcasting

DAC

digital-to-analog converter

DC

direct current

(I)DFT

(inverse) discrete Fourier transform

DMT

discrete multitone

(A/H)DSL

(asymmetric/high speed) digital subscriber line

DVB

digital video broadcasting

EVM

error vector magnitude

(I)FFT

(inverse) fast Fourier transform

GI

guard interval

HIPERLAN

high performance radio local area network

HPA

high-power amplifier

IBO/OBO

input/output back-off

ICI

inter-carrier interference

ISI

inter-symbol interference

LDPC

low-density parity-check (codes)

LPF

low-pass filter

MC

multicarrier

MIMO

multiple-input multiple-output

OFDM

orthgonal frequency division multiplexing

OFDMA

orthgonal frequency division multiple access

PAPR

peak-to-average power ratio

PMEPR

peak-to-mean envelope power ratio

( Q) PSK

(quadrature) phase-shift keying

PRC

peak reduction carriers

PTS

partial transmit sequences

QAM

quadrature amplitude modulation

RM

Reed Muller (codes)

RP

random phasor

RS

Reed Solomon (codes)

SER

symbol error rate

SI

side information

SLM

selective mapping

SL

soft limiter

SNR

signal-to-noise ratio

SSPA

solid-state power amplifier

TI

tone injection

TS

trellis shaping

TWTA