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16QAM
16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
2G
2nd Generation
3G
3rd Generation
3GPP
Third Generation Partnership Project
4PAM
Four level Pulse Amplitude Modulation
64QAM
64 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
8-PSK
8-state Phase Shift Keying
A3
Authentication algorithm A3
A38
A single algorithm performing the functions of

A3 and A8
A5/1
Encryption algorithm A5/1
A5/2
Encryption algorithm A5/2
A5/X
Encryption algorithm A5/0-7
A8
Ciphering key generating algorithm A8
AAL
ATM Adaptation Layer
AAL2
ATM Adaptation Layer type 2
AAL5
ATM Adaptation Layer type 5
AB
Access Burst
ABS
Absolute
AC
Access Class
AC
Application Context

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AC
Authentication Center
ACC
Automatic Congestion Control
ACCH
Associated Control Channel
ACELP
Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction
ACFC
Address and Control Field Compress
ACIR
Adjacent Channel Interference Ratio
ACK
Acknowledgement
ACL
APN Control List
ACLR
Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio
ACM
Accumulated Call Meter
ACM
Address Complete Message
ACMmax
ACM (Accumulated Call Meter) maximal

value
ACR
Access Class Restriction
ACS
Adjacent Channel Selectivity
ACU
Antenna Combining Unit
ADC
Administration Center
ADC
Analogue to Digital Converter
ADCH
Associated Dedicated CHannel
ADF
Application Dedicated File
ADM
Access condition to an EF which is under the

control of the authority which creates this file
ADN
Abbreviated Dialling Numbers
ADPCM
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AE
Application Entity
AEC
Acoustic Echo Control
AEF
Additional Elementary Functions
AESA
ATM End System Address
AEUa
32-port ATM over E1/T1/J1 interface Unit

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AF
Assured Forwarding
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AFC
Automatic Frequency Control
AFMU
APM Fan Monitor unit Interface Board
AG
Absolute Grant
AGCH
Access Grant Channel
A-GPS
Network Assisted GPS
AI
Acquisition Indication
Ai
Action indicator
AI
Acquisition Indicator
AICH
Acquisition Indication Channel
AICH
Acquisition Indicator Channel
AID
Application IDentifier
AIS
Alarm Indication Signal
AIUR
Air Interface User Rate
AK
Anonymity Key
AKA
Authentication and Key Agreement
AKI
Asymmetric Key Index
ALCAP
Access Link Control Application Part
ALCAP
Access Link Control Application Protocol
ALL2
ATM Adaptive Layer 2
ALSI
Application Level Subscriber Identity
ALW
ALWays
AM
Acknowledged Mode
AMC
Adaptive Modulation and Coding
AMF
Authentication Management Field
AMR
Adaptive Multi Rate
AMRC
Adaptive Multi-Rate Control
AMRC-WB
Adaptive Multi-Rate Control- WideBand
AMR-WB
Adaptive Multi Rate Wide Band
AN
Access Network
ANI
Adjacent Node Identifier

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ANP
Access Network Provider
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AOA
Angular Of Arrival
AoC
Advice of Charge
AoCC
Advice of Charge Charging
AoCI
Advice of Charge Information
AOUa
2-port ATM over channelized Optical STM-1/

OC-3 interface Unit REV:a
AOUc
4-port ATM over channelized Optical STM-1/

OC-3 interface Unit REV:c
AP
Access preamble
APDC
Adaptive Packet Discard Counter
APDU
Application Protocol Data Unit
API
Application Programming Interface
APMI
APM Power Monitor unit Interface Board
APN
Access Point Name
APS
Automatic Protection Switching
AQM
Active Queue Management
ARFCN
Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
ARP
Allocation Retention Priority
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ARPU
Average Revenue Per User
ARQ
Automatic Repeat Request
ARR
Access Rule Reference
AS
Access Stratum
ASC
Access Service Class
ASCI
Advanced Speech Call Items
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information

Interchange
ASE
Application Service Element
A-SGW
Access Signaling Gateway
ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit

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ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One
AT command
ATtention Command
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATR
Answer To Reset
ATT (flag)
Attach
AU
Access Unit
AuC
Authentication Center
AUT(H)
Authentication
AUTN
Authentication Token
AWGN
Additive White Gaussian Noise
BA
BCCH Allocation
BAIC
Barring of All Incoming Calls
BAM
Back Administration Module
BAOC
Barring of All Outgoing Calls
BBU
Baseband Unit
BC
Bearer Channel
BCC
Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Colour Code
BCCH
Broadcast Control Channel
BCD
Binary Coded Decimal
BCF
Base station Control Function
BCFE
Broadcast Control Functional Entity
BCH
Broadcast Channel
BCIE
Bearer Capability Information Element
BDN
Barred Dialling Number
BE
Best Effort
BER
Bit Error Ratio
BER
Basic Encoding Rules (of ASN.1)
BFD
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
BFI
Bad Frame Indication
BG
Border Gateway

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BGT
Block Guard Time
BHCA
Busy Hour Call Attempt
BI
all Barring of Incoming call
BIC
Baseline Implementation Capabilities
BIC-Roam
Barring of Incoming Calls when Roaming

outside the home PLMN country
BID
Binding Identity
B-ISDN
Broadband Integrated Services Digital

Networks
B-ISDN
Broadband ISDN
BITS
Building Integrated Timing Supply System
BLER
Block Error Ratio
BLK
Block
Bm
Full-rate traffic channel
BMC
Broadcast/Multicast Control
BM-SC
Broadcast Multicast Service Center
BN
Bit Number
BO
Buffer Occupancy
BO
Barring of Outgoing call
BOC
Bell Operating Company
BOIC
Barring of Outgoing International Calls
BOIC-exHC
Barring of Outgoing International Calls except

those directed to the Home PLMN Country
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol
BOSS
Business Operation Support System
BPSK
Binary Phase Shift Keying
BR
Backward Reporting
BS
Base Station
BS
Basic Service (group)
BS
Bearer Service
BSC
Base Station Controller
BSG
Basic Service Group

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BSIC
Base Station Identity Code
BSIC
Base transceiver Station Identity Code
BSIC-NCELL
BSIC of an adjacent cell
BSS
Base Station Subsystem
BSSAP
Base Station Subsystem Application Part
BSSGP
Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol
BSSMAP
Base Station Subsystem Management

Application Part
BSSOMAP
Base Station Subsystem Operation and

Maintenance Application Part
BTFD
Blind Transport Format Detection
BTS
Base Transceiver Station
BVC
BSSGP Virtual Connection
BVC
BSS GPRS Protocol Virtual Connection
BVCI
BSS GPRS Protocol Virtual Connection

Identifier
BW
Bandwidth
BWT
Block Waiting Time
Conditional
C-
Control-
C/R
Command/Response field bit
CA
Call Agent
CA
Capacity Allocation
CA
Cell Allocation
CA
Certification Authority
CAA
Capacity Allocation Acknowledgement
CAC
Call Admission Control
CAD
Card Acceptance Device
CAI
Charge Advice Information
CAMEL
Customised Application for Mobile network

Enhanced Logic
CAP
CAMEL Application Part

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C-APDU
Command APDU
CAPEX
Capital Expenditure
CB
Cell Broadcast
CBC
Cell Broadcast Center
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
CBCH
Cell Broadcast CHannel
CBE
Cell Broadcast Entity
CBMI
Cell Broadcast Message Identifier
CBR
Constant Bit Rate
CBS
Cell Broadcast Service
CC
Connection Confirm
CC
Call Control
CC
Country Code
CC
Cryptographic Checksum
CC/PP
Composite Capability/Preference Profiles
CCBS
Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber
CCCH
Common Control Channel
CCF
Call Control Function
CCH
Control Channel
CCI
Capability / Configuration Identifier
CCITT
Comit Consultatif International

Tlgraphique et Tlphonique (The
International Telegraph and Telephone
Consultative Committee)
CCK
Corporate Control Key
CCM
Certificate Configuration Message
CCM
Current Call Meter
CCP
Communication Control Port
CCP
Capability/Configuration Parameter
CCPCH
Common Control Physical Channel
CCPIC
Control Channel Parallel Interference

