Abbreviations

CN Core network
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project (produces
C-NBAP Common NBAP
WCDMA standard) CODIT Code division test bed, EU research project
3GPP2 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (produced
CP Compression point
cdma2000 standard)
CPC Continuous packet connectivity
AAL2 ATM Adaptation Layer type 2
CPCH Common packet channel
AAL5 ATM Adaptation Layer type 5
CPICH Common pilot channel
ACELP Algebraic code excitation linear prediction CQI Channel quality indicator
ACIR Adjacent channel interference ratio, caused by the
CRC Cyclic redundancy check
transmitter non-idealities
CRNC Controlling RNC
and imperfect receiver filtering
C-RNTI Cell-RNTI, radio network temporary identity
ACK Acknowledgement CS Circuit Switched
ACIR Adjacent channel interference ratio CSCF Call state control function
ACLR Adjacent channel leakage ratio, caused by the CSICH CPCH status indication channel
transmitter non-idealities, the
CTCH Common traffic channel
effect of receiver filtering is not included
CWTS China wireless telecommunications standard group
ACTS Advanced communication technologies and DAB Digital audio broadcasting
systems, EU research projects
framework
ADC Analogue-to-Digital Converter DAC Digital-to-Analogue Converter
AGC Adaptive Gain Control
A-GW Access gateway DC Direct Current
AICH Acquisition indication channel DCA Dynamic channel allocation
ALCAP Access link control application part DCA Direct Conversion Architecture
AM Acknowledged mode DCCH Dedicated control channel (logical channel)
AM Amplitude modulation DCFE Dedicated control functional entity
AMD Acknowledged mode data DCH Dedicated channel (transport channel)
AMR Adaptive Multirate (speech codec) DCR Direct conversion receiver
AMR-NB Narrowband AMR DCS Digital cellular system (GSM 1800)
AMR-WB Wideband AMR DECT Digital enhanced cordless telephone
ARIB Association of Radio Industries and Businesses DF Decision feedback
(Japan) DL Downlink
AOL America On-line DMB Digital multimedia broadcasting
APN Access point name D-NBAP Dedicated NBAP
ARP Allocation and retention priority DNS Domain name system
ARQ Automatic repeat request DPCC H Dedicated physical control channel
ASC Access service class DPDCH Dedicated physical data channel
ASN.1 Abstract syntax notation one DRM Digital Radio Mondiale
ATM Asynchronous transfer mode DRNC Drift RNC
AWGN Additive white Gaussian noise DRX Discontinuous reception
BB Baseband DS-CDMA Direct spread code division multiple access
BB SS7 Broad band signalling system #7 DSCH Downlink shared channel
BCCH Broadcast channel (logical channel) DSL Digital subscriber line
DSP Digital Signal Processing
BCH Broadcast channel (transport channel) DTCH Dedicated traffic channel
BCFE Broadcast control functional entity DTX Discontinuous transmission
BCH Broadcast channel (transport channel) DVB-T/H Digital video broadcast terrestrial / handheld
BER Bit error rate E-AGCH E-DCH absolute grant channel
BLER Block error rate E-DCH Enhanced uplink DCH
BMC Broadcast/multicast control protocol E-DPCCH Enhanced dedicated physical control channel
BM-SC Broadcast multicast service centre E-DPDCH Enhanced dedicated physical data channel
BoD Bandwidth on demand EDGE Enhanced data rates for GSM evolution
BPF Band-pass Filter EFR Enhance full rate
BPSK Binary phase shift keying EGSM Extended GSM
BS Base station E-HICH E-DCH hybrid ARQ indicator channel
BSS Base station subsystem EIRP Equivalent isotropic radiated power
BSC Base station controller EP Elementary Procedure
CA-ICH Channel assignment indication channel E-RGCH E-DCH relative grant channel
CB Cell broadcast ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
CBC Cell broadcast centre E-UTRAN Evolved UTRAN
CBS Cell broadcast service EVM Error Vector Magnitude
CCCH Common control channel (logical channel) FACH Forward access channel
CCH Common transport channel FBI Feedback information
CCH Control channel FCC Federal communication commission
CCSA China Communications Standards Association FCS Fast cell selection
CD-ICH Collision detection indication channel FDD Frequency division duplex
CDF Cumulative distribution function FDMA Frequency division multiple access
CDMA Code division multiple access
CFN Connection frame number FDPCH Fractional DPCH
CIF Common intermediate format FER Frame error ratio
CIR Carrier to interference ratio FFT Fast Fourier transform
CM Connection management FM Frequency modulation
CM Cubic metric FP Frame protocol
CMOS Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor
FRAMES Future radio wideband multiple access system, EU MIMO Multiple input multiple output
