Abbreviations

ADM Access condition to an EF which is under the control of the authority

which creates this file
ADN Abbreviated Dialling Number
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit
ATR Answer To Reset
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
CC Cryptographic Checksum
CLA CLAss
CNTR Counter
DES Data Encryption Standard
DF Dedicated File (abbreviation formerly used for Data Field)
ECC Emergency Call Code
EF Elementary File
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FDN Fixed Dialling Number
GSM Global System for Mobile communications
HPLMN Home PLMN
IC Integrated Circuit
ICC Integrated Circuit(s) Card
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
ISO International Organization for Standardization
Kc Cryptographic key; used by the cipher A5
Ki Subscriber authentication key; the cryptographic key used by the
authentication algorithm and cipher key generator
KIc Key and algorithm Identifier for ciphering
KID Key and algorithm Identifier for RC/CC/DS
KIK Key Identifier for protecting KIc and KID
LSB Least Significant Bit
MCC Mobile Country Code
ME Mobile Equipment
MF Master File
MMI Man Machine Interface
MNC Mobile Network Code
MS Mobile Station
MSB Most Significant Bit
MSISDN Mobile Station international ISDN number
NPI Numbering Plan Identifier
OFM Operational Feature Monitor
OPLMN Operator Controlled PLMN (Selector List)
OTA Over The Air
PIN/PIN2 Personal Identification Number / Personal Identification Number 2
(obsolete terms for CHV1 and CHV2, respectively)
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PoR Proof of Receipt
RC Redundancy Check
RE Receiving Entity
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SM Short Message
SMS Short Message Service
SMS-PP Short Message Service – Point to Point
SMS-CB Short Message Service – Cell Broadcast
SMS-SC Short Message Service - Service Centre
SN Serial Number
SPI Security Parameters Indication
TAR Toolkit Application Reference
TLV Tag – Length – Value (data structure)
USIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module