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Glossary
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01
Date
2013-09-30
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16QAM
2G
2nd Generation
3G
3rd Generation
3GPP
4PAM
64QAM
8-PSK
A3
Authentication algorithm A3
A38
A5/1
A5/2
A5/X
A8
AAL
AAL2
AAL5
AB
Access Burst
ABS
Absolute
AC
Access Class
AC
Application Context
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AC
Authentication Center
ACC
ACCH
ACELP
ACFC
ACIR
ACK
Acknowledgement
ACL
ACLR
ACM
ACM
ACMmax
ACR
ACS
ACU
ADC
Administration Center
ADC
ADCH
ADF
ADM
ADN
ADPCM
ADSL
AE
Application Entity
AEC
AEF
AESA
AEUa
AF
Assured Forwarding
Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
Copyright Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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AFC
AFMU
AG
Absolute Grant
AGCH
A-GPS
AI
Acquisition Indication
Ai
Action indicator
AI
Acquisition Indicator
AICH
AICH
AID
Application IDentifier
AIS
AIUR
AK
Anonymity Key
AKA
AKI
ALCAP
ALCAP
ALL2
ALSI
ALW
ALWays
AM
Acknowledged Mode
AMC
AMF
AMR
AMRC
AMRC-WB
AMR-WB
AN
Access Network
ANI
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ANP
ANSI
AOA
Angular Of Arrival
AoC
Advice of Charge
AoCC
AoCI
AOUa
AOUc
AP
Access preamble
APDC
APDU
API
APMI
APN
APS
AQM
ARFCN
ARP
ARP
ARPU
ARQ
ARR
AS
Access Stratum
ASC
ASCI
ASCII
ASE
A-SGW
ASIC
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ASN.1
AT command
ATtention Command
ATM
ATR
Answer To Reset
ATT (flag)
Attach
AU
Access Unit
AuC
Authentication Center
AUT(H)
Authentication
AUTN
Authentication Token
AWGN
BA
BCCH Allocation
BAIC
BAM
BAOC
BBU
Baseband Unit
BC
Bearer Channel
BCC
BCCH
BCD
BCF
BCFE
BCH
Broadcast Channel
BCIE
BDN
BE
Best Effort
BER
BER
BFD
BFI
BG
Border Gateway
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BGT
BHCA
BI
BIC
BIC-Roam
BID
Binding Identity
B-ISDN
B-ISDN
Broadband ISDN
BITS
BLER
BLK
Block
Bm
BMC
Broadcast/Multicast Control
BM-SC
BN
Bit Number
BO
Buffer Occupancy
BO
BOC
BOIC
BOIC-exHC
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol
BOSS
BPSK
BR
Backward Reporting
BS
Base Station
BS
BS
Bearer Service
BSC
BSG
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BSIC
BSIC
BSIC-NCELL
BSS
BSSAP
BSSGP
BSSMAP
BSSOMAP
BTFD
BTS
BVC
BVC
BVCI
BW
Bandwidth
BWT
Conditional
C-
Control-
C/R
CA
Call Agent
CA
Capacity Allocation
CA
Cell Allocation
CA
Certification Authority
CAA
CAC
CAD
CAI
CAMEL
CAP
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C-APDU
Command APDU
CAPEX
Capital Expenditure
CB
Cell Broadcast
CBC
CBC
CBCH
CBE
CBMI
CBR
CBS
CC
Connection Confirm
CC
Call Control
CC
Country Code
CC
Cryptographic Checksum
CC/PP
CCBS
CCCH
CCF
CCH
Control Channel
CCI
CCITT
CCK
CCM
CCM
CCP
CCP
Capability/Configuration Parameter
CCPCH
CCPIC
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CCS
Cct
Circuit
CCTrCH
CD
