SYSTEM TRAINING

Vocabulary for System Training

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Contents

1 Introduction.................................................................................4

2 Vocabulary ..................................................................................5

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1 Introduction
It seems that everywhere we look today things are moving faster and faster.
Everyone is looking for that shortcut. Even in the way we talk we look to speed
things up. Slang, contractions, and acronyms are seen and heard everywhere. It
is with the acronyms, however, that most people become confused. Every sector
of our lives has its own acronyms. Nowhere, however, are they more prevalent
than in the work place; and todays telecommunications industry is no
exception. The Vocabulary that follows is a list of telecommunications
acronyms and their meaning.
In some cases only the words that the letters of the acronym represent will be
provided; others will go into more detail. Some acronyms have more than one
meaning. In those cases an attempt has been made to provide both meanings.

Note
In no way is this document intended to be all-inclusive, nor should it be taken as
the ultimate word. It is intended to be used as a quick reference guide to help
you become familiar with telecommunication terminology.

We at Nokia hope you will find it useful.

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2 Vocabulary
The following is a list of acronyms and vocabulary used in association with
cellular communications:
Acronym Definition
1G First Generation
2G Second Generation
3G Third Generation
3G-GGSN 3rd Generation GGSN
3G-HLR GPRS HLR
3G-SGSN 3rd Generation SGSN
3G-UMTS 3rd Generation UMTS
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
A
A- Interface between BSC and MSC
A2SU AAL2 Switching Unit
AAL(1,-2,-3/4,-5) ATM Adaptation Layer (1,-2,-3/4,-5)
AB Access Burst
Abis- Interface between BSC and BTS
ABR Available Bit Rate
AC a) Authentication Centre; b) Admission Control; c) Application Context
ACCH Associated Control Channel
ACU Authentication Centre Unit
AdC Administration Centre
ADSL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line A means to increase transmission speed in
a copper line by dividing the capacity into a channel with higher speed to the
subscriber.
AGCH Access Grant Channel
ALC Access Link Control
ALCAP Access Link Application Part
AM Amplitude Modulation
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone System
AMR Adaptive Multi Rate
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AO Application Originated
AoC Advice of Charge
AoCC Advice of Charge - Charging
AoCI Advice of Charge - Information
AP Access Point

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API Application Programming Interface

APN Access Point Name
APSE Application Servers
ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
ARIB Association for Radio Industry and Business (Japan)
ARQ Automatic Request for Retransmission
AT Application Terminated
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUC Authentication Centre
AUTN Authentication Token
AXC ATM Cross Connect
AXU ATM Switch Unit
B
BBM Base Band Module
BC Billing Centre
BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
BCCH_FREQ_NCELL Frequency of the RF carrier on which the BCHH of a neighbouring cell is
transmitted
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCH Broadcast Channel
BDCU Basic Data Communication Unit
BER Bit Error Ratio
BG Border Gateway
BGIWP Barring of GPRS Interworking Profile(s)
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BHCA Busy Hour Calls
BIB Backward Indicator Bit
BICC Bearer Independent Call Control protocol
B-ICI Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface
BISDN Broadband Integrated Service Digital Network
B-ISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BISUP Broadband ISDN User Part
B-ISUP Broadband ISDN User Part
BLER Bit Loss Error Ratio
Bm Traffic channel for full rate voice coder
BM Bearer Management
BN Bearer Negotiation
BNHO Barring all outgoing calls except those to Home PLMN
BRAN Broadband Radio Network Access Network

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BS Base Station
BSAP Base Station Application Part
BSC Base Station Controller
BSC Base Station Controller
BSIC Base Transceiver Station Identity Code
BSIC-NCELL BSIC of an Adjacent Cell
BSN Backward Sequence Number
BSS Base Station Subsystem
BSSAP BSS Application Part
BSSGP BSS GPRS Protocol
BSSMAP BSS Management Application Part
BSU Base Station Signalling Unit
BT Burst Tolerance
BTS Base Transceiver Station
BTSM BTS Management
C
C/I Carrier/Interface Ratio
CAC Connection Admission Control
CACU Control and Administrative Computer Unit
CAMEL Customised Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic
CAP Camel Application Part
CAPU Call Processing Unit
CAS Channel Associated Signalling
CASU Channel Associated Signalling Unit
CBCH Cell Broadcast Channel
CBR Constant Bit Rate
CC a) Call/Connection Control; b) Country Code; c) Customer Care
CCB Costumer Care and Billing
CCBS Customer Care and Billing System
CCCH Common Control Channel
CCITT Comit Consultatif International Tlgraphique et Tlphonique
CCMU Common Channel Signalling Management Unit
CCPCH Common Control Physical Channel
CCS7 Common Channel Signalling #7
CCSU Common Channel Signalling Unit
CCU Channel Codec Unit
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access A technology that allows multiple users to access
to the same cell. Using digital format, CDMA identifies each conversation uniquely
or by a code rather than a frequency (FDMA) or a slice of time (TDMA)

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CDR Call Detail Record

CDSP Configurable Dynamic Signal Processing Plug-in Unit
CDSU Compact Data Service Unit
CDV Cell Delay Variation
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CEPT Conference of European Posts and Telegraphs. This body later formed the
Groupe Spcial Mobile (GSM).
CFNRc Call Forwarding on Mobile Subscriber Not Reachable
CFU Call Forwarding Unconditional
CG Charging Gateway
CG/AD CG/Alarm Dispatcher
CG/ARC CG/Accounting Record Collection
CG/ARM CG/Accounting Record Modification
CG/FTM CG/File Transfer Manager
CGI Cell Global Identity
CHU Charging Unit
CI Cell Identity
CIC Circuit Identification Code
CID Channel Identifier, in CPS of AAL2
CK Ciphering Key
CLNS Connectionless Network Service
CLP Cell Loss Priority
CLR Cell Lose Rate
CLS Clock and Synchronisation Unit
CLSU Clock System Unit
CM a) Communication Management; b) Central Memory
CM Communication Management
CMM Central Memory and Marker
CMU Cellular Management Unit
CN Core Network
CNIP Calling Number Identification Presentation
CNIR Calling Number Identification Restriction
CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPCH Common Physical Channel