National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
People and Vehicles : Firefighter, Policeman, Police cruiser, Ambulance
Vehicles : Fire truck, Ambulance, Police boat
People : Policemen
Towers : Towers on a ridge
Computers : monitor array
Acronyms
0 - 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACR Adjacent Channel Rejection
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AFST Assessment of Future Spectrum and Technology
AFWA Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
AHA American Hospital Association
AMSL Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APCO Association of Public Safety Communications Officials - International
API Application Program Interface
APIC APCO Project 25 Interface Committee
APTA American Public Transportation Association
APWA American Public Works Association
ARC American Red Cross
ARD Area Reliability Degradation
ARINC Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
ARRL American Radio Relay League
ARS Amateur Radio Services
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATC Ancillary Terrestrial Component
ATIS Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions
BDAs Bi-Directional Amplifiers
BIDP Border Interoperability Demonstration Project
BSI Bridging System Interface
BTOP Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program
CACP Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
CALE Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement
CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
CAP Common Alert Protocol
CAPRAD Computer Assisted Pre-Coordination and Resource Database System
CCBG Critical Communications Broadband Group
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CIKR Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources
CITIG Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group
CMAS Commercial Mobile Alert System
CMRS Commercial Mobile Radio Service
Codec Coder/Decoder
COML Communications Unit Leader
COPS Community Oriented Policing Services
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPE Consumer Premises Equipment
CPRC Canadian Police Research Council
CR Cognitive Radio
CSRIC Communications Security, Reliability & Interoperability Council
CTCSS Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
dBW Decibel Watt
DE Emergency Data Exchange Language Distribution Element
DFS Dynamic Frequency Selection
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DIETS DoC ISSI Evaluation and Test System
DOJ Department of Justice
DSRC Dedicated Short-Range Communication
EAS Emergency Alerting System
ECC Emergency Communications Center
ECFS Electronic Comment Filing System
ECPC Security Emergency Communications Preparedness Center
EDXL Emergency Data Exchange Language
EMS Emergency Management System
ENBW Effective Noise Bandwidth Factor
ERIC Emergency Response Interoperability Center
ERP Effective Radiated Power
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EVDO Evolution Version Data Only
FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCCA Forestry Conservation Communications Association
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FEC Forward Error Correction
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FirstNet First Responder Network Authority
FM FM Approvals
FNPRM Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
FPIC Federal Partnership for Interoperable Communications
FSSP Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan
GHSAC Governors Homeland Security Advisory Council
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GJXDM Global Justice XML Data Model
GLOBAL Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
GPS Global Positioning System
GSA General Services Administration
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
GSMA Global System for Mobile Communications Association
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IAB Interagency Board
IACP International Association of Chiefs of Police
IAEM International Association of Emergency Managers
IAFC International Association of Fire Chiefs
IC Industry Canada
ICC International Code Council
ICMA International City/County Management Association
ICS Incident Command System
ICTAP Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program
IECGP Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Plan
IEEE International Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IM Intermodulation
IMSA International Municipal Signal Association
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identities
IOC IMSI Oversight Committee
IPAWS Integrated Public Alert and Warning System
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IS Intrinsically Safe
ISA International Society of Automation
ISR Intrinsically Safe Radio
ISSI Inter-Sub-System-Interface
ITS Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
ITU International Telecommunications Union
IWCE International Wireless Communications Expo
IWN Integrated Wireless Network
JTRS Joint Tactical Radio System
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LMCC Land Mobile Communications Council
LMR Land mobile radio
LMTV Land Mobile TV
LPTV Low Power TV
LTE Long-Term Evolution
M-A/COM
MCC Major Cities Chiefs
MCCA Major Cities Chiefs' Association
MCS Major County Sheriffs
MCSA Major County Sheriffs' Association
MERS FEMA Mobile Emergency Response System
MESA Mobility for Emergency and Safety Applications
MFCA Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association [Metro Chiefs]
MIMO Multiple-Input/Multiple-Output
MO&O Memorandum Opinion and Order
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NACO National Council of Counties
NARC National Association of Region Councils
NARPC National Association of Regional Planning Committees
