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White Paper T290i/T290c
40 October 2004
Terminology and abbreviations
3GPP
3rd Generation Partnership Project.
AMR
Adaptive Multi Rate. For speech sounds and
speech coding.
API
Application Programming Interface.
ASP
Active Server Page. Server technology that gener-
ates web pages dynamically.
Bearer
The method for accessing WAP from the phone, for
example GSM Data (CSD) and GPRS.
bFTP
binary File Transfer Protocol.
Bookmark
A URL and header/title stored in the phone.
Browsing session
The period from the first access of content until the
termination of the connection.
C/I
Carrier to interference ratio of radio signal.
Calling Line Identification (CLI)
Shows the number of the caller, or a picture
assigned to the number of the caller in the mobile
phone display. Not all numbers can be displayed.
Network-dependent service.
Card
A single WML unit of navigation and user interface.
May contain information to present to the user,
instructions for gathering user input, etc.
CDMA
Code division Multiple Access. A generic term that
describes a wireless air interface based on code
division multiple access technology.
CGI
Common Gateway Interface. Server technology
that generates web pages dynamically.
CS
Circuit Switched.
CSD
Circuit Switched Data.
Deck
A collection of WML cards.
DTMF or Touch Tone
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency signal – codes sent as
tone signals. Used for telephone banking, access
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ing an answering machine, etc.
Dual band
GSM 900/1800.
e-GSM
Extended GSM. New frequencies specified by the
European Radio Communications Committee
(ERC) for GSM use when additional spectrum is
needed (Network-dependent). It allows operators
to transmit and receive just outside GSM’s core
900 frequency band. This extension gives
increased network capability.
EDGE
Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution. EDGE
uses a new modulation schema to enable data
throughput speeds of up to 384kbit/s using existing
GSM infrastructure.
EFR
Enhanced Full Rate, speech coding.