Capacity Deallocation
CD
Collision Detection
CDA
CDCH
CDMA
CDR
CDUR
Chargeable DURation
CE
Channel Element
CED
CEIR
CEND
CEPT
CES
CF
Conversion Facility
CF
CFB
CFG
Configuration
CFN
CFNRc
CFNRy
CFU
CG
Charging Gateway
CGI
CGI
CHAP
CHG
Charging message
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CHP
CHarging Point
CHV
CI
Cell Identity
CI
CUG index
CID
Context Identifier
CIM
CIO
CIR
CK
Cipher Key
CKSN
CKSN
CLA
CLAss
CLD
CLD1
CLI
CLIP
CLIR
CLK
Clock
CLNP
CLNS
CM
Configuration Management
CM
Connection Management
CMB
CMBCH
CMCF
CmCH-PI
CMD
Command
CME
CMIP
CMISE
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CMM
CN
Core Network
CN
Comfort Noise
CNAP
CNG
Calling Tone
CNL
CNTR
Counter
CO
Central Office
COLI
COLP
COLR
COM
COMplete
CONNACK
Connect Acknowledgement
CONS
CORBA
CORRM
CoS
Class of Service
Co-TRM
COV
Coverage
CP-Admin
CPBCCH
CPC
CPCH
CPCS
CPICH
CPRI
CPS
CP-TP
CPU
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CQI
CRC
CRE
CRNC
C-RNTI
CS
Circuit Switched
CS
Coding Scheme
CSCF
CSD
CSE
CSG
CSGID
CS-GW
CSPDN
CT
CT
Channel Tester
CT
Channel Type
CTCH
CTDMA
CTFC
CTM
C-TPDU
Command TPDU
CTR
CTS
CUG
CW
Call Waiting
CW
CWI
CWT
D2F
DCH To FACH
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D2H
DCH To HSPA
DA
Data Agent
DAC
Digit-Analog Converter
DAC
DAD
Destination ADress
DAM
DB
Dummy Burst
DC
Direct Current
DC
Dual Carrier
DC
DC HSDPA
Dual-Carrier HSDPA
DCA
DCCC
DCCH
DCDU
DCE
DCF
DCH
Dedicated Channel
DCK
DCN
DCS
DCS1800
DCS1800
DDF
DDI
Direct-Dialing-In
DDI
Direct Dial In
DDN
DDS
DECT
DES
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DET
Detach
DF
Dedicated File
DFD
DGPS
DHCP
DHO
Diversity Handover
DiffServ
Differentiated Services
Diff-Serv
Differentiated Service
diff-serv
Differentiated services
DISC
Disconnect
DL
Downlink
DL
Data Layer
DL
DLCI
DLD
Dm
DMR
DMTF
DN
Destination Network
DNIC
DNS
DO
Data Object
DP
Dial/Dialled Pulse
DPB
DPC
DPCCH
DPCH
DPDCH
DPU
DPUa
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DPUb
DPUc
DPUd
DPUe
DR
Directed Retry
DRA
DRAC
DRD
DRNC
DRNS
DRNS
Drift RNS
DRX
Discontinuous Reception
DS
Delay Sensitive
DSAC
DS-CDMA
DSCH
DSCP
DSCR
DSCS
DSE
DSI
DSP
Display
DSP
DSP
DSS1
DST
DTAP
DTCH
DTE
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DTMF
DTX
Discontinuous Transmission
DupACK
Duplicate Acknowledgement
DXC
EA
External Alarms
E-AGCH
EBBC
EBBI
EBSG
Ec/No
ECB
Electronic Code-book
ECC
ECC
ECM
ECSD
Enhanced CSD
ECT
ECTRA
EDC
E-DCH
EDGE
E-DPCCH
E-DPDCH
EEL
EF
Expedited Forwarding
EF
EF
Elementary File
EFACH
E-FACH
Enhanced CELL_FACH
EFR
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EFS
E-GGSN
Enhanced GGSN
EGPRS
Enhanced GPRS
E-HICH
E-HLR
Enhanced HLR
EHPLMN
EIa
Electrical Interface A
EIb
Electrical Interface B
EIR
EIR
EIRP
EIUa
EL
Echo Loss
EM
Element Manager
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
EML
eMLPP
EMMI
EMS
EMU
ENU
EPC
EPC
EPCCH