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CCS
Channelization Code Set
Cct
Circuit
CCTrCH
Coded Composite Transport Channel
CD
Capacity Deallocation
CD
Collision Detection
CDA
Capacity Deallocation Acknowledgement
CDCH
Control-plane Dedicated CHannel
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
CDR
Charging Data Record
CDUR
Chargeable DURation
CE
Channel Element
CED
called station identifier
CEIR
Central Equipment Identity Register
CEND
end of charge point
CEPT
Confrence des administrations Europennes

des Postes et Telecommunications
CES
Circuit Emulation Service
CF
Conversion Facility
CF
all Call Forwarding services
CFB
Call Forwarding on mobile subscriber Busy
CFG
Configuration
CFN
Connection Frame Number
CFNRc
Call Forwarding on mobile subscriber Not

Reachable
CFNRy
Call Forwarding on No Reply
CFU
Call Forwarding Unconditional
CG
Charging Gateway
CGI
Common Gateway Interface
CGI
Cell Global Identifier
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHG
Charging message

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CHP
CHarging Point
CHV
Card Holder Verification information
CI
Cell Identity
CI
CUG index
CID
Context Identifier
CIM
Common Information Model
CIO
Cell Individual Offset
CIR
Carrier to Interference Ratio
CK
Cipher Key
CKSN
Cipher Key Sequence Number
CKSN
Ciphering Key Sequence Number
CLA
CLAss
CLD
Closed Loop Transmit Diversity
CLD1
Closed Loop Transmit Diversity Mode 1
CLI
Calling Line Identity
CLIP
Calling Line Identification Presentation
CLIR
Calling Line Identification Restriction
CLK
Clock
CLNP
Connectionless network protocol
CLNS
Connectionless network service
CM
Configuration Management
CM
Connection Management
CMB
Cell Multimedia Broadcast
CMBCH
Cell Multimedia Broadcast Channel
CMCF
Compressed Mode Configuration Function
CmCH-PI
Common Transport Channel Priority Indicator
CMD
Command
CME
Configuration Management Express
CMIP
Common Management Information Protocol
CMISE
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CMM
Channel Mode Modify
CN
Core Network
CN
Comfort Noise
CNAP
Calling Name Presentation
CNG
Calling Tone
CNL
Co-operative Network List
CNTR
Counter
CO
Central Office
COLI
COnnected Line Identity
COLP
COnnected Line identification Presentation
COLR
COnnected Line identification Restriction
COM
COMplete
CONNACK
Connect Acknowledgement
CONS
Connection-oriented network service
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CORRM
Connection-Oriented Radio Resource

Management
CoS
Class of Service
Co-TRM
Common transmission resource management
COV
Coverage
CP-Admin
Certificate Present (in the MExE SIM)Administrator
CPBCCH
COMPACT Packet BCCH
CPC
Continuous Packet Connection
CPCH
Common Packet Channel
CPCS
Common Part Convergence Sublayer
CPICH
Common Pilot Channel
CPRI
common public radio interface
CPS
Common Part Sublayer
CP-TP
Certificate Present (in the MExE SIM)-Third

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CPU
Central Processing Unit

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CQI
Channel Quality Indicator
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRE
Call Ree-establishment procedure
CRNC
Controlling Radio Network Controller
C-RNTI
Cell Radio Network Temporary Identity
CS
Circuit Switched
CS
Coding Scheme
CSCF
Call Server Control Function
CSD
Circuit Switched Data
CSE
Camel Service Environment
CSG
Closed Subscriber Group
CSGID
Closed Subscriber Group IDentity
CS-GW
Circuit Switched Gateway
CSPDN
Circuit Switched Public Data Network
CT
Call Transfer supplementary service
CT
Channel Tester
CT
Channel Type
CTCH
Common Traffic Channel
CTDMA
Code Time Division Multiple Access
CTFC
Calculated Transport Format Combination
CTM
Cellular Text telephone Modem
C-TPDU
Command TPDU
CTR
Common Technical Regulation
CTS
Cordless Telephony System
CUG
Closed User Group
CW
Call Waiting
CW
Continuous Wave (unmodulated signal)
CWI
Character Waiting Integer
CWT
Character Waiting Time
D2F
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D2H
DCH To HSPA
DA
Data Agent
DAC
Digit-Analog Converter
DAC
Digital to Analog Converter
DAD
Destination ADress
DAM
DECT Authentication Module
DB
Dummy Burst
DC
Direct Current
DC
Dual Carrier
DC
Dedicated Control (SAP)
DC HSDPA
Dual-Carrier HSDPA
DCA
Dynamic Channel Allocation
DCCC
Dynamic Channel Configuration Control
DCCH
Dedicated Control Channel
DCDU
Direct Current Distribution Unit
DCE
Data Circuit terminating Equipment
DCF
Data Communication Function
DCH
Dedicated Channel
DCK
Depersonalisation Control Key
DCN
Data Communication Network
DCS
Data Coding Scheme
DCS1800
Digital Cellular System at 1800MHz
DCS1800
Digital Cellular Network at 1800MHz
DDF
Digital Distribution Frame
DDI
Direct-Dialing-In
DDI
Direct Dial In
DDN
Digital Data Network
DDS
Direct Digital Synthesis
DECT
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DES
Data Encryption Standard

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DET
Detach
DF
Dedicated File
DFD
Decision Feedback Detector
DGPS
Differential Global Positioning Systems
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHO
Diversity Handover
DiffServ
Differentiated Services
Diff-Serv
Differentiated Service
diff-serv
Differentiated services
DISC
Disconnect
DL
Downlink
DL
Data Layer
DL
Downlink (Forward Link)
DLCI
Data Link Connection Identifier
DLD
Data Link Discriminator
Dm
Control channel (ISDN terminology applied to

mobile service)
DMR
Digital Mobile Radio
DMTF
Distributed Management Task Force
DN
Destination Network
DNIC
Data Network Identifier
DNS
Directory Name Service
DO
Data Object
DP
Dial/Dialled Pulse
DPB
Downlink Power Balance
DPC
Destination Signaling Point Code
DPCCH
Dedicated Physical Control Channel
DPCH
Dedicated Physical Channel
DPDCH
Dedicated Physical Data Channel
DPU
Data Processing Unit
DPUa
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DPUb
Data Processing Unit REV:b
DPUc
Data Processing Unit REV:c
DPUd
Data Processing Unit REV:d
DPUe
Data Processing Unit REV:e
DR
Directed Retry
DRA
Distributed Raman amplification
DRAC
Dynamic Resource Allocation Control
DRD
Directed Retry Decision
DRNC
Drift Radio Network Controller
DRNS
Drift Radio Network System
DRNS
Drift RNS
DRX
Discontinuous Reception
DS
Delay Sensitive
DSAC
Domain Specific Access Control
DS-CDMA
Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple

Access
DSCH
Downlink Shared Channel
DSCP
DiffServ Code Point
DSCR
Directed Signaling Connection Reestablishment
DSCS
Distant Supported Codec Set
DSE
Data Switching Exchange
DSI
Digital Speech Interpolation
DSP
Display
DSP
Digital Signal Processor
DSP
Destination Signaling Point
DSS1
Digital Subscriber Signaling No1
DST
Daylight Saving Time
DTAP
Direct Transfer Application Part
DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Channel
DTE
Data Terminal Equipment

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DTMF
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
DTX
Discontinuous Transmission
DupACK
Duplicate Acknowledgement
DXC
Digital Cross-connect Equipment
EA
External Alarms
E-AGCH
E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel
EBBC
HBBU Enhanced Baseband processing Card
EBBI
Enhanced BaseBand processing and Interface

unit
EBSG
Elementary Basic Service Group
Ec/No
Ratio of energy per modulating bit to the noise

spectral density
ECB
Electronic Code-book
ECC
Emergency Call Code
ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
ECM
Error Correction Mode (facsimile)
ECSD
Enhanced CSD
ECT
Explicit Call Transfer supplementary service
ECTRA
European Committee of Telecommunications

