Glossary

Please find below a list — albeit non-exhaustive — of commonly used acronyms and terms in the digital broadcasting and mobile telecommunications domain.

3G:

3rd Generation mobile network resources

ATSC:

Advanced Television Systems Committee

CDMA:

Code-Division Multiple Access

DAB:

Digital Audio Broadcasting

DAB-IP:

Digital Audio Broadcasting - Internet Protocol

DMB:

Digital Multimedia Broadcasting

DRM:

Digital Radio Mondiale

DVB:

Digital Video Broadcasting

DVB-H:

Digital Video Broadcasting - Handhelds

DVB-T:

Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial

ISDB:

Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting

MediaFlo:

Technology to broadcast data to portable devices - Forward Link Only

MMS:

Multimedia Messaging Service

PDA:

Personal Digital Assistant

PMP:

Personal Multimedia Player

SDMB:

Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting

SFN:

Single-frequency Network

SMS:

Short Message Service

TDMB:

Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting

VAS:

Value Added Services

WAP:

Wireless Application Protocol

W-CDMA:

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access