EPF
EPR
EPROM
EPS
EPS
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E-RGCH
E-RNTI
ERP
ERP
ERR
Error
ESL
ESN
E-TFC
E-TFCI
ETH
Ethernet
ETNS
ETR
ETS
ETSI
etu
EUI
End-User Identity
E-UTRA
Evolved UTRA
E-UTRAN
Evolved UTRAN
FA
Full Allocation
FA
Fax Adaptor
FAC
FACCH
FACCH/F
FACCH/H
FACH
FACH2CPC
FACH To CPC
FAM
FAQ
FAUSCH
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FAX
Facsimile
FB
FBI
FeedBack Information
FCC
FCCH
FCI
FCP
FCS
FDD
FDE
FDM
FDMA
FDN
F-DPCH
Fractional DPCH
FDR
FE
Fast Ethernet
FEC
FER
FFS
FFT
FG2a
FG2c
FH
Frequency Hopping
FIFO
FLC
FLD
FLO
FM
Fault Management
FMC
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FMUA
FN
Frame Number
FNUR
FO
First Order
ForceSHO
FP
Frame Protocol
FP
Frame Protocol
FPLMN
Forbidden PLMN
FP-MUX
FR
Frame Relay
FR
Full Rate
FRC
FSN
FTAM
FTI
ftn
forwarded-to number
FTP
GA
General Availability
GAI
GBP
GBFD
GBR
GByte
Gigabyte
GC
GCGa
GCR
GDOP
GE
Gigabit Ethernet
GERAN
GGSN
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GHz
Gigahertz
GID1
GID2
GIS
GMLC
GMM
GMSC
Gateway MSC
GMSK
GMT
GOS
Grade of Service
GOUa
GOUc
GP
Guard Period
GPA
GPRS
GPS
GRA
G-RAKE
Generalized RAKE
G-RNTI
GSA
GSIM
GSM
GSN
GT
Global Title
GTP
GTP-U
GTT
GUI
GUP
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HANDO
Handover
HAP
Harq Process
HARQ
HBBI
HBBU
HBR
HC
Header Compression
HCS
HCS HO
H-CSCF
Home CSCF
HD
Hard Disk
HDLC
HDLC
HDLP
HE
Home Environment
HERT
HE-VASP
HF
Human Factors
HFC
HFN
HHO
Hard Handover
HLBS
HLC
HLID
HLR
HLS
HN
Home Network
HO
Handover
HOLD
Call Hold
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HP
Hewlett-Packard
HPLMN
HPS
HPU
HR
Half Rate
HRR
HS
High Speed
HSCSD
HSDPA
HS-DPCCH
HS-DSCH
HSL
HSN
HSPA
HS-PDSCH
HSS
HS-SCCH
HSUPA
HTML
HTTP
HTTPS
HU
Home Units
HULP
I/O
Input/Output
IA
IAC
IAM
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I-Block
Information Block
IC
Interference Cancellation
IC
Integrated Circuit
IC
IC(pref)
ICB
ICC
ICCID
ICGW
ICI
Inter-Carrier Interference
ICI
ICM
ICM
In-Call Modification
ICMP
ICT
ID
Identifier
IDL
IDN
IDNNS
IE
Information Element
IEC
IEC
IED
IEEE
IEI
IEIDL
IETF
I-ETS
IF
Infrastructure
IFD
Interface Device
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IFFT
IFOM
IP FlOw Mobility
IFS
IFSC
IFSD
IHOSS
IIOP
IK
Integrity key
IM
Intermodulation
IM
IP Multimedia
IMA
IMC
IMS Credentials
IMEI
IMGI
IMPI
IMPU
IMS
IP Multimedia Subsystem
IMSI
IMT-2000
IMUN
IN
Intelligent Network
IN
Interrogating Node
INAP
INF
INFormation field
INIT
Intitiate
IP
Internet Protocol
IP-CAN
IPCP
IPDL
IPHC
IP Header Compression
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IP-M
IP Multicast
IPoA
IP over ATM
IPSec
IP Security
IPV4
IPv6
IPX
IR
Incremental Redundancy
IR
Infrared
IRP
ISC
ISCP
ISDN
ISI
Inter-symbol interference
ISIM
ISO
ISP
ISUP
ITC
ITP
ITU
ITU-T
IU
Iu Interface
Iu UP
Iu User Plane
IUB
Iub Interface
Iu-BC
Iu-BC Interface
