Acronyms and Abbreviations

reference to mostly to industrial, business, public safety, consumer
some terms from http://www.fcc.gov/glossary.html

AASHTO
ACSB
ALE
AM
AMPS
AMTS
ANI
APCO
AVL
AVM
BJA
BJS
CB
CDMA
CDPD
CFR
COPS
COTS
CTS
DoD
DOJ
DOT
DSC
EAs
EHF
ELTs
EMS
EPIRBs
ERP
ESMR
FAA
FBI
FCC
FCCA
FDMA
FEMA
FM
FRS
FSK
GDO
GEO
GHz
GMRS
GOTS
GPS
GSA
GSM
HALE
HF
Hz
IGA
IM
iDEN
IMSA
ISM
IVDS
JPA
KHz
LCRA
LEAA
LEO
LLEBG
LMR
LMS
LOS
LPRS
MEO
MHz
MICS
MIU
MTSO
MURS
NAMPS
NASTD
NCIC
NCJRS
NCS
NENA
NIJ
NLECTC
NTIA
OET
OJJDP
OJP
P25
PBX
PCS
PLMRS
POCSAG      
PPP
PRS
PSAP
PSCC
PSN
PSTN
PSWN
R/C
RF
RFI
RFP
RFQ
RTUs
SAFECOM
SCN
SHF
SIS
SMR
TCP/IP
TDMA
TETRA
TIIAP
TOP
TRS
UART
UHF
VHF
VoIP
Wi-Fi
WMTS
WTB
American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
Amplitude Compandered Single Sideband
Automatic Link Establishment
Amplitude Modulation
Advanced Mobile Phone System
Automated Maritime Telecommunications System
Automatic Number Identification
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials
Automatic Vehicle Location
Automatic Vehicle Monitoring
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Citizens Band
Code Division Multiple Access
Cellular Digital Packet Data
Code of Federal Regulations
Community Oriented Policing Services
Commercial Off-The-Shelf
Cell Transmitter Stations
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Department of Transportation
Digital Selective Calling
Economic Areas
Extremely High Frequency
Emergency Locator Transmitters
Emergency Medical Services
Survival Craft Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons
Effective Radiated Power
Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Forestry Conservation Communication Association
Frequency Division Multiple Access
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Frequency Modulation
Family Radio Service
Frequency Shift Keying
Garage Door Opener
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
Gigahertz (1 billion cycles per second)
General Mobile Radio Service
Government Off-The-Shelf
Global Positioning System
General Services Administration
Global System for Mobile communications
High Altitude Long Endurance
High Frequency
Hertz (cycles per second)
Intergovernmental Agreement
Intermodulation
integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN)
International Municipal Signal Association
Industrial, Scientific, and Medical
Interactive Video and Data Service
Joint Powers Authority
Kilohertz (1,000 cycles per second)
Lower Colorado River Authority
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Low Earth Orbit
Local Law Enforcement Block Grants
Land Mobile Radio
Location and Monitoring Service
Line of Sight
Low Power Radio Service
Medium Earth Orbit
Megahertz (1 million cycles per second)
Medical Implant Communications Service
Mobile Imaging Unit
Mobile Telephone Switching Office
Multi User Radio Service
Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System
National Association of State Telecommunications Directors
National Crime Information Center
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Communications Systems
National Emergency Number Association
National Institute of Justice
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Office of Engineering and Technology
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office of Justice Programs
APCO Project 25, a digital modulation standard
Private Branch Exchange
Personal Communications Services
Private Land Mobile Radio Services
Post Office Standardization Advisory Group
Point-to-Point Protocol
Personal Radio Services
Public Safety Answering Point
Public Safety Coordinating Council
Public Switched Network
Public Switched Telephone Network
Public Safety Wireless Network
Radio Control
Radio Frequency
Request for Information
Request for Proposals
Request for Quotation
Response Transmitter Units
Wireless Public SAFEty Interoperable COMmunications
Systems Coordination Net
Super High Frequency
State Identification Systems
Specialized Mobile Radio
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Time Division Multiple Access
TErrestrial TRunked RAdio
Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program
Technology Opportunities Program (formerly TIIAP)
Trunked Radio System
Universal Receiver/Transmitter
Ultra High Frequency
Very High Frequency
Voice over Internet Protocol
Wireless Fidelity [802.11]
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (FCC)


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