16 QAM – 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

64 QAM – 64 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

Adaptive Modulation – The technique of varying the RF modulation type based on varying atmospheric conditions causing higher than normal fade

AES – Advance Encryption Services

AIND – All INDoor Unit – Complete transmitter/receiver unit located indoors

Air Interface – The free-space medium between two transmitting/receiving antennas

Antenna – A flat panel or “dish” shaped device for transmitting and receiving radio frequency energy. See Parabolic, flat panel, polarity, dual-polarity, and gain

Attenuation – Loss attributed to any impeding element such as coaxial cable or free-space

Backhaul – A term used to describe the transport of data and/or voice traffic from a cellular MSC or other facility requiring data transport

BPSK – Binary Phase-Shift Key – RF modulation scheme

Bridge – A device that transports Ethernet data over a particular medium (RF)

Broadband — Broadband in telecommunications refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range (or band) of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins.

dB – Acronym for decibel – the term used to measure signal strength

dBi — Decibels Isotropic — used for measuring the ideal isotropic gain of antennas

Dual-polarity Antenna – One antenna that can transmit in both the vertical and horizontal polarities (planes) simultaneously

EIRP — Equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) or, alternatively, Effective isotropically radiated power is the amount of power that a theoretical isotropic antenna (that evenly distributes power in all directions) would emit to produce the peak power density observed in the direction of maximum antenna gain