Iu-CS
Iu-Flex
Iu Interface Flexible
IUI
Iu-PS
Iur
Iur Interface
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IUT
IWF
InterWorking Function
I-WLAN
Interworking WLAN
IWMSC
InterWorking MSC
IWU
JAR file
JCRE
JD
Joint Detection
JNDI
JP
Joint Predistortion
JPEG
JRE
JTAG
JTAPI
JVM
Windows size
kbps
Kc
Ciphering key
Ki
KPI
KR
Kaufman-Roberts algorithm
KSI
ksps
L1
L2
Layer 2
L2
L2ML
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L2R
Layer 2 Relay
L2R BOP
L2R COP
L3
Layer 3
L3
LA
Location Area
LAC
LAC
LAI
LAN
LAPB
LAPD
LAPDm
LATA
LAU
LB
Loopback Function
LBFD
LOFD
LC
Local Cell
LCC
LCD
LCG
LCN
LCP
LCS
Location Services
LCSC
LCS Client
LCSS
LCS Server
LDB
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
LLC
LLC
Lm
LMMSE
LMSI
LMT
LMU
LMU-A
LMU type A
LMU-B
LMU type B
LN
Logical Name
LND
LNS
LOC
Loss Of Connection
LP
Logic Port
LPLMN
Local PLMN
LQ
Low Quality
LR
Location Registration
LR
Location Register
LSA
LSB
LSTR
LTE
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LTE
LTZ
LU
Local Units
LU
Location Update
LV
Mandatory
M3UA
MA
Mobile Allocation
MA
Multiple Access
MAC
MAC
MAC
MAC-A
MAC-c
MAC-d
MAC-e
MAC-es
MAC-hs
MAC-I
MACN
MAF
MAFU
MAH
MAHO
MAI
MAIO
MAP
MAX
Maximum
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MAXCI
MB
Mega Byte
MBC
MBDR
MBMS
MBMSFACH
MBR
MBSC
MC
Multi Carrier
MCC
MCCH
MC-HSDPA
Multi-Carrier HSDPA
MCI
MCML
MCPPP
Mcps
MCR
MCS
MCU
MD
Mediation Device
MDC
MDL
MDS
MDSP
ME
Mobile Equipment
ME
Maintenance Entity
ME
Mobile Equipment
MEAS
Measurement
MEF
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MEHO
MER
MExE
MF
Master File
MF
MultiFrame
MGCF
MGCP
MGT
MGW
Media Gateway
MHEG
MHS
MIB
MIC
MICH
MIM
MIMO
Multi-Input Multi-Output
MIP
Mobile IP
MIPS
MLC
MLPPP
Multi-link PPP
MM
Man Machine
MM
Mobility Management
MM
Multimedia
MMC
Multimedia Controller
MME
MMI
MML
MMS
MNC
MNP
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MO
Mobile Originated
MOCN
MOD
Modify
MOHO
MO-LR
MOS
MO-SMS
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
MP
MLPPP
MP
Multi-link PPP
MPEG
MPGRP
MLPPP Group
MPH
MPO
MPR
MPS
MPTY
MultiParTY
MPU
MRC
MRF
MRFD
MRP
MS
Mobile Station
MSB
MSC
MSC
MSC Server
MSCH
MSCHFACH
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MSCM
MSCU
MSE
MSID
MSIN
MSISDN
MSISDN
MSP
MSP
MSRN
MSS
MSTP
MT
Mobile Terminated
MT
Mobile Termination
MTBF
MTCH
MT-LR
MTM
Mobile-To-Mobile (call)
MTP
MTP2
MTP3
MTP3B
MTP3-b
MTP3-B
MTRU
MT-SMS
MTTR
MTU
MU
Mark Up
MUD
Multi-user Detection
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MUI
MULTI
Multiple
MUMS
MUX
Multiplexing
MVNO
NAC
NACC
NACK
Negative Acknowledgement
NAD
NAI
NAS
Non-Access Stratum
NB
NodeB
NB
Normal Burst
NBAMR
NBAP
NBAP
NBIN
NBM
NCC
NCELL
Neighbouring Cell
NCELL
NCH
Notification CHannel
NCK
NCOPT
NCP
NDC
NDUB
NE
Network Element
NEF
NEHO
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NET
NETwork
NET
NEV
