Terms and Abbreviations: B
B
BAS
Broadcast Auxiliary Service
BCAS
broadcast conditional-access system
BCAST
Broadcast Services Enabler Suite (from the Open Mobile Alliance)
BCH
Bose, Ray – Chaudhuri Hocquenghem
BER bit error rate
B-frames
bidirectionally coded frames
BGAN
broadband global area network
BIND
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BLITS
Black and Lane’s Ident Tones for Surround
variant Black and Lane’s Identification Tones for Surround
Blu-ray
Sony’s blue-laser high-def DVD format
BNC
Bayonet Neill-Concelman connector for use with coaxial cables
variants British Naval Connector, Baby N Connection
BPON
broadband PON
BSI
bit stream information
BSP
broadband service provider
BSS
business support systems
BST-OFDM
band-segmented transmission-OFDM
BTSC
Broadcast Television Systems Committee
BUC
block up converters
BXF
Broadcast Exchange Format
