Glossary of Terms
Wireless


Term

Definition

LMDS

Local Multipoint Distribution Service

MDS

Multipoint Distribution System.

MMDS

Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (see also).

WCS

Wireless Communications Service.

Wireless

Really a misnomer.  Belden makes a variety of cables needed to build the transmitting infrastructure required to support "wireless" devices.  Wireless is a technology that allows a device (phone, pager or satellite dish) to be unconnected from the transmission point of a voice, video or data signal.  The transmission infrastructure required to support such wireless devices is a wired platform of transmission towers and stations that communicate point to point and to telephone central offices.

Wireless Glossary