NEVer
NF
Network Function
NHR
NI
Notification Indicator
NIC
NI-LR
NITZ
NM
Network Manager
NMC
NMO
NMON
NMPT
NMR
NMS
NMS
NMSI
NNI
NNI
Network-Node Interface
NNSF
NO
Network Operator
NP
Network Performance
NPA
N-PDU
NPI
NRI
NRM
NRNC
NRT
Non-Real Time
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NRT-VBR
NSAP
NSAPI
NSCK
NSDU
NSE
NSS
NSVC
Nt
Notification (SAP)
NT
Network Termination
NT
Non Transparent
NTAAB
NTDD
NTP
NUA
NUI
NUI
NUP
NUTI
NW
Network
Optional
O&M
OA
OACSU
Off-Air-Call-Set-Up
OAM
OC-3
OCB
OCCCH
OCF
OCI
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OCNS
OCT
OCXO
OD
ODB
ODCCH
ODCH
ODF
ODMA
ODTCH
OFM
OID
Object Identifier
OIUa
OLC
Overload Control
OLPC
OLR
OM
OMC
OMCH
OM Channel
OMIP
OML
OML
O-Mode
OMU
OMUa
OOK
On-Off-Keying
OP
Order Processing
OPEX
Operation Expenditure
OPLMN
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OPT
Optical Ports
OR
Optimal Routeing
ORACH
ORLCF
OS
Operating System
OS
Operations System
OSA
OSI
OSI RM
OSP
OSP:IHOSS
OSS
OTA
Over-The-Air
OTDOA
OTP
OVSF
P2P
Peer To Peer
PA
Power Amplifier
PABX
PACCH
PAD
Packet Assember/Disassembler
PAGCH
PAMU
PAP
PAR
PBCCH
PBID
PhoneBook IDentifier
PBP
PBR
PBX
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PC
Personal Computer
PC
Power Control
PCA
PCA
PCB
PCCC
PCCCH
PCCH
PCCPCH
P-CCPCH
PCDE
PCG
PCH
Paging Channel
PCH
Paging Channel
PCI
PCK
PCM
PCMCIA
PCPCH
PCPICH
P-CPICH
P-CPIH
PCS
PCU
PCVC
PD
Protocol Discriminator
PD
Public Data
PDCH
PDCP
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PDH
PDN
PDN
PDP
PDSCH
PDSN
PDTCH
PDU
PEUa
PF
Proportional Fair
PFC
PFCB
PFCU
PG
Processing Gain
PGND
Protection Ground
PH
Packet Handler
PH
PHysical (layer)
PHB
Per-Hop Behavior
PHF
PHI
PHS
PHY
Physical Layer
PhyCH
Physical Channel
PI
Page Indicator
PI
Presentation Indicator
PIC
PICH
PICS
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PID
Process Identification
PID
Packet Identification
PIN
PIXT
PKCS
PKT
Packet
PL
Preferred Layer
PL
Preferred Languages
PLL
Phase-locked Loop
PLMN
PM
Performance Management
PMD
PN
Pseudo Noise
PNE
PNP
PO
Power Offset
POI
PoR
Proof of Receipt
POTS
POUa
POUa
POUc
PP
Point-to-Point
PPCH
PPE
PPF
PPM
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
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PPPMUX
PPP Multiplexing
PPPoE
PPS
PQ
Priority Queue
PRACH
PRACH
Pref CUG
Preferential CUG
PRI
PS
Packet Switched
PSC
PSCH
PSE
PSPDN
PSTN
PTCCH
PtM
Point To Multipoint
PTM
Point-to-Multipoint
PTM-G
PTM-M
PTM Multicast
P-TMSI
P-TMSI
Packet TMSI
PtP
Point-To-Point
PTP
Point to point
PTPBVC
PTT
Push to Talk
PU
Payload Unit
PUC
PUCT
PUK
PUSCH
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PVC
PVC
PW
Pass Word
PWM
Pulse-Width Modulation
QA
Q (Interface) - Adapter
QAF
Q - Adapter Function
QAM
QoS
Quality of Service
QOSHO
Qos Handover
QPSK
QPSK
QUAL
Quality
R99
Release 1999
RA
Routing Area
RAB
RAB
RAB
