Standards/Protocol

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*AMPS / advanced mobile phone system*	*PANs / personal area networks - bluetooth*
*ART / advanced radio telecom*	*PBX / private branch exchange*
*ASP / active server pages*	*PCS / personal communication service*
*ATM/Asynchronous Transfer Mode*	*PDA / personal digital assistant*
*BLUETOOTH / low power/close range wireless networks*	POP / *point-of-presence / nearest service access*
*Broadband / high capacity transmission*	*POTS/plain old telephone service*
*CDMA/ code division multiple access*	*PSTN / public switched telephone network*
*CDPD/ cellular digital packet data*	*RF/radio frequency*
*DSSS/direct-sequence spread-spectrum*	*SGML / XML / markup languages*
*Dual Band Mobile Phones / frequency selection*	*Sideband / portion of modulated wave*
*FDMA / frequency division multiple access*	*SMS / short message service*
*FDDI / fiber distributed data interface*	*SON / synchronous optical network standard*
*FHSS/frequency-hopping spread-spectrum*	*SSL / secure sockets layer - secure transactions*
*GPS / global position satellite system*	*SWAP/standard wireless access protocol*
*GSM/ global system for mobile communications*	*TCP/IP transmission control protocol/Internet protocol*
*GPRS / general packet radio service*	*TDMA/ time division multiple access*
*HDML / handheld markup language*	*Token Ring / local area network (similar to Ethernet)*
*IFE / in-flight entertainment systems*	*UMTS/ universal mobile telecommunications systems*
*IFN / in-flight network*	*VOFDM*
*ISP/Internet service provider*	*VOIP / voice over internet protocol*
*ISDN / integrated services digital network*	*VSAT / very small aperture terminal*
*2.5 / generation mobile telephony*	*W3C / world wide web consortium*
*3G / third generation mobile telephony > 2mbs /UMTS*	*WAP/ wireless application protocol*
*L2W / links2wireless.com ....global wireless info*	*WCDMA / wideband communications-multimedia*
*LAN / local area network*	*WCS / wireless communications services*
*LEC / local exchange carrier*	*WPAN/ wireless personal area network*
*LMDS / local multipoint distribution system*	*WTP / wireless transaction protocol*
*Multimedia / voice, data, video*	*XML / extensible markup language*
*NIST/ National Institute of Standards & Technology*	*Spectranet / What is ?...........?*
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*Associations / Affiliations / etc*	*www.mic.go.kr*
*www.mpt.go.jp*	*World Trade Organization*
*Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development*	*Institute for Telecommunication Sciences*
*American National Standards Institute*	*National Telecommunications & Information Admin.*
*Federal Communications Commission*	*National Institute of Standards & Technology*
*Technology Administration*	*National Technical Information Service*
*National Resource for Global Standards*	*International Trade Administration*
*Institution of Electrical Engineers*	*U. S. Patent & Trademark Office*
*International Society for Optical Engineering*	*National Science Foundation*
*World Bank Group*	*International Institute of Communication*
*European Telecommunications Office*	*Pacific Telecommunications Council*
*American National Standards Institute*	*Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum*
*BICSI / A Telecommunications Assoc.*	*European Telecommunications Platform*
*Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers*	*Asynchronous Transfer Mode / ATM Forum*
*International Organization for Standardization*	*www.gigabit-ethernet.org*
*International Engineering Consortium*	*European Telecommunications Standards Institute*
*U. S. Government Printing Office*	*Wireless Communications Association International*
*W3C - World Wide Web consortium*	*International Telecommunication Union*
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*Copyright*	*Copyright Clearance Center*
*Copyright Office /Library of Congress / U.S.*
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*Geographical Data Points / Grids*
*Mapblast*
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*Glossary / research , dictionaries*	*HTML Goodies / Joe Burns, Ph.D. / computer, Internet terms*
*Bradley Univ. / Computer & Network Terms*	*Iowa Newspaper Assn. / Computer-Web terms*
*BABEL / Irving & Richard Kind / Abbreviations & Acronyms*	*Lycos Tech Glossary / extensive categories*
*Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh / Dictionaries & Glossaries*	*NSA terms used in Security & Intrusion Detection /SANS Institute*
*The Glossarist / glossaries & tech dictionaries*	*Red Hill Guide to Computer Hardware / definitions*
*GOOGLE it up*	*Univ. of Leicester /Computing Terms*
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*"OpenDSL" Industry Initiative*	*Cisco*
*Telekom*	*Virata (dsl)*
*Intell*	*3com*
	*Qwest*
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*Patents*	*Patent & Trademark Office / U.S.*
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*Miscellaneous*	*NetworkMagazine*
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*Research*
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*Spectrum Allocation*	*Internet Transmission Basics- TCP/IP*
*Spectrum Management*	*Frequency Band Designations*
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*Standards / Conventions*	*GSM Association*
*TechWeb /Encyclopedia / CDMA - signal transmission*	*Nortel Networks / Global System for Mobile Communications*
*QUALCOMM / CDMA*	*DOCSIS (2.0) /Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification*
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*Trademarks*	*Patent & Trademark Office / U.S.*
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*IEEE 802 Specification/ .11 /.3/15/.16..*	*......working groups*
*IEEE 802.15 Home Page*	*IEEE Wireless Standards*
*WirelessMAN 802.16*	*Wireless Home-Networking Technologies*
*IEEE 802.11 / ad hoc & client/server networks*	*International Engineering Consortium*
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*Tutorials...*	*TelecomTerms*
*IEC tutorials* *...from A to Z*	*Spectranet..What is ?.............?*

*Set Your Clock*	*Intersil*	Tech Data
*GOOGLE it up*	*International Engineering Consort.*	*Thomas Legislative Information*
*www.avren.com*	ICO	*Universal Serial Bus*
*BreezeCOM*	*IEEE Standards Programs*	*Virata dsl*
Bluetooth	*IEEE Wireless Standards*	*Wireless LAN Association*
*www.cast.org*	*Nortel Networks*	*WAP*
*www.cellular.co.za/wap.htm*	*NokiaForumWAP*	*WAP Forum*
*Cisco*	*Nat. Institute of Standards & Technology*	*Wi-Fi*
*3com*	*www.ntia.doc.gov*	*W3C /World Wide Web consort.*
*www.epic.org (privacy)*	*Patent & Trademark Office / U.S.*	*Wireless Comm. Assoc.*
*Ericsson /WAP*	*www.phone.com*	*World Wide Wireless Comm.*
*www.gelon.net*	Qualcomm / CDMA	*Wireless LAN PC card drives*
*HomeRF*	*Qwest*
	Rosettanet
	*Spectrum Management*
	*Standards> Analog & Digital*
	SWIP