TABLE OF CONTENTS | 2G | Second generation (referring to generations of cellular mobile communications standards) | |
| 3G | Third generation (referring to generations of cellular mobile communications standards) | |
| 3GPP | Third Generation Partnership Project (standards body for the WCDMA standard for 3G) | |
| 3GPP2 | Third Generation Partnership Project (standards body for the CDMA2000 standard for 3G) | |
| A/D | Analogue-to-digital converter | |
| ACM | Adaptive computing machine | |
| ADC | Analogue-to-digital converter | |
| ADI | Analogue Devices (International) | |
| AGC | Automatic gain control | |
| ALU | Arithmetic logic unit | |
| AM | Amplitude modulation | |
| AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone System (1G analogue cellular standard) | |
| ASIC | Application-specific integrated circuit | |
| ASIP | Algorithm-specific instruction set processor | |
| BER | Bit-error rate | |
| BTS | Base-station transceiver system | |
| C/I | Carrier-to-interference (ratio) | |
| CAT5 | Standard for twisted-pair cabling, often used for in-building data communications | |
| CCM | Configurable computing machine | |
| CD | Compact disc | |
| CDE | Code-domain error | |
| CDMA | Code-division multiple access (modulation format adopted by 3GPP2 for its 3G standard, CDMA 2000, also used in IS-95 cellular systems in the United States) | |
| CFR | Crest-factor reduction | |
| CPRI | Common public radio interface | |
| CW | Continuous-wave (or, sometimes, carrier-wave) | |
| D/A | Digital-to-analogue converter | |
| D/C | Downconverter | |
| DAC | Digital-to-analogue converter | |
| D-AMPS | Digital AMPS (2G digital cellular standard) | |
| dB | Decibel | |
| DCR | Direct-conversion receiver | |
| DCS | Digital cellular system (GSM in the 1,800-MHz band, mostly used in Europe) | |
| DDS | Direct-digital synthesis (or synthesiser) | |
| DECT | Digital equipment cordless telephone (EU short-range cordless handset system) | |
| DMA | Direct memory access | |
| DNL | Differential... |