RAC
RACH
RADIUS
RAI
RAN
RANAP
RANAP
RAND
Random Number
RAND
R-APDU
Response APDU
RAT
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RAU
RB
Radio Bearer
RBER
RBLER
Residual BLER
R-Block
Receive-ready Block
RC
Remote Control
RCU
RDF
RDI
RDI
REC
RECommendation
RECFG
Reconfiguraton
REJ
REJect(ion)
REL
Release
Rel-4
Release 4
Rel-5
Release 5
REQ
REQuest
RES
user RESponse
RES
RET
ReTX
Retransmission
RF
Radio Frequency
RFC
RFC
RFCH
RFE
RFN
RFN
RFU
RG
Relative Grant
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RGCH
RIM
RL
Radio Link
RLC
RLCP
RLP
RLR
RLS
RMA
RMS
RMV
Remove
RN
Roaming Number
RNC
RNCAP
RNCPOOL
RNC Pool
RNS
RNS
RNSAP
RNTABLE
RNTI
ROHC
RP
Recovery Period
RPL
RPLMN
RPOA
RPP
RR
Round Robin
RR
Radio Resources
RRC
RRM
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RRM
RRM
RSA
RSCP
RSE
RSEPS
R-SGW
RSL
RSN
RSSI
RST
Reset
RSVP
RSZI
RT
Real Time
RTD
RTE
RTN
DC Return
RTO
Retransmission Timeout
RTP
R-TPDU
Response TPDU
RTSP
RTT
RT-VBR
RTWP
RU
Resource Unit
RV
Redundancy Version
RWB
Resolution Bandwidth
RX
Receiver/Reception
RX
Receive
RX Diversity
Receive Diversity
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RxLev
RxQual
Rx-Tx
Reception-Transmission
SA
Service Area
SAAL
SABM
SABP
SAC
SACCH
SACCH/C4
SACCH/C8
SACCH/T
SACCH/TF
SACCH/TH
SAD
Source ADdress
SAI
SAP
SAPI
SAR
SAS
SAT
SB
Scheduling Block
SB
Synchronization Burst
S-Block
Supervisory Block
SBLP
SBSC
SBSS
SBT
SC
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SC
Service Code
SCCH
SCCP
SCCPCH
S-CCPCH
SCF
SCH
Synchronisation Channel
SC-HSDPA
SCI
SCN
Sub-Channel Number
SCP
S-CPICH
S-CSCF
Serving CSCF
SCSI
SCTP
SCTP
SCUa
SCUDIF
SDCCH
SDH
SDH
SDL
SDN
SDP
SDP
SDT
SDU
SE
Security Environment
SE
Sending Entity
SE
Support Entity
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SEF
SF
Spreading Factor
SFH
SFI
Short EF Identifier
SFN
SG
Serving Grant
SGSN
SHCCH
SHO
Soft HandOver
SI
Scheduling Information
SI
Screening Indicator
SI
Service Interworking
SI
Supplementary Information
(SIA=Supplemenatary Information A)
SIB
SIB_POS
SIC
SIC
SID
SIlence Descriptor
SIG
SIM
SIM
SIP
SIP
SIPTO
SIR
Signal-to-Interference Ratio
SIWF
SLA
SLPP
SLR
SLTM
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SM
Scheduling Method
SM
Session Management
SM
Short Message
SMAP
SMDS
SME
SMG
SMI
SMLC
SMS
SMS-CB
SMS-PP
SMS-SC
Smt
SMTP
SN
Sequence Number
SN
Serial Number
SN
Serving Network
SN
Subscriber Number
SNA
SNAC
SNDCP
SNMP
SNR
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SNR
Serial NumbeR
SNTP
SO
Second Order
SOA
SoLSA
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SONET
SoR
Steering of Roaming
SP
Switching Point
SP
Service Provider
SPC
SPC
SPCK
SPG
SPI
SPI
SPI
SPU
SPUa
SPUb
SQL
SQN
Sequence number
SRB
SRES
SRNC
SRNS
SRNS
Serving RNS
S-RNTI
S-RNTI
SS
Supplementary Service
SS
System Simulator
SS7
SSC
SSC
SSCF
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SSCF
