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asymmetric digital subscriber line
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
ATSC
Advanced Television Systems Committee
BER
bit error ratio
C/N
carrier-to-noise ratio
CAP
carrierless amplitude phase
CAT
conditional access table
CO
central office
CRC
cyclic redundancy check
DSL
digital subscriber line
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting Group
EIT
event information table
ES
elementary stream
EVM
error vector magnitude
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FEC
forward error correction
FITL
fiber in the loop
FTTC
fiber to the curb
HDTV
high-definition TV
HFC
hybrid fiber coax
IEC
International ElectroTechnical Commission
ISO
International Standards Organization
LMDS
local multipoint distribution system
LOS
line of sight
MER
modulation error ratio
MMDS
multipoint multichannel distribution system
MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group
NIT
network information table
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee
PAL
public-access line
PAT
program association table
PCR
program check reference
PES
packetized elementary stream
PID
packet identification
PMT
program map table
PRBS
pseudo random bit sequence
PS
program stream
PSI
program specific information
PTS
presentation time stamp
QAM
quadrature amplitude modulation
RST
running status table
SDH
synchronous digital hierarchy
SDT
service description table
SDV
switched digital video
SI
service information
SNR
signal-to-noise ratio
SONET
synchronous optical network
SPTS
single program transport stream
STM
synchronous transfer mode
TDT
time and date table
TS
transport stream
VSB
vestigial sideband modulation
