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1G First Generation (cellular system)

2.5G Second-to-Third Generation (cellular system)
2G Second Generation (cellular system)
3G Third Generation (cellular system)
3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
4G Fourth Generation (cellular system)
AAL1 ATM Adaptation Layer 1
ACAP Adaptive Communicating Applications Platform
ACL Access Control List.
ADL Architecture Description Language
ADPCM Adaptive Dynamic Pulse Code Modulation
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADT Abstract Data Type
AF Assured Forwarding
AH Authentication Header.
AIN Advanced Intelligent Network
AMIC Automotive Multimedia Interface Consortium
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
ANN Artificial Neural Network
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APEX Application Exchange
API Application Programming Interface
ARPU Average Revenue Per User
ASN Abstract Syntax Notation
ASP Active Server Pages
ASP Application Service Provider
AT Access Tandem
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AWC Area Wide Centrex
AYUS As Yet Unknown Service
AuC Authentication Center
BCM Basic Call Model
BCSM Basic Call State Model
BER Bit Error Rate
BICC Bearer Independent Call Control
BS Base Station
BSC Base Station Controller
BTS Base Transceiver Station
BWA Broadband Wireless Access
CAMEL Customized Applications for Mobile (station) Enhanced Logic
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
 CBR Constant Bit Rate
CC Country Code
CCAF Call Control Agent Function
CCD Charge-Coupled Device
CCF Call Control Function
CCIR International Consultative Committee for Radio
CCITT International Consultative Committee for Telephony and Telegraphy
CCM CORBA Component Model
CCS Common Channel Signaling
CD Compact Disk
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data
CIDL Component Implementation Definition Language
CIM Common Information Model
CNP Contract Net Protocol
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COTS Commercial Off The Shelf
CPH Call Party Handling
CPL Call Processing Language
CPR Call Processing Record
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CS Capability Set
CTI Computer-Telephony Integration
CWM Common Warehouse Model
Centrex Central Exchange (services)
Codec Coder-Decoder
D-AMPS Digital AMPS
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAML DARPA Agent Markup Language
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DCE Distributed Computing Environment
DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DEN Directory Enabled Networks
DFP Distributed Functional Plane
DMTF Distributed Management Task Force
DP Detection Point
DPCM Differential Pulse Code Modulation
DPE Distributed Processing Environment
DS Differentiated Service
DSCP Differentiated Service Code Point
DSCQS Double Stimulus Continuous-Quality Scale
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSP Digital Signal Processor/Processing
DSS1 Digital Signaling System Number 1
DTMF Dual-Tone Multiple Frequency
 DVB Digital Video Broadcasting (-C Cable, -T Terrestrial, -S Satellite)
DVD Digital Versatile/Video Disk
DiffServ Differentiated Services
E-OTD Enhanced Observed Time Difference
E911 Enhanced 911 (emergency service)
EDACS Enhanced Digital Access Communication System
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM (or Global) Evolution
EDP Event Detection Point
EF Expedited Forwarding
EFSM extended finite state machine
EIA Electronics Industry Association
EIR Equipment Identity Register
EJB Enterprise Java Beans
EMA Electronic Messaging Association
EO End Office
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK)
ESP Encapsulated Security Payload.
ESTELLE Extended Finite State Machine Language
ETI Embed The Internet
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDT Formal Description Technique
FIM Feature Interaction Manager
FOMA Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access (Japanese 3G system)
FORCES Forum for Creation and Engineering of Telecommunications Services
FSA Finite State Automaton
FSM Finite State Machine
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GA Genetic Algorithm
GFP Global Functional Plane
GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GIOP General Inter-ORB Protocol
GMSC Gateway MSC
GP Genetic Programming
GPL General Public License (GNU)
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GPS Global Positioning System
GR Generic Requirements
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
GUI Graphical User Interface
HAPS High Altitude Platform System
HAVi Home Audio-Video Interoperability
HDTV High Definition Television
 HLR Home Location Register
HSCSD High Speed Circuit-Switched Data
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer/Transport Protocol
HomePlug Home Powerline Alliance
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IDL Interface Definition Language
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IM Instant Messaging
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMPP Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol
IMPS Instant Messaging and Presence Service
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMXP Instant Messaging Exchange Protocol
IN Intelligent Network
INAP Intelligent Network Application Part
IP Intelligent Peripheral
IP Internet Protocol
IPSec Internet Protocol Security
IS Interim Standard
ISC International Softswitch Consortium
ISDB Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISUP ISDN User Part
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ITU-R International Telecommunications Union – Radio
ITU-T International Telecommunications Union – Telecommunications
IVR Interactive Voice Response
IntServ Integrated Services
IrDA Infrared Data Association
IR Infrared
JAIN Java API for Integrated Networks
JCC Java Call Control
JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format
JIAC Java Intelligent Agent Componentware
JND Just Noticeable Difference
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSP Java Server Pages
LA Location Area
LAN Local Area Network
LBS Location-Based Service
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
 LEO Low Earth Orbit
LIDB Line Information Database
LMDS Local Multipoint Distribution Service
LNP Local Number Portability
LOTOS Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification
LSSGR Local Switching Systems General Requirements
MAC Medium Access Control
MAC Message Authentication Code
MBone Virtual Multicast Backbone on the Internet
