Sony USB 598 manual Fcc

USB 598 modem - User Guide

FCC

firmware

GPS

host

IS

IS-95

Kbps

LAN

LED

MEID

Mbps

MHz packet

PCS

roaming

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Federal Communications Commission—The U.S. federal agency that is responsible for interstate and foreign communi‐ cations. The FCC regulates commercial and private radio spectrum management, sets rates for communications services, determines standards for equipment, and controls broadcast licensing. Consult www.fcc.gov.

Software stored in ROM or EEPROM; essential programs that remain even when the system is turned off. Firmware is easier to change than hardware but more permanent than software stored on disk.

Global Positioning System—A system that uses a series of 24 geosynchronous satellites to provide navigational data.

•A computer that uses a modem or a similar device to answer a calling computer.

•A source or destination in the communication network.

•A computer that contains data or files to be accessed by client computers. Also known as a server.

Interim Standard—After receiving industry consensus, the TIA forwards the standard to ANSI for approval.

The standard for CDMA.

Kilobits per second—Actually 1000, not 1024, as used in computer memory size measurements of kilobytes.

Local Area Network

Light Emitting Diode—A semiconductor diode that emits visible or infrared light.

Mobile Equipment Identifier—The unique second‐generation serial number assigned to the modem for cellular network use. Compare to ESN.

Megabits per second

Mega‐Hertz—One million cycles per second.

A short fixed‐length block of data, including a header, that is transmitted as a unit in a communications network.

Personal Communications Services—A cellular communication infrastructure that uses a different frequency range than AMPS.

A cellular subscriber is in an area where service is obtained from a cellular service provider that is not the subscriber’s provider.

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