research project MLSD Maximum likelihood sequence detection
FTP File transfer protocol MM Mobility management
GERAN GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network MME Mobility management entity
GFSK Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying MMS Multimedia message
GGSN Gateway GPRS support node MMSE Minimum mean square error
GMSC Gateway MSC MOS Mean opinion score
GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying MPEG Motion picture experts group
GPRS General packet radio system MR-ACELP Multirate ACELP
GPS Global positioning system MRF Media resource function
GSIC GroupWise serial interference cancellation MS Mobile station
GSM Global system for mobile communications MSC/VLR Mobile services switching centre/visitor location
GTP-U User-plane part of GPRS tunneling protocol register
GW Gateway MSCH MBMS scheduling channel
HARQ Hybrid automatic repeat request MSN Microsoft network
HLR Home location register MT Mobile termination
HP High Power MTCH MBMS point-to-multipoint control channel
HPF High pass filter MTP3b Message transfer part (broadband)
HPSK Hybrid PSK MUD Multiuser detection
H-RNTI HS-DSCH Radio Network Temporary Identity
HSDPA High-speed downlink packet access NADC North American Digital Cellular
HS-DPCCH Uplink High-Speed Dedicated Physical Control NAS Non access stratum
Channel NBAP Node B application part
HS-DSCH High-Speed Downlink Shared Channel NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone
HS-SCCH High-Speed Shared Control Channel NRT Non-real time
HSUPA High-Speed Uplink Packet access OCNS Orthogonal channel noise simulator
HSS Home subscriber server ODMA Opportunity driven multiple access
HTTP Hypertext transfer protocol OFDMA Orthogonal frequency division multiple access
HW Hardware O&M Operation and maintenance
IC Interference cancellation OSS Operations support system
IC Integrated Circuit OTDOA Observed time difference of arrival
ID Identity OVSF Orthogonal variable spreading factor
IETF Internet engineering task force PA Power Amplifier
IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier transform PAD Padding
IL Insertion loss PAE Power added efficiency
IMD Inter-modulation distortion PAR Peak-to-average ratio
IMEISV International Mobile Station Equipment Identity PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
and Software Version PC Power control
IMS IP multimedia subsystem PCB Printed Circuit Board
IMSI International mobile subscriber identity PCCC Parallel concatenated convolutional coder
IMT-2000 International mobile telephony, third-generation PCCCH Physical common control channel
networks are referred to as PCCH Paging channel (logical channel)
IMT-2000 within ITU PCCPCH Primary common control physical channel
IN Intelligent network PCH Paging channel (transport channel)
IP Internet protocol PCPCH Physical common packet channel
IPDL Idle periods in downlink PCRF Policy and Charging Rules Function
IPI Inter-path interference PCS Persona communication systems, second-
generation cellular systems mainly
IRC Interference rejection combining in Americas, operating partly on IMT-2000 band
IS-2000 IS-95 evolution standard, (cdma2000) PDC Personal digital cellular, second-generation system
IS-136 US-TDMA, one of the second-generation systems, in Japan
mainly in Americas PDCP Packet data converge protocol
IS-95 cdmaOne, one of the second-generation s PDN Public data network
ystems, mainly in Americas and in Korea PDP Packet data protocol
ISDN Integrated services digital network PDSCH Physical downlink shared channel
ISI Inter-symbol interference PDU Protocol data unit
ITU International telecommunications union PEP Performance enhancement proxy
ITUN SS7 ISUP Tunnelling PER Packed encoding rules
Iu BC Iu broadcast PF Proportional fair
L2 Layer 2 PHY Physical layer
LAI Location area identity PI Page indicator
LAN Local area network PIC Parallel interference cancellation
LCS Location services PICH Paging indicator channel
LCD Liquid crystal display PLL Phase Locked Loop
LO Local oscillator PLMN Public land mobile network
LP Low pass PM Phase Modulation
LPF Low-pass filter PNFE Paging and notification control function entity
LTE Long-Term Evolution POC Push-to-talk over cellular
MAC Medium access control PRACH Physical random access channel
MAI Multiple access interference PS Packet switched
MAP Maximum a posteriori
MBMS Multimedia broadcast multicast service PSCH Physical shared channel
MCCH MBMS point-to-multipoint control channel PSTN Public switched telephone network
MCS Modulation and coding scheme P-TMSI Packet-TMSI