Regulatory Affairs
EDC
Error Detection Code byte
E-DCH
Enhanced Dedicated Channel
EDGE
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
E-DPCCH
E-DCH Dedicated Physical Control Channel
E-DPDCH
E-DCH Dedicated Physical Data Channel
EEL
Electric Echo Loss
EF
Expedited Forwarding
EF
Elementary File (on the UICC)
EF
Elementary File
EFACH
Enhanced Cell_FACH state
E-FACH
Enhanced CELL_FACH
EFR
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EFS
Error free seconds
E-GGSN
Enhanced GGSN
EGPRS
Enhanced GPRS
E-HICH
E-DCH HARQ Acknowledgement Indicator

Channel
E-HLR
Enhanced HLR
EHPLMN
Equivalent Home PLMN
EIa
Electrical Interface A
EIb
Electrical Interface B
EIR
Equipment Identity Center
EIR
Equipment Identity Register
EIRP
Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
EIUa
32-port E1/T1 circuit Interface Unit REV:a
EL
Echo Loss
EM
Element Manager
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
EML
Element Management Layer
eMLPP
enhanced Multi-Level Precedence and Preemption
EMMI
Electrical Man Machine Interface
EMS
Element Management System
EMU
Environment Monitoring Unit
ENU
Equivalent Number of Users
EPC
Enhanced Power Control
EPC
Evolved Packet Core
EPCCH
Enhanced Power Control Channel
EPF
Enhanced Proportional Fair
EPR
Extended Processing Rack
EPROM
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EPS
Evolved Packet System
EPS
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E-RGCH
E-DCH Relative Grant Channel
E-RNTI
E-DCH Radio Network Temporary Identifier
ERP
Ear Reference Point
ERP
Equivalent Radiated Power
ERR
Error
ESL
Extend Signaling Link
ESN
Electronic Serial Number
E-TFC
E-DCH Transport Format Combination
E-TFCI
E-DCH Transport Format Combination

Indicator
ETH
Ethernet
ETNS
European Telecommunications Numbering

Space
ETR
ETSI Technical Report
ETS
European Telecommunication Standards
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards

Institute
etu
elementary time unit
EUI
End-User Identity
E-UTRA
Evolved UTRA
E-UTRAN
Evolved UTRAN
FA
Full Allocation
FA
Fax Adaptor
FAC
Final Assembly Code
FACCH
Fast Associated Control CHannel
FACCH/F
Fast Associated Control Channel/Full rate
FACCH/H
Fast Associated Control Channel/Half rate
FACH
Forward Access Channel
FACH2CPC
FACH To CPC
FAM
Front Administration Module
FAQ
Frequently Asked Question
FAUSCH
Fast Uplink Signaling Channel

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FAX
Facsimile
FB
Frequency correction Burst
FBI
FeedBack Information
FCC
Federal Communications Commission (USA)
FCCH
Frequency Correction CHannel
FCI
File Control Information
FCP
File Control Parameter
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
FDD
Frequency Division Duplex
FDE
Frequency Domain Equalization
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplex
FDMA
Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDN
Fixed Dialling Number
F-DPCH
Fractional DPCH
FDR
False transmit format Detection Ratio
FE
Fast Ethernet
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FER
Frame Error Rate
FFS
For Further Study
FFT
Fast Fourier Transform
FG2a
RNC packet over electronic 8-port FE or 2-port

GE ethernet Interface unit REV:a
FG2c
12-port FE or 4-port electronic GE interface

unit REV:c
FH
Frequency Hopping
FIFO
First In First Out
FLC
Frequency Layer Convergence
FLD
Frequency Layer Dispersion
FLO
Flexible Layer One
FM
Fault Management
FMC
Fixed Mobile Convergence

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FMUA
Fan Environment Monitor unit
FN
Frame Number
FNUR
Fixed Network User Rate
FO
First Order
ForceSHO
Forced Soft Handover
FP
Frame Protocol
FP
Frame Protocol
FPLMN
Forbidden PLMN
FP-MUX
Frame Protocol Multiplexing
FR
Frame Relay
FR
Full Rate
FRC
Fundamental Resource Configuration
FSN
Frame Switching Network Board
FTAM
File Transfer Access and Management
FTI
Factor table index
ftn
forwarded-to number
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GA
General Availability
GAI
Geographical Area Identifier
GBP
Power Requirement for GBR
GBFD
GSM BSS Feature Description
GBR
Guaranteed Bit Rate
GByte
Gigabyte
GC
General Control (SAP)
GCGa
General Clock Unit with GPS REV:a
GCR
Group Call Register
GDOP
Geometric Dilution Of Precision
GE
Gigabit Ethernet
GERAN
GSM EDGE Radio Access Network
GGSN
Gateway GPRS Support Node

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GHz
Gigahertz
GID1
Group Identifier (level 1)
GID2
Group Identifier (level 2)
GIS
Geography Information System
GMLC
Gateway Mobile Location Center
GMM
GPRS Mobility Management
GMSC
Gateway MSC
GMSK
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
GMT
Greenwich Meridian Time
GOS
Grade of Service
GOUa
RNC 2-port packet over Optical GE ethernet

Interface Unit REV:a
GOUc
4-port packet over GE Optical interface Unit

REV:c
GP
Guard Period
GPA
GSM PLMN Area
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
GPS
Global Position System
GRA
GERAN Registration Area
G-RAKE
Generalized RAKE
G-RNTI
GERAN Radio Network Temporary Identity
GSA
GSM System Area
GSIM
GSM Service Identity Module
GSM
Global System for Mobile communications
GSN
GPRS Support Nodes
GT
Global Title
GTP
GPRS Tunneling Protocol
GTP-U
GPRS Tunnelling Protocol for User Plane
GTT
Global Text Telephony
GUI
Graphic User Interface
GUP
3GPP Generic User Profile

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HANDO
Handover
HAP
Harq Process
HARQ
Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
HBBI
NodeB HSDPA Baseband processing and

Interface unit
HBBU
NodeB HSDPA Supported Baseband Unit
HBR
Happy Bit Rate
HC
Header Compression
HCS
Hierarchical Cell Structure
HCS HO
Hierarchical Cell Structure Handover
H-CSCF
Home CSCF
HD
Hard Disk
HDLC
High-Level Data Link Control
HDLC
High Level Data Link Control
HDLP
High-Level Data Link Control
HE
Home Environment
HERT
Huawei Enhanced Radio Technology
HE-VASP
Home Environment Value Added Service

Provider
HF
Human Factors
HFC
HSL Foundation Component
HFN
Hyper Frame Number
HHO
Hard Handover
HLBS
Highest priority Logical channel Buffer Status
HLC
High Layer Compatibility
HLID
Highest priority Logical channel ID
HLR
Home Location Register
HLS
High Layer Schedulling
HN
Home Network
HO
Handover
HOLD
Call Hold

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HP
Hewlett-Packard
HPLMN
Home Public Land Mobile Network
HPS
Handover Path Switching
HPU
Hand Portable Unit
HR
Half Rate
HRR
Handover Resource Reservation
HS
High Speed
HSCSD
High Speed Circuit Switched Data
HSDPA
High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HS-DPCCH
High Speed Dedicated Physical Control

Channel
HS-DSCH
High Speed Downlink Shared Channel
HSL
High-level Script Language
HSN
Hopping Sequence Number
HSPA
High Speed Packet Acess
HS-PDSCH
High Speed Physical Downlink Shared

Channel
HSS
Home Subscriber Server
HS-SCCH
High Speed Shared Control Channel
HSUPA
High Speed Uplink Packet Access
HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (https is

http/1.1 over SSL, i.e. port 443)
HU
Home Units
HULP
NodeB HSDPA supported Uplink Processing

Unit
Information frames (RLP)
I/O
Input/Output
IA
Incoming Access (closed user group SS)
IAC
Intelligent Access Control
IAM
Initial Address Message

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I-Block
Information Block
IC
Interference Cancellation
IC
Integrated Circuit
IC
Interlock Code (CUG SS)
IC(pref)
Interlock Code of the preferential CUG
ICB
Incoming Calls Barred (within the CUG)
ICC
Integrated Circuit Card
ICCID
Integrated Circuit Card IDentification
ICGW
Incoming Call Gateway
ICI
Inter-Carrier Interference
ICI
Incoming Call Information
ICM
Initial Codec Mode
ICM
In-Call Modification
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICT
Incoming Call Timer
ID
Identifier
IDL
Interface Definition Language
IDN
Integrated Digital Network
IDNNS
Intra Domain NAS Node Selector
IE
Information Element
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IED
Information Element Data
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEI
Information Element Identifier
IEIDL
Information Element Identifier Data Length
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
I-ETS
Interim European Telecommunications

