PABX Private Automatic Branch eXxchange PACS Personal Access Communications System PAD Packet Assembler-Disassembler PAL Phase Alteration Line PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulation PAMR Public Access Mobile Radio PAP Password Authentication Protocol (PPP) PAP Public Access Profile (DECT) PAS Performance Animated System PAT Port Address Translation PAX Private Automatic Exchange PBX Private Branch EXchange PC Printed Circuit PC Personal Computer PCH Paging CHannel (GSM) PCM Pulse Code Modulation PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PCME Packetized Circuit Multiplication Equipment PCN Personal Communication Network PCR Pead Cell Rate PCS Personal Communication Services PDA Personal Digital Assistant PDC Personal Digital Cellular (standard giapponese) pdf probability density function PDFA Praseodymium-Doped Fiber Amplifier PDFFA Praseodymium-Doped Fluoride-Fiber Amplifier (PDFFAs) PDG Polarization Dependent Gain PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy PDL Polarization Dependent Loss PDN Public Data Network PDSN Public Data Switched Network PDU Protocol Data Unit PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language PERSIA PERSonal Information Agent PFD Power Flux Density PH Packet Handler PHP Personal HandyPhone PHS Personal Handyphone System PHY PHYsical (livello 1 FDDI) PKI Public Key Infrastructure PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement PIN Personal Identification Number PLC Packet Loss Concealment (G.711 u/a) PLL Phase-Locked Loop PLMN Public Land Mobile Network PM Phase Modulation PMD Polarization Mode Dispersion PMD Physical Medium Dependent (livello 1 FDDI) PMR Private Mobile Radio PMR Private Mobile Radio PMT Personal Mobile Telecommunications PN Power Node PNAF Piano Nazionale di Assegnazione delle Frequenze (It) PNNI Private Network Node Interface PNO Public Network Operator PON Passive Optical Network POP Point of Preference POP Point of Presence POS Point of Sale POS Personal Operating Space (802.15) POTS Plain Old Telephone Service POTV Plain Old Television PPC Pay-Per-Channel PPF PACS Providers Forum PPP Point-to-Point Protocol PPV Pay-Per-View PRI Primary-Rate ISDN PRK Phase Reversal Keying (=BPSK) PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory PS II Personal Secretary II PSC Public Service Commission PSI-CELP Pitch-Synchronous Innovation-Code Exited Linear Prediction PSK Phase Shift Keying PSN Public Switched Network PSNR Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio PSS UK Public Packet Switching Service PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network PSV Polarization State Variation PT Payload Type (ATM frames) PTAR Prime Time Access Rule PTB Priority Token Bank PTT Postal Telegraph and Telephone Authority PTTA Postal Telephone and Telegraph Administration PUC Public Utility Commission PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit PVN Private Virtual Network PVPC Permanent Virtual Path Connection PW Pulse Width