MCU Multipoint control unit PU Payload unit
ME Mobile equipment PUCCH Physical uplink control channel
MF Matched filter PUSCH Physical uplink shared channel
MGCF Media gateway control function PDCCH Physical downlink control channel
MGW Media gateway PVC Predefined Virtual Connection
MHA Mast head amplifier
QAM Quadrature amplitude modulation TCP Transport control protocol
QCIF Quarter common intermediate format TCTF Target channel type field
QoS Quality of service TD/CDMA Time division CDMA, combined TDMA and
QPSK Quadrature phase shift keying CDMA
QVGA Quarter video graphics array TDD Time division duplex
RAB Radio access bearer TDMA Time division multiple access
RACH Random access channel TD-SCDMA Time division synchronous CDMA, 1.28 Mcps
RAI Routing area identity TDD
RAN Radio access network TE Terminal equipment
RANAP RAN application part TF Transport format
RB Radio bearer TFCI Transport format combination indicator
RF Radio frequency TFCS Transport format combination set
RLC Radio link control TFI Transport format indicator
RMC Reference measurement channel
RNC Radio network controller TFRC Transport format and resource combination
RNS Radio network subsystem THP Traffic handling priority
RNSAP RNS application part TMGI Temporary mobile group identity
RNTI Radio network temporary identity TMSI Temporary mobile subscriber identity
ROHC Robust header compression TPC Transmission power control
RR Round robin TR Transparent mode
RRC Radio resource control TS Technical specification
RRC Root-raised cosine TSTD Time switched transmit diversity
RRM Radio resource management TTA Telecommunications Technology Association
RSN Retransmission sequence number (Korea)
RSSI Received signal strength indicator TTC Telecommunication Technology Commission
RSVP Resource reservation protocol (Japan)
RT Real time TTI Transmission time interval
RTCP Real-time transport control protocol TxAA Transmit adaptive antennas
RTP Real-time protocol UDP User datagram protocol
RTSP Real-time streaming protocol UE User equipment
RU Resource unit UHF Ultra High Frequency
SAAL-NNI Signalling ATM adaptation layer for network to UL Uplink
network interfaces UM Unacknowledged mode
SAAL-UNI Signalling ATM adaptation layer for user to UMD Unacknowledged mode data
network interfaces UMTS Universal mobile telecommunication services
SABP Service Area Broadcast Protocol URA UTRAN registration area
SAE System architecture evolution URL Universal resource locator
SAP Service access point U-RNTI UTRAN RNTI
SAP Session announcement protocol USCH Uplink shared channel
SAS Stand-alone SMLC USIM UMTS subscriber identity module
SAW Surface Acoustic Wave US-TDMA IS-136, one of the second-generation systems
SCCP Signalling connection control part mainly in USA
UTRA UMTS Terrestrial radio access (ETSI)
SCCPCH Secondary common control physical channel UTRA Universal Terrestrial radio access (3GPP)
SC-FDMA Single carrier frequency division multiple access UTRAN UMTS Terrestrial radio access network
SCH Synchronisation channel UWB Ultrawideband
SCTP Simple control transmission protocol VAD Voice activation detection
SDD Space division duplex VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator
SDP Session description protocol VoIP Voice over IP
SDU Service data unit VPN Virtual private network
SEQ Sequence WAP Wireless application protocol
SF Spreading Factor WARC World administrative radio conference
SFN System frame number WCDMA Wideband CDMA, Code division multiple access
SGSN Serving GPRS support node WiFi Wireless fidelity (WLAN based on IEEE 802.11)
SIP Session initiation protocol WiMAX World Wide Interoperability for Microwave
SHO Soft handover Access
SIB System information block WLAN Wireless local area network
SIC Successive interference cancellation WLL Wireless local loop
SID Silence indicator WML Wireless markup language
SINR Signal-to-noise ratio where noise includes both WPAN Wireless personal area network
thermal noise and interference WWW World Wide Web
SIP Session initiation protocol XHTML Extensible hypertext markup language
SIR Signal-to-interference ratio ZF Zero forcing
SM Session management
SMS Short message service
SMLC Serving mobile location centre
SN Sequence number
SNR Signal-to-noise ratio
SPDT Single pole double throw
SQ-PIC Soft quantised parallel interference cancellation
SRB Signalling radio bearer
SRNC Serving RNC
SRNS Serving RNS
SS7 Signalling System #7
SSCF Service-specific coordination function
SSCOP Service-specific connection oriented protocol
SSDT Site selection diversity transmission
STD Switched transmit diversity
STTD Space time transmit diversity
TCH Traffic channel