Standard
IF
Infrastructure
IFD
Interface Device

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IFFT
inverse Fast Fourier Transform
IFOM
IP FlOw Mobility
IFS
Information Field Sizes
IFSC
Information Field Size for the UICC
IFSD
Information Field Size for the Terminal
IHOSS
Internet Hosted Octet Stream Service
IIOP
Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
IK
Integrity key
IM
Intermodulation
IM
IP Multimedia
IMA
Inverse Multiplexing over ATM
IMC
IMS Credentials
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMGI
International mobile group identity
IMPI
IP Multimedia Private Identity
IMPU
IP Multimedia PUblic identity
IMS
IP Multimedia Subsystem
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMT-2000
International Mobile Telecommunications

2000
IMUN
International Mobile User Number
IN
Intelligent Network
IN
Interrogating Node
INAP
Intelligent Network Application Part
INF
INFormation field
INIT
Intitiate
IP
Internet Protocol
IP-CAN
IP-Connectivity Access Network
IPCP
Internet Protocol Control Protocol
IPDL
Idle Period Downlink
IPHC
IP Header Compression

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IP-M
IP Multicast
IPoA
IP over ATM
IPSec
IP Security
IPV4
Internet Protocol Version 4
IPv6
Internet Protocol Version 6
IPX
Internet Packet Exchange
IR
Incremental Redundancy
IR
Infrared
IRP
Integration Reference Point
ISC
International Switching Center
ISCP
Interference Signal Code Power
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISI
Inter-symbol interference
ISIM
IM Services Identity Module
ISO
International Organisation for Standardisation
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ISUP
ISDN User Part
ITC
Information Transfer Capability
ITP
Initial Transmit Power mode
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
ITU-T
International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector
IU
Iu Interface
Iu UP
Iu User Plane
IUB
Iub Interface
Iu-BC
Iu-BC Interface
Iu-CS
Iu interface of Circuit Service
Iu-Flex
Iu Interface Flexible
IUI
International USIM Identifier
Iu-PS
Iu interface of Packet Service
Iur
Iur Interface

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IUT
Implementation Under Test
IWF
InterWorking Function
I-WLAN
Interworking WLAN
IWMSC
InterWorking MSC
IWU
Inter Working Unit
JAR file
Java Archive File
JCRE
Java Card Run Time Environment
JD
Joint Detection
JNDI
Java Naming Directory Interface
JP
Joint Predistortion
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE
JAVA Platform Standard Edition Runtime

Environment
JTAG
Joint Test Action Group
JTAPI
Java Telephony Application Programming

Interface
JVM
Java Virtual Machine
Windows size
Constraint length of the convolutional code
USIM Individual key
kbps
kilo-bits per second
Kc
Ciphering key
Ki
Individual subscriber authentication key
KPI
Key Performance Index
KR
Kaufman-Roberts algorithm
KSI
Key Set Identifier
ksps
kilo-symbols per second
L1
Layer 1 (physical layer)
L2
Layer 2
L2
Layer 2 (data link layer)
L2ML
Layer 2 Management Link

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L2R
Layer 2 Relay
L2R BOP
L2R Bit Orientated Protocol
L2R COP
L2R Character Orientated Protocol
L3
Layer 3
L3
Layer 3 (network layer)
LA
Location Area
LAC
Location Area Code
LAC
Link Access Control
LAI
Location Area Identity
LAN
Local Area Network
LAPB
Link Access Protocol Balanced
LAPD
Link Access Protocol on the D channel
LAPDm
Link Access Protocol on the Dm channel
LATA
Local Access and Transport Area
LAU
Location Area Update
LB
Loopback Function
LBFD
LTE Basic Feature Description
LOFD
LTE Optional Feature Description
LC
Local Cell
LCC
Load Congestion Control
LCD
Low Constrained Delay
LCG
Local Cell Group
LCN
Local Communication Network
LCP
Link Control Protocol
LCS
Location Services
LCSC
LCS Client
LCSS
LCS Server
LDB
Load Control Balancing
LDC
Load Control
LDM
Load Monitor

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LDR
Load Reshuffling
LE
Local Exchange
LEN
LENgth
LI
Length Indicator
LI
Language Indication
LI
Line Identity
LIPA
Local IP Access
LLC
Link Layer Control
LLC
Logical Link Control
LLC
Low Layer Compatibility
Lm
Traffic channel with capacity lower than a Bm
LMMSE
Linear Minimum Mean Square Error
LMSI
Local Mobile Station Identity
LMT
Local Maintenance Terminal
LMU
Location Measurement Unit
LMU-A
LMU type A
LMU-B
LMU type B
LN
Logical Name
LND
Last Number Dialled
LNS
L2TP Network Server
LOC
Loss Of Connection
LP
Logic Port
LPLMN
Local PLMN
LQ
Low Quality
LR
Location Registration
LR
Location Register
LSA
Localised Service Area
LSB
Least Significant Bit
LSTR
Listener SideTone Rating
LTE
Local Terminal Emulator

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LTE
Long Term Evolution
LTZ
Local Time Zone
LU
Local Units
LU
Location Update
LV
Length and Value
Mandatory
M3UA
MTP3 User Adaption Layer
MA
Mobile Allocation
MA
Multiple Access
MAC
Media Access Control
MAC
Medium Access Control (protocol layering

context)
MAC
Message authentication code (encryption

context)
MAC-A
MAC used for authentication and key

agreement (TSG T WG3 context)
MAC-c
Medium Access Control-Common
MAC-d
Medium Access Control-Dedicated
MAC-e
MAC entity for HSUPA in NodeB
MAC-es
MAC entity for HSUPA in RNC
MAC-hs
Medium Access Control for HSDPA
MAC-I
MAC used for data integrity of Signaling

messages (TSG T WG3 context)
MACN
Mobile Allocation Channel Number
MAF
Mobile Additional Function
MAFU
Multi-Antenna Filter Unit
MAH
Mobile Access Hunting supplementary service
MAHO
Mobile Assisted Handover
MAI
Mobile Allocation Index
MAIO
Mobile Allocation Index Offset
MAP
Mobile Application Part
MAX
Maximum

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MAXCI
Maximum Carrier to Interference
MB
Mega Byte
MBC
MBMS Bearer Context
MBDR
Measurement Based Directed Retry
MBMS
Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service
MBMSFACH
FACH for MBMS
MBR
Maximum Bit Rate
MBSC
Multi-Mode Base Station Controller
MC
Multi Carrier
MCC
Mobile Country Code
MCCH
MBMS point-to-multipoint Control Channel
MC-HSDPA
Multi-Carrier HSDPA
MCI
Malicious Call Identification supplementary

service
MCML
Multi-Class Multi-Link PPP
MCPPP
Multi-Class Extension to Multi-link PPP
Mcps
Mega-chips per second
MCR
Minimum Cell Rate
MCS
Modulation and Coding Scheme
MCU
Media Control Unit
MD
Mediation Device
MDC
Macro Diversity Combining
MDL
(mobile) Management (entity) - Data Link

(layer)
MDS
Multimedia Distribution Service
MDSP
Mobile Data Service Platform
ME
Mobile Equipment
ME
Maintenance Entity
ME
Mobile Equipment
MEAS
Measurement
MEF
Maintenance Entity Function

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MEHO
Mobile evaluated handover
MER
Message Error Ratio
MExE
Mobile Execution Environment
MF
Master File
MF
MultiFrame
MGCF
Media Gateway Control Function
MGCP
Media Gateway Control Part
MGT
Mobile Global Title
MGW
Media Gateway
MHEG
Multimedia and Hypermedia Information

Coding Expert Group
MHS
Message Handling System
MIB
Management Information Base
MIC
Mobile Interface Controller
MICH
MBMS notification Indicator Channel
MIM
Management Information Model
MIMO
Multi-Input Multi-Output
MIP
Mobile IP
MIPS
Million Instructions Per Second
MLC
Mobile Location Center
MLPPP
Multi-link PPP
MM
Man Machine
MM
Mobility Management
MM
Multimedia
MMC
Multimedia Controller
MME
Mobile Management Entity
MMI
Man Machine Interface
MML
Man Machine Language
MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service
MNC
Mobile Network Code
MNP
Mobile Number Portability

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MO
Mobile Originated
MOCN
Multi-Operator Core Network
MOD
Modify
MOHO
Mobile Originated Handover
MO-LR
Mobile Originating Location Request
MOS
Mean Opinion Score
MO-SMS
Mobile Originated Short Message Service
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
MP
MLPPP
MP
Multi-link PPP
MPEG
Moving Pictures Experts Group
MPGRP
MLPPP Group
MPH
(mobile) Management (entity) - PHysical

(layer) [primitive]
MPO
Measurement Power Offset
MPR
Main Processing Rack
MPS
Main Processing Subrack
MPTY
MultiParTY
MPU
Main Processing Unit
MRC
Maximum Ratio Combining
MRF
Media Resource Function
MRFD
Multi-Mode RAN Feature Description
MRP
Mouth Reference Point
MS
Mobile Station
MSB
Most Significant Bit
MSC
Mobile Service Switching Center
MSC
Mobile Switching Center
MSC Server
Mobile Service Switching Center Server
MSCH
MBMS point-to-multipoint Scheduling

Channel
MSCHFACH
FACH for MSCH

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MSCM
Mobile Station Class Mark
MSCU
Mobile Station Control Unit
MSE
MExE Service Environment
MSID
Mobile Station Identifier
MSIN
Mobile Station Identification Number
MSISDN
Mobile Station International ISDN Number
MSISDN
Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number
MSP
Multiplex Section Protection
MSP
Multiple Subscriber Profile
MSRN
Mobile Station Roaming Number
MSS
Maximum Segment Size
MSTP
Multi-Service Transmission Platform Network
MT
Mobile Terminated
MT
Mobile Termination
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
MTCH
MBMS Traffic Channel
MT-LR
Mobile Terminating Location Request
MTM
Mobile-To-Mobile (call)
MTP
Message Transfer Part
MTP2
Message Transfer Part Level 2
MTP3
Message Transfer Part Level 3
MTP3B
Message Transfer Part level 3 broadband
MTP3-b
Message Transfer Part level 3 broadband
MTP3-B
Message Transfer Part level 3
MTRU
NodeB Multi-carrier TRansceiver Unit
MT-SMS
Mobile Terminated Short Message Service
MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
MTU
Maximum Transfer Unit
MU
Mark Up
MUD
Multi-user Detection

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MUI
Mobile User Identifier
MULTI
Multiple
MUMS
Multi User Mobile Station
MUX
Multiplexing
MVNO
Mobile Virtual Network Operator
NAC
Network Area Code
NACC
Network Assisted Cell Change
NACK
Negative Acknowledgement
NAD
Node Address byte
NAI
Network Access Identifier
NAS
Non-Access Stratum
NB
NodeB
NB
Normal Burst
NBAMR
Narrow Band AMR
NBAP
NodeB Application Part
NBAP
Node B Application Part
NBIN
A parameter in the hopping sequence
NBM
NodeB Management Module
NCC
Network (PLMN) Colour Code
NCELL
Neighbouring Cell
NCELL
Neighbouring (of current serving) Cell
NCH
Notification CHannel
NCK
Network Control Key
NCOPT
Non Channellized OPTtical
NCP
Network Control Protocol
NDC
National Destination Code
NDUB
Network Determined User Busy
NE
Network Element
NEF
Network Element Function
NEHO
Network evaluated handover

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NET
NETwork
NET
Norme Europeenne de Tlcommunications
NEV
NEVer
NF
Network Function
NHR
Number of HARQ Retransmissions
NI
Notification Indicator
NIC
Network Independent Clocking
NI-LR
Network Induced Location Request
NITZ
Network Identity and Time Zone
NM
Network Manager
NMC
Network Management Center
NMO
Network Mode of Operation
NMON
NodeB MONitor unit
NMPT
NodeB Main Processing and Timing unit
NMR
Network Measurement Results
NMS
Network Management System
NMS
Network Management Subsystem
NMSI
National Mobile Station Identifier
NNI
Network to Network Interface
NNI
Network-Node Interface
NNSF
Non Access Stratum (NAS) Node Selection

Function
NO
Network Operator
NP
Network Performance
NPA
Numbering Plan Area
N-PDU
Network Protocol Data Unit
NPI
Numbering Plan Identifier
NRI
Network Resource Identifier
NRM
Network Resource Model
NRNC
Neighboring Radio Network Controller
NRT
Non-Real Time

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NRT-VBR
Non Real-Time Variable Bit Rate
NSAP
Network Service Access Point
NSAPI
Network Service Access Point Identifier
NSCK
Network Subset Control Key
NSDU
Network service data unit
NSE
Network Service Entity
NSS
Network Sub System
NSVC
Network Service Virtual Connection
Nt
Notification (SAP)
NT
Network Termination
NT
Non Transparent
NTAAB
New Type Approval Advisory Board
NTDD
Narrow-band Time Division Duplexing
NTP
Network Time Protocol
NUA
Network User Access
NUI
National User / USIM Identifier
NUI
Network User Identification
NUP
National User Part (SS7)
NUTI
Universal Transport Interface Units
NW
Network
Optional
O&M
Operations & Maintenance
OA
Outgoing Access (CUG SS)
OACSU
Off-Air-Call-Set-Up
OAM
Operation, Administration and Maintenance
OC-3
Optical Carrier level 3
OCB
Outgoing Calls Barred within the CUG
OCCCH
ODMA Common Control Channel
OCF
Open Card Framework
OCI
Outgoing Call Information

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OCNS
Orthogonal Channel Noise Simulator
OCT
Outgoing Call Timer
OCXO
Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator
OD
Optional for operators to implement for their

aim
ODB
Operator Determined Barring
ODCCH
ODMA Dedicated Control Channel
ODCH
ODMA Dedicated Channel
ODF
Optical Distribution Frame
ODMA
Opportunity Driven Multiple Access
ODTCH
ODMA Dedicated Traffic Channel
OFM
Operational Feature Monitor
OID
Object Identifier
OIUa
1-port channelized Optical STM-1 Interface

Unit REV:a
OLC
Overload Control
OLPC
Outer Loop Power Control
OLR
Overall Loudness Rating
OM
Operation and Maintenance
OMC
Operation and Maintenance Center
OMCH
OM Channel
OMIP
IP Address of Operation and Maintenance
OML
Operation and maintenance link
OML
Operations and Maintenance Link
O-Mode
Bidirectional Optimistic Mode
OMU
Operation and Maintenance Unit
OMUa
Operation and Maintenance Unit REV:a
OOK
On-Off-Keying
OP
Order Processing
OPEX
Operation Expenditure
OPLMN
Operator Controlled PLMN (Selector List)

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OPT
Optical Ports
OR
Optimal Routeing
ORACH
ODMA Random Access CHannel
ORLCF
Optimal Routeing for Late Call Forwarding
OS
Operating System
OS
Operations System
OSA
Open Service Access
OSI
Open System Interconnection
OSI RM
OSI Reference Model
OSP
Octet Stream Protocol
OSP:IHOSS
Octet Stream Protocol for Internet Hosted Octet

Stream Service
OSS
Operating Support System
OTA
Over-The-Air
OTDOA
Observed Time Difference Of Arrival
OTP
One Time Password
OVSF
Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor
P2P
Peer To Peer
PA
Power Amplifier
PABX
Private Automatic Branch eXchange
PACCH
Packet Associated Control Channel
PAD
Packet Assember/Disassembler
PAGCH
Packet Access Grant Channel
PAMU
Power Allocation Monitoring Unit
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
PAR
Peak to Average Ratio
PBCCH
Packet Broadcast Control Channel
PBID
PhoneBook IDentifier
PBP
Paging Block Periodicity
PBR
Provided Bit Rate
PBX
Private Branch eXchange

