Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

Channel

Definition:

1) A voice‐grade transmission facility with defined frequency response, gain, and bandwidth. 2) A path of communication, either electrical or electromagnetic, between two or more points. Also called a circuit, facility, line, link,
or path.

A-GPS (Assisted-Global Positioning System)

A-GPS (Assisted-Global Positioning System) is a system that often significantly improves the startup performance—i.e., time-to-first-fix (TTFF)—of a...

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4G

Fourth‐generation technology for wireless communication, includes mobile communications and LTE (Long Term Evolution), are 3GPP specifications for...

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5G

Fifth‐generation technology for wireless communication. Its main offerings include dramatically faster speeds and more reliable connections. Other...

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BGCF

Breakout Gateway Control Function.

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