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ACC Analog Control Channel. Controls
the analog transmissions of a cellular phone
system.
Access The Test Set’s state in which the it
is communicating with the transceiver
under test.
acknowledgment The process by which
one station sends a response message to
another station.
ACELP Algebraic code excited linear
predictive. An encoding method for voice.
Active The Test Set’s state in which it is
emulating a base station. In the ACTIVE
state, the Test Set is ready to communicate
with the transceiver.
adjacent channel power The measured
power on some number of higher and lower
channels adjacent to the selected channel.
A-key A 64-bit number permanently
stored in the mobile, used in authentication.
analog call processing A firmware
portion of the Test Set which controls the
messages required to setup and maintain a
call in the analog portion of a cellular phone
system.
analog color code An analog signal
transmitted by a base station on an analog
voice channel and used to detect capture of
a mobile station by an interfering base
station or the capture of a base station by an
interfering mobile station.
analog control channel A channel used
for the transmission of digital control
information from a base station to a mobile
station or from a mobile station to a base
station.
analog parameters Parameters of the
analog voice channel.
analog voice channel A channel on which
a voice conversation occurs and on which
brief digital message may be sent from a
base station to a mobile station or from a
mobile station to a base station.
ANLG MEAS The screen for analog
measurements.
annunciator A screen graphic which
identifies the call processing state of the
Test Set. When the annunciator is ’lit’, that
is the state of the Test Set. An example is
shown in the following diagram.
Arm A Test Set command which instructs
the Test Set to get ready to measure. The
next available data or signal will be
measured.
authentication A procedure used by base
stations to validate a mobile stations’s
identity.
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A ’lit’
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