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PC
Personal Computer
PC
Power Control
PCA
Power Control Algorithm
PCA
Power Control Algorithm
PCB
Protocol Control Byte
PCCC
Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Code
PCCCH
Packet Common Control Channel
PCCH
Paging Control Channel
PCCPCH
Primary Common Control Physical Channel
P-CCPCH
Primary Common Control Physical Channel
PCDE
Peak Code Domain Error
PCG
Project Co-ordination Group
PCH
Paging Channel
PCH
Paging Channel
PCI
Precoding Control Indication
PCK
Personalisation Control Key
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International

Association
PCPCH
Physical Common Packet Channel
PCPICH
Physical Common Pilot Channel
P-CPICH
Primary Common Pilot Channel
P-CPIH
Primary Common Pilot Channel
PCS
Personal Communication System
PCU
Packet Control Unit
PCVC
Preemption Capability and Vulnerability

Control
PD
Protocol Discriminator
PD
Public Data
PDCH
Packet Data Channel
PDCP
Packet Data Convergence Protocol

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PDF
Power Distribution Frame
PDH
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
PDN
Public Data Network
PDN
Packet Data Network
PDP
Packet Data Protocol
PDSCH
Physical Downlink Shared Channel
PDSN
Packet Data Serving Node
PDTCH
Packet Data Traffic Channel
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
PEUa
32-port Packet over E1/T1/J1 interface Unit

REV:a
PF
Proportional Fair
PFC
Protocol Field Compression
PFCB
Fan Control Board
PFCU
Fan Control Unit
PG
Processing Gain
PGND
Protection Ground
PH
Packet Handler
PH
PHysical (layer)
PHB
Per-Hop Behavior
PHF
Packet Handler Function
PHI
Packet Handler Interface
PHS
Personal Handyphone System
PHY
Physical Layer
PhyCH
Physical Channel
PI
Page Indicator
PI
Presentation Indicator
PIC
Parallel Interference Cancellations
PICH
Page Indicator Channel
PICS
Protocol Implementation Conformance

Statement

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PID
Process Identification
PID
Packet Identification
PIN
Personal Identification Number
PIXT
Protocol Implementation eXtra information for

Testing
PKCS
Public-Key Cryptography Standards
PKT
Packet
PL
Preferred Layer
PL
Preferred Languages
PLL
Phase-locked Loop
PLMN
Public Land Mobile Network
PM
Performance Management
PMD
Physical Media Dependent
PN
Pseudo Noise
PNE
Prsentation des Normes Europennes
PNP
Private Numbering Plan
PO
Power Offset
POI
Point Of Interconnection (with PSTN)
PoR
Proof of Receipt
POTS
Plain Old Telephony Service
POUa
RNC 2-port IP over channelized Optical

STM-1/OC-3 Interface Unit REV:a
POUa
2-port IP over channelized Optical STM-1/

OC-3 interface Unit REV:a
POUc
4-port IP over channelized Optical STM-1/

OC-3 interface Unit REV:c
PP
Point-to-Point
PPCH
Packet Paging Channel
PPE
Primative Procedure Entity
PPF
Paging Proceed Flag
PPM
Parts Per Million
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol

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PPPMUX
PPP Multiplexing
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPS
Protocol and Parameter Select (response to the

ATR)
PQ
Priority Queue
PRACH
Physical Random Access Channel
PRACH
Packet Random Access Channel
Pref CUG
Preferential CUG
PRI
Primary Rate Interface
PS
Packet Switched
PSC
Primary Synchronisation Code
PSCH
Physical Shared Channel
PSE
Personal Service Environment
PSPDN
Packet Switched Public Data Network
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
PTCCH
Packet Timing advance Control Channel
PtM
Point To Multipoint
PTM
Point-to-Multipoint
PTM-G
PTM Group Call
PTM-M
PTM Multicast
P-TMSI
Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
P-TMSI
Packet TMSI
PtP
Point-To-Point
PTP
Point to point
PTPBVC
Point to Point BSSGP Virtual Connection
PTT
Push to Talk
PU
Payload Unit
PUC
Potential User Control
PUCT
Price per Unit Currency Table
PUK
PIN Unblocking Key
PUSCH
Physical Uplink Shared Channel

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PVC
Pre-defined Virtual Connection
PVC
Permanent Virtual Circuit
PW
Pass Word
PWM
Pulse-Width Modulation
QA
Q (Interface) - Adapter
QAF
Q - Adapter Function
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QoS
Quality of Service
QOSHO
Qos Handover
QPSK
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
QPSK
Quadrature (Quaternary) Phase Shift Keying
QUAL
Quality
Value of Reduction of the MS transmitted RF

power relative to the maximum allowed output
power of the highest power class of MS (A)
R99
Release 1999
RA
Routing Area
RAB
Radio Access Bearer
RAB
Radio Access Bearer
RAB
Random Access Burst
RAC
Routing Area Code
RACH
Random Access CHannel
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RAI
Routing Area Identity
RAN
Radio Access Network
RANAP
Radio Access Network Application Part
RANAP
Radio Access Network Application Part
RAND
Random Number
RAND
RANDom number (used for authentication)
R-APDU
Response APDU
RAT
Radio Access Technology

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RAU
Routing Area Update
RB
Radio Bearer
RBER
Residual Bit Error Ratio
RBLER
Residual BLER
R-Block
Receive-ready Block
RC
Remote Control
RCU
Remote Control Unit
RDF
Resource Description Format
RDI
Remote Defect Indication
RDI
Restricted Digital Information
REC
RECommendation
RECFG
Reconfiguraton
REJ
REJect(ion)
REL
Release
Rel-4
Release 4
Rel-5
Release 5
REQ
REQuest
RES
user RESponse
RES
64-bit signed RESponse that is the output of the

function f2 in a 3G AKA
RET
Remote Electrical Tilt
ReTX
Retransmission
RF
Radio Frequency
RFC
Request For Comments
RFC
Radio Frequency Channel
RFCH
Radio Frequency CHannel
RFE
Routing Functional Identity
RFN
RNC Frame Number
RFN
Reduced TDMA Frame Number
RFU
Reserved for Future Use
RG
Relative Grant

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RGCH
Relative Grant Channel
RIM
RAN Information Management
RL
Radio Link
RLC
Radio Link Control
RLCP
Radio Link Control Protocol
RLP
Radio Link Protocol
RLR
Receiver Loudness Rating
RLS
Radio Link Set
RMA
Rate Matching Attribute
RMS
Root Mean Square (value)
RMV
Remove
RN
Roaming Number
RNC
Radio Network Controller
RNCAP
Radio Network Control Application Part
RNCPOOL
RNC Pool
RNS
Radio Network Subsystem
RNS
Radio Network Subsystem
RNSAP
Radio Network Subsystem Application Part
RNTABLE
Table of 128 integers in the hopping sequence
RNTI
Radio Network Temporary Identity
ROHC
Robust Header Compression
RP
Recovery Period
RPL
Recovery Period Length
RPLMN
Registered Public Land Mobile Network
RPOA
Recognised Private Operating Agency
RPP
Recovery Period Power control
RR
Round Robin
RR
Radio Resources
RRC
Radio Resource Control
RRM
Radio Resource Management

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Description
RRM
RRM
RSA
Algorithm invented by Rivest, Adleman and

Shamir
RSCP
Received Signal Code Power
RSE
Radio System Entity
RSEPS
Received Scheduled E-DCH Power Share
R-SGW
Roaming Signaling Gateway
RSL
Radio Signaling Link
RSN
Retransmission Sequence Number
RSSI
Received Signal Strength Indicator
RST
Reset
RSVP
Resource ReserVation Protocol
RSZI
Regional Subscription Zone Identity
RT
Real Time
RTD
Relative Time Difference
RTE
Remote Terminal Emulator
RTN
DC Return
RTO
Retransmission Timeout
RTP
Real Time Protocol
R-TPDU
Response TPDU
RTSP
Real Time Streaming Protocol
RTT
Round Trip Time
RT-VBR
Real Time Variable Bit Rate
RTWP
Received Total Wideband Power
RU
Resource Unit
RV
Redundancy Version
RWB
Resolution Bandwidth
RX
Receiver/Reception
RX
Receive
RX Diversity
Receive Diversity