NASCIO National Association of State Chief Information Officers
NASEMSO National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials
NASF National Association of State Foresters
NASNA National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators
NASTD National Association of State Technology Directors
NATOA National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Managers
NCAI National Congress of American Indians
NCC National Coordination Committee
NCJA National Criminal Justice Association
NCS National Communications System
NCSL National Conference of State Legislators
NCSWIC National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators
NECP National Emergency Communications Plan
NEMA National Emergency Management Association
NEMSMA National Emergency Management System Management Association
NENA National Emergency Number Association
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NGA National Governors' Association
NIEM National Information Exchange Model
NIFOG National Interoperability Field Operations Guide
NIIX National Interoperability Information eXchange
NIJ National Institute of Justice
NIMS National Incident Management System
NIPP National Infrastructure Protection Plan
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLC National League of Cities
NLECTC National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOI Notice of Inquiry
NOVES Non-Voice Emergency Services
NPAC National Planning Assistance and Coordination
NPCS Narrowband Personal Communication Service
NPOC National Planning Oversight and Coordination
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NPSBN Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
NPSPAC National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee
NPSTC National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
NRECT National Registry for Emergency Communications Technicians
NRPC National Regional Planning Council
NSA National Sheriffs Association
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NUG National Unified Goal
NUG TIM National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management
NWCG National Wildfire Coordination Group
NXDN™ Next Generation Digital Band
OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OCTO Office of Chief Technology Officer
OEC Office of Emergency Communications
OET Office of Engineering and Technology
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OIC Office for Interoperability and Compatibility
OLES Office of Law Enforcement Standards
OMG Object Management Group
OOBE Out of band emissions
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Administration
OTAP Over the Air Programming
P25 Project 25
PEP Preposition Equipment Program
PFR Petition for Rulemaking
PHY Physical Layer
PIM Platform Independent Model
PLC Power line carrier
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PLMRS Private Land Mobile Radio Service
POSIX Portable Operating System Interface
PS SIG Public Safety Special Interest Group
PS SIG Public Safety Special Interest Group
PSAC Public Safety Advisory Committee
PSAP Public Safety Answering Point
PSCA Public Safety Coordination Associates
PSCC Public Safety Communications Commission
PSCR Public Safety Communications Research
PSE Public Safety Entity
PSEN Public Safety Enterprise Network
PSG Public Safety Grade
PSIC Public Safety Interoperable Communications - Grant Program
PSM Public Platform Specific Model
PSST Public Safety Spectrum Trust
PSWAC Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee
PSWN Public Safety Wireless Network
PTIG P25 Technology Interest Group
PTT Push-to-Talk
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R&O Report and Order
RABC Radio Advisory Board of Canada
RECC Regional Emergency Communications Coordination
RFI Request for Information
RFP Request for Proposal
RKB Responder Knowledge Base
ROW-B Radio Over Wireless Broadband
RPCs Regional Planning Committees
S&T Science and Technology Directorate
SAA State Administrative Agency
SAM Scalable Adaptive Modulation
SCA Software Communications Architecture
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCIPs Statewide Communications Interoperability Plans
SDOs Standards Development Organizations
SDR Software Defined Radio
SEARCH National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
SIEC State Interoperability Executive Committee
SLTTGCC State, Local, Tribunal, and Territorial Government Coordinating Council
SoR Statement of Requirements
SSAs Sector-Specific Agencies
SSPs Sector-Specific Plans
STA Special Temporary Authority
SWIC Statewide Interoperability Committee
SWICs Statewide Interoperability Coordinators
TA Transition Administrator
TAC FCC Technical Advisory Committee
TCCA TCCA The Critical Communications Association
TDD Time Division Duplex
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TEMA Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
TERT Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce
TETRA Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association
TIC Tactical Interoperable Communications
TIM Traffic Incident Management
TPC Transmitter power control
U-TAC Ultra High Frequency Tactical Channel
UASI Urban Area Security Initiative
UL Underwriters Laboratories
ULS Universal Licensing System
USAR Urban Search and Rescue
USCM U.S. Conference of Mayors
V-TAC Very High Frequency Tactical Channel
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VQiPS Video Quality in Public Safety
VTAG Video Technology Advisory Group
WARN Act Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act
WinnF Wireless Innovation Forum
WTB Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
XML eXtensible Markup Language
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