MDA Model Driven Architecture
MEO Medium Earth Orbit
MGC Media Gateway Controller
MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol
MHA Message Handling Agent
MHEG Multimedia and Hypermedia Information Coding Expert Group
MIDI Musical Instrument/Integration Digital Interface
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
MMUSIC Multiparty MUltimedia SessIon Control
MOF Meta-Object Facility
MP3 MPEG-1 layer 3
MPC Multimedia Personal Computer
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
MPLS MultiProtocol Label Switching
MPT Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
MS Mobile Station
MSC Message Sequence Chart
MSC Mobile Switching Center
MSF Multi-Service Switching Forum
MSISDN Mobile Station ISDN Number
MSRN Mobile Station Roaming Number
MTI Missed Trigger Interaction
MTP Message Transfer Part
MUMC Multiple User Multiple Component
MUSC Multiple User Single component
MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator
NDC National Destination Code
NGN Next Generation Network
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NNI Network-Network Interface
NPA Network Provider Agent
NSF National Science Foundation
OA&M Operations, Administration and Management
OBCM Originating Basic Call Model
OCS Originating/Outgoing Call Screening
ODP Open Distributed Processing
 OMA Object Management Architecture
OMA Open Mobile Alliance
OMC Operations & Management Center
OMG Object Management Group
ORB Object Request Broker
OSA Open Services Access
OSGi Open Services Gateway initiative
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
OSS Operation Support System
PAM Presence and Availability Management
PAMR Public Access Mobile Radio
PAN Personal Area Network
PBX Private Branch Exchange
PC Personal Computer
PCA Personal Communications Agent
PCF Packet Control Function
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCS Personal Communication System
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDB Per-Domain Behavior
PDC Personal Digital Cellular
PDSN Packet Data Serving Node
PE Physical Entity
PHB Per-Hop Behavior
PHS Personal Handyphone System
PIC Point In Call
PIM Personal Information Manager
PIM Platform Independent Model
PIM Presence and Instant Messaging
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PMR Private Mobile Radio
PNA Phoneline Networking Alliance
POA Portable Object Adapter
POS Packet Over SONET
POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
PP Physical Plane
PRIM Presence and Instant Messaging
PSM Platform Specific Model
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
QoS Quality of Service
RAN Radio Access Network
RF Radio Frequency
RFC Request For Comments
RM-ODP Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing
RMI Remote Method Invocation
RNC Radio Network Controller
 RPC Remote Procedure Call
RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol
RTCP Real Time Control Protocol
RTP Real-time Transport Protocol
RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol
RTT Radio Transmission Technology
SAE Society for Automotive Engineers
SAI Sequential Action Interaction
SCE Service Creation Environment
SCF Service Control Function
SCP Service Control Point
SD Speed Dialing
SDF Service Data Function
SDL Specification and Description Language
SDP Service Data Point
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
SIB Service Independent Building Block
SID Shared Information Model
SIG Special Interest Group
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SIMPLE SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
SIP-T SIP for Telephony
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLEE Service Logic Execution Environment
SLP Service Location Protocol
SLP Service Logic Program
SMF Service Management Function
SMR Specialist Mobile Radio
SMS Service Management System
SMS Short Message Service
SMSC Serving MSC
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer protocol
SN Service Node
SN Subscriber Number
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
SOHO Small Office-Home Office
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SP Service Plane
SPA Service Provider Access
SPA Service Provider Agent
SPC Stored Program Control
SRF Specialized Resource Function
SRP Specialized Resource Point
SS7 Signaling System Number 7
 SSCP Service Switching and Control Point
SSF Service Switching Function
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
SSM Switching State Model
SSP Service Switching Point
STB Set Top Box
STI Shared Trigger Interaction
STP Signal Transfer Point
SUMC Single User Multiple Component
SUSC Single User Single Component
SVoD Subscription Video on Demand
TACS Total Access Communication System
TBCM Terminating Basic Call Model
TCAP Transaction Capabilities Application Part
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TD-CDMA Time Division CDMA
TD-SCDMA Time Division Synchronous CDMA
TDD Time Division Duplex
TDM Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA Time Division (or Demand) Multiple Access
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TDOA Time Difference of Arrival
TDP Trigger Detection Point
Telco Telephone Company
TETRA TErrestrial Trunked RAdio
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association
TINA Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture
TINA-C TINA Consortium
TIPHON Telephony and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks
TLS Transport Layer Security
TMF TeleManagement Forum
TMN Telecommunication Management Network
TSC Telematics Suppliers Consortium
TUP Telephony User Part
ToS Type of Service
UCM Use Case Map
UDDI Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UM Unified Messaging
UML Unified Modeling Language
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UNI User-Network Interface
UPT Universal Personal Telecommunications
UPnP Universal Plug and Play
UWB Ultra Wide Band
Usenet USErs’ NETwork
 VLR Visitor Location Register
VPIM Voice Profile for Internet Mail
VPN Virtual Private Network
VoATM Voice over ATM
VoD Video on Demand
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Access/Application Protocol
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WCDMA Wideband CDMA
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WLL Wireless Local Loop
WML Wireless Markup Language
WSDL Web Services Description Language
WVMIMP Wireless Village Mobile Instant Messaging and Presence
WWW World Wide Web
XML Extensible Markup Language
XML eXtensible Markup Language
xDSL Digital Subscriber Line (of any type)