SSCF-NNI
SSCH
SSCOP
SSCS
SSDT
SSE
SSF
SSN
Sub-System Number
SSSAR
STC
STM-1
STMA
Smart TMA
STMR
STP
STR
STTD
STTD
SuM
Subscription Management
SV
Schedule Variance
SVC
SVN
SW
Status Word
SW
Software
SW1/SW2
SYN
Synchronous
Timer
Transparent
Type only
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TA
Terminal Adaptation
TA
Timing Advance
TAC
TAF
TAR
TB
Transport Block
TBF
TBR
TBS
TC
Traffic Class
TC
Transaction Capabilities
TC
TransCoder
TC
Transmission Convergence
TCA
TCH
Traffic Channel
TCH/F
TCH/F2,4
TCH/F4,8
TCH/F9,6
TCH/FS
TCH/H
TCH/H2,4
TCH/H4,8
TCH/HS
TCI
TCP
TCR
TransCoder Rack
TCS
TransCoder Subrack
TCTF
TC-TR
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TD-CDMA
TDD
TDM
TDMA
TDOA
TDoc
Temporary Document
TE
Terminal Equipment
TE9
TEBS
TEI
TEID
TF
Transport Format
TFA
TransFer Allowed
TFC
TFCI
TFCS
TFI
TFI
TFIN
TFO
TFP
TransFer Prohibited
TFRC
TFS
TFT
THP
TI
Transaction Identifier
TLLI
TLS
TLV
TM
Transparent Mode
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TM
Telecom Management
TMA
TMF
TMGI
TMN
TMN
TMSI
TN
Termination Node
TN
Timeslot Number
TNL
TNUa
TO
TOA
Time of Arrival
TON
Type Of Number
TOW
Time Of Week
TP
Third Party
TPC
TPDU
TPE
TPS
TR
Technical Report
TRAU
TRAU
TRB
TrCH
Transport Channel
TrFO
TRM
TRNC
TRX
Transceiver
TS
Technical Specification
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TS
Teleservice
TS
Time Slot
TSC
TSDI
TSG
T-SGW
TSN
TSTD
TTCN
TTI
TUP
TV
TVM
TX
Transmission
TX
Transmit
TX Diversity
Transmit Diversity
TXPWR
UARFCN
UARFN
UART
UBR
UBR+
UCS2
UDCH
UDD
UDI
UDP
UDUB
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UE
User Equipment
UEA
UEIU
UELP
UER
UFAN
UFLP
UI
User Interface
UI
UIA
UIA
3G Integrity Algorithm
UIC
UL
Uplink
UL
UM
Unacknowledged Mode
UML
UMS
UMSC
UMTS
UNI
UNI
User-Network Interface
UOIa
UOIc
UP
User Plane
UPCMI
UPD
Up to date
UPEU
UPH
UE Power Headroom
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UPT
URA
URA
URAN
URB
URI
URL
URL
U-RNTI
USAT
USB
USC
UE Service Capabilities
USCH
USCU
USF
USIM
USSD
UT
Universal Time
UTC
UTRA
UTRAN
UTRP
UU
Uu Interface
UUI
User-to-User Information
UULDR
Uu load reshuffling
UUS
Uu Stratum
UUS
User-to-User Signaling
Value only
V(SD)
VA
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VAD
VAP
VASP
VBR
VBS
VC
Virtual Channel
VC
Virtual Circuit
VCC
VCI
VGCS
VHE
VLAN
VLR
VMSC
Visited MSC
VoIP
Voice over IP
VP
Virtual Path
VPI
VPLMN
VPN
VRRP
VSAT
VSC
VSWR
VTX host
WAE
WAP
WBAMR
WB-AMR
WBBP
WBBPb
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WBEM
WCDMA
WDP
WFQ
WG
Working Group
WGS84
WRFD
WIM
WIN
WLAN
WLAN UE
W-LSB
WMPT
WPA
WRR
WS
Work Station
WS
Window Scaling
WSP
WTA
WTAI
WTDD
WTLS
WTP
WTX
WWT
WWW
XID
eXchange IDentifier
XMAC
XML
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XML
XPUa
XPUb
XRES
ZC
Zone Code
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