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Description
RxLev
Received signal level
RxQual
Received signal Quality
Rx-Tx
Reception-Transmission
SA
Service Area
SAAL
Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer
SABM
Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
SABP
Service Area Broadcast Protocal
SAC
Service Area Code
SACCH
Slow Associated Control Channel
SACCH/C4
Slow Associated Control CHannel/SDCCH/4
SACCH/C8
Slow Associated Control CHannel/SDCCH/8
SACCH/T
Slow Associated Control CHannel/Traffic

channel
SACCH/TF

channel Full rate
SACCH/TH

channel Half rate
SAD
Source ADdress
SAI
Service Area Identifier
SAP
Service Access Point
SAPI
Service Access Point Identifier
SAR
Segmentation and Reassembly
SAS
Stand-Alone Serving Mobile Location Center
SAT
SIM Application Toolkit
SB
Scheduling Block
SB
Synchronization Burst
S-Block
Supervisory Block
SBLP
Service Based Local Policy
SBSC
Serving Base Station Controller
SBSS
Serving Base Station Subsystem
SBT
Smart Bias Tee
SC
Service Centre (used for SMS)

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SC
Service Code
SCCH
Synchronisation Control Channel
SCCP
Signaling Connection Control Part
SCCPCH
Secondary-Common Control Physical Channel
S-CCPCH
Secondary Common Control Physical Channel
SCF
Service Control Function (IN context), Service

Capability Feature (VHE/OSA context)
SCH
Synchronisation Channel
SC-HSDPA
Single Carrier HSDPA
SCI
Subscriber Controlled Input
SCN
Sub-Channel Number
SCP
Service Control Point
S-CPICH
Secondary Common PIlot CHannel
S-CSCF
Serving CSCF
SCSI
Small Computer Systems Interface
SCTP
Simple Control Transmission Protocol
SCTP
S Common Transport Protocol
SCUa
GE Switching network and Control Unit REV:a
SCUDIF
Service Change and UDI/RDI Fallback
SDCCH
Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel
SDH
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDH
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDL
Specification Description Language
SDN
Service Dialling Number
SDP
Session Description Protocol
SDP
Service Discovery Protocol (Bluetooth related)
SDT
SDL Development Tool
SDU
Service Data Unit
SE
Security Environment
SE
Sending Entity
SE
Support Entity

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Description
SEF
Support Entity Function
SF
Spreading Factor
SFH
Slow Frequency Hopping
SFI
Short EF Identifier
SFN
System Frame Number
SG
Serving Grant
SGSN
Serving GPRS Support Node
SHCCH
Shared Channel Control Channel
SHO
Soft HandOver
SI
Scheduling Information
SI
Screening Indicator
SI
Service Interworking
SI
Supplementary Information
(SIA=Supplemenatary Information A)
SIB
System Information Block
SIB_POS
System Information Block Position
SIC
Successive Interference Cancellations
SIC
Service Implementation Capabilities
SID
SIlence Descriptor
SIG
Signal Tone Board
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
SIM
GSM Subscriber Identity Module
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
SIP
Session Initiated Protocol
SIPTO
Selected IP Traffic Offload
SIR
Signal-to-Interference Ratio
SIWF
The Shared InterWorking Function
SLA
Service Level Agreement
SLPP
Subscriber LCS Privacy Profile
SLR
Send Loudness Rating
SLTM
Signaling Link Test Message

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SM
Scheduling Method
SM
Session Management
SM
Short Message
SMAP
Service Management Access Protocol
SMDS
Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SME
Short Message Entity
SMG
Special Mobile Group
SMI
Structure of Management Information (RFC

1155)
SMLC
Serving Mobile Location Center
SMS
Short Message Service
SMS-CB
SMS Cell Broadcast
SMS-PP
Short Message Service/Point-to-Point
SMS-SC
Short Message Service - Service Center
Smt
Short message terminal
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SN
Sequence Number
SN
Serial Number
SN
Serving Network
SN
Subscriber Number
SNA
Shared Network Area
SNAC
Shared Network Area Code
SNDCP
Sub-Network Dependent Convergence

Protocol
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SNR
Serial NumbeR
SNTP
Simple Network Time Protocol
SO
Second Order
SOA
Suppress Outgoing Access (CUG SS)
SoLSA
Support of Localised Service Area

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SONET
Synchronous Optical Network
SoR
Steering of Roaming
SP
Switching Point
SP
Service Provider
SPC
Signaling Point Code
SPC
Suppress Preferential CUG
SPCK
Service Provider Control Key
SPG
Service Priority Group
SPI
Security Parameter Index
SPI
Security Parameters Indication
SPI
Scheduling Priority Indicator
SPU
Signaling Processing Unit
SPUa
Signaling Processing Unit REV:a
SPUb
Signaling Processing Unit REV:b
SQL
Structured Query Language
SQN
Sequence number
SRB
Signaling Radio Bearer
SRES
Signed RESponse (authentication value

returned by the SIM or by the USIM in 2G
AKA)
SRNC
Serving Radio Network Controller
SRNS
Serving Radio Network System
SRNS
Serving RNS
S-RNTI
Serving RNC RNTI
S-RNTI
SRNC Radio Network Temporary Identity
SS
Supplementary Service
SS
System Simulator
SS7
Signaling System No. 7
SSC
Secondary Synchronisation Code
SSC
Supplementary Service Control string
SSCF
Special Service Coordinate Function

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SSCF
Service Specific Co-ordination Function
SSCF-NNI
Service Specific Coordination Function Network Node Interface
SSCH
Secondary Synchronization Channel
SSCOP
Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol
SSCS
Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
SSDT
Site Selection Diversity Transmission
SSE
Service Specific Entities
SSF
Service Switching Function
SSN
Sub-System Number
SSSAR
Service Specific Segmentation and Reassembly sublayer
STC
Signaling Transport Converter
STM-1
Synchronous Transport Mode-1
STMA
Smart TMA
STMR
SideTone Masking Rating
STP
Signaling Transfer Point
STR
System Test Report
STTD
Space Time Transmit Diversity
STTD
Space Time Transmit Diversity
SuM
Subscription Management
SV
Schedule Variance
SVC
Switched virtual circuit
SVN
Software Version Number
SW
Status Word
SW
Software
SW1/SW2
Status Word 1/Status Word 2
SYN
Synchronous
Timer
Transparent
Type only

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TA
Terminal Adaptation
TA
Timing Advance
TAC
Type Approval Code
TAF
Terminal Adaptation Function
TAR
Toolkit Application Reference
TB
Transport Block
TBF
Temporary Block Flow
TBR
Technical Basis for Regulation
TBS
Transport Block Size
TC
Traffic Class
TC
Transaction Capabilities
TC
TransCoder
TC
Transmission Convergence
TCA
Traffic Conditioning Agreement
TCH
Traffic Channel
TCH/F
A full rate TCH
TCH/F2,4
A full rate data TCH (2,4kbit/s)
TCH/F4,8
A full rate date TCH (4,8kbit/s)
TCH/F9,6
A full rate data TCH (9,6kbit/s)
TCH/FS
A full rate Speech TCH
TCH/H
A half rate TCH
TCH/H2,4
A half rate data TCH (2,4kbit/s)
TCH/H4,8
A half rate data TCH (4,8kbit/s)
TCH/HS
A half rate Speech TCH
TCI
Transceiver Control Interface
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCR
TransCoder Rack
TCS
TransCoder Subrack
TCTF
Target channel type field
TC-TR
Technical Committee Technical Report

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TD-CDMA
Time Division-Code Division Multiple Access
TDD
Time Division Duplex
TDM
Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access
TDOA
Time Difference Of Arrival
TDoc
Temporary Document
TE
Terminal Equipment
TE9
Terminal Equipment 9 (ETSI sub-technical

committee)
TEBS
Total E-DCH Buffer Status
TEI
Terminal Endpoint Identification
TEID
Tunnel End Point Identifier
TF
Transport Format
TFA
TransFer Allowed
TFC
Transport Format Combination
TFCI
Transport Format Combination Indicator
TFCS
Transport Format Combination Set
TFI
Transport Format Indicator
TFI
Temporary Flow Identity
TFIN
Transport Format INdicator
TFO
Tandem Free Operation
TFP
TransFer Prohibited
TFRC
Transport Format and Resource Combination
TFS
Transport Format Set
TFT
Traffic Flow Template
THP
Traffic Handling Priority
TI
Transaction Identifier
TLLI
temporary logical link identity
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TLV
Tag Length Value
TM
Transparent Mode

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TM
Telecom Management
TMA
Tower Mounted Amplifier
TMF
Telecom Management Forum
TMGI
Temporary Mobile Group Identity
TMN
Telecommunication Management Network
TMN
Telecom Management Network
TMSI
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
TN
Termination Node
TN
Timeslot Number
TNL
Transport Network Layer
TNUa
TDM switching Network Unit REV:a
TO
Telecom Operations Map
TOA
Time of Arrival
TON
Type Of Number
TOW
Time Of Week
TP
Third Party
TPC
Transmit Power Control
TPDU
Transfer Protocol Data Unit
TPE
TCP Performance Enhancer
TPS
Tributary Protect Switch
TR
Technical Report
TRAU
Transcoder & Rate Adaptor Unit
TRAU
Transcoder and Rate Adapter Unit
TRB
Traffic Radio Bearer
TrCH
Transport Channel
TrFO
Transcoder Free Operation
TRM
Transmission Resource Management
TRNC
Target Radio Network Controller
TRX
Transceiver
TS
Technical Specification

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TS
Teleservice
TS
Time Slot
TSC
Training Sequence Code
TSDI
Transceiver Speech & Data Interface
TSG
Technical Specification Group
T-SGW
Transport Signaling Gateway
TSN
Transmission Sequence Number
TSTD
Time Switched Transmit Diversity
TTCN
Tree and Tabular Combined Notation
TTI
Transmission Timing Interval
TUP
Telephone User Part (SS7)
TV
Type and Value
TVM
Traffic Volume Measurement
TX
Transmission
TX
Transmit
TX Diversity
Transmit Diversity
TXPWR
Transmit PoWeR; Tx power level in the

MS_TXPWR_REQUEST and
MS_TXPWR_CONF parameters
UARFCN
UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel

Number
UARFN
UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Number
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver and

Transmitter
UBR
Unspecified Bit Rate
UBR+
Unspecified Bit Rate Plus
UCS2
Universal Character Set 2
UDCH
User-plane Dedicated CHannel
UDD
Unconstrained Delay Data
UDI
Unrestricted Digital Information
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UDUB
User Determined User Busy

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UE
User Equipment
UEA
UMTS Encryption Algorithm
UEIU
Universal Environment Interface Unit
UELP
Universal E1/T1 Lightning Protection unit
UER
User Equipment with ODMA relay operation

enabled
UFAN
Universal FAN module
UFLP
Universal FE Lightning Protection unit
UI
User Interface
UI
Unnumbered Information (Frame)
UIA
UMTS Integrity Algorithm
UIA
3G Integrity Algorithm
UIC
Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer
UL
Uplink
UL
Uplink (Reverse Link)
UM
Unacknowledged Mode
UML
Unified Modelling Language
UMS
User Mobility Server
UMSC
UMTS Mobile Services Switching Centre
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UNI
User Network Interface
UNI
User-Network Interface
UOIa
RNC 4-port ATM/Packet over Unchannelized

Optical STM-1/OC-3c Interface unit REV:a
UOIc
8-port ATM/Packet over Unchannelized

Optical STM-1/OC-3c Interface unit REV:c
UP
User Plane
UPCMI
Uniform PCM Interface (13-bit)
UPD
Up to date
UPEU
Universal Power and Environment interfacce

Unit
UPH
UE Power Headroom

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UPT
Universal Personal Telecommunication
URA
UTRAN Registration Area
URA
User Registration Area
URAN
UMTS Radio Access Network
URB
User Radio Bearer
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Universal Resource Locator
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
U-RNTI
UTRAN Radio Network Temporary Identity
USAT
USIM Application Toolkit
USB
Universal Serial Bus
USC
UE Service Capabilities
USCH
Uplink Shared Channel
USCU
Universal Satellite card and Clock Unit
USF
Uplink State Flag
USIM
Universal Subscriber Identity Module
USSD
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
UT
Universal Time
UTC
Universal Time Coordinates
UTRA
Universal Terrestrial radio access
UTRAN
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
UTRP
Universal TRansmission Processing unit
UU
Uu Interface
UUI
User-to-User Information
UULDR
Uu load reshuffling
UUS
Uu Stratum
UUS
User-to-User Signaling
Value only
V(SD)
Send state variable
VA
Voice Activity factor

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VAD
Voice Activity Detection
VAP
Videotex Access Point
VASP
Value Added Service Provider
VBR
Variable Bit Rate
VBS
Voice Broadcast Service
VC
Virtual Channel
VC
Virtual Circuit
VCC
Virtual Channel Connection
VCI
Virtual Channel Identifier
VGCS
Voice Group Call Service
VHE
Virtual Home Environment
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
VLR
Visitor Location Register
VMSC
Visited MSC
VoIP
Voice over IP
VP
Virtual Path
VPI
Virtual Path Identifier
VPLMN
Visited Public Land Mobile Network
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
VSAT
Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSC
Videotex Service Centre
VSWR
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
VTX host
The components dedicated to Videotex service
WAE
Wireless Application Environment
WAP
Wireless Application Protocol
WBAMR
Wide Band AMR
WB-AMR
Wide Band Adaptive Multi Rate
WBBP
WCDMA BaseBand Process unit
WBBPb
WCDMA BaseBand Process unit

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WBEM
Web Based Enterprise Management
WCDMA
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WDP
Wireless Datagram Protocol
WFQ
Weighted Fair Queuing
WG
Working Group
WGS84
World Geographical System 1984
WRFD
WCDMA RAN Feature Description
WIM
Wireless Identity Module
WIN
Wireless Intelligent Network
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
WLAN UE
WLAN User Equipment
W-LSB
Window-based Least Significant Bit
WMPT
WCDMA Main Processing and Transmission

unit
WPA
Wrong Password Attempts (counter)
WRR
Weighted Round Robin
WS
Work Station
WS
Window Scaling
WSP
Wireless Session Protocol
WTA
Wireless Telephony Applications
WTAI
Wireless Telephony Applications Interface
WTDD
Wideband Time Division Duplexing
WTLS
Wireless Transport Layer Security
WTP
Wireless Transaction Protocol
WTX
Waiting Time eXtenstion
WWT
Work Waiting Time
WWW
World Wide Web
XID
eXchange IDentifier
XMAC
exXpected Message Authentication Code

(calculated by the USIM application in 3G
AKA)
XML
Extensible Markup Language

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XML
eXtensible Markup Language
XPUa
eXtensible Processing Unit REV:a
XPUb
eXtensible Processing Unit REV:b
XRES
EXpected user RESponse
ZC
Zone Code

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8-state Phase Shift Keying

A single algorithm performing the functions of

Encryption algorithm A5/1

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Encryption algorithm A5/0-7

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Associated Control Channel

Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction

Address and Control Field Compress

Adjacent Channel Interference Ratio

APN Control List

Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio

Accumulated Call Meter

Address Complete Message

ACM (Accumulated Call Meter) maximal

Access Class Restriction

Adjacent Channel Selectivity

Antenna Combining Unit

Analogue to Digital Converter

Associated Dedicated CHannel

Application Dedicated File

Access condition to an EF which is under the

Abbreviated Dialling Numbers

Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Acoustic Echo Control

Additional Elementary Functions

ATM End System Address

32-port ATM over E1/T1/J1 interface Unit

Automatic Frequency Control

APM Fan Monitor unit Interface Board

Access Grant Channel

Network Assisted GPS

Acquisition Indication Channel

Acquisition Indicator Channel

Alarm Indication Signal

Air Interface User Rate

Authentication and Key Agreement

Asymmetric Key Index

Access Link Control Application Part

Access Link Control Application Protocol

ATM Adaptive Layer 2

Application Level Subscriber Identity

Adaptive Modulation and Coding

Authentication Management Field

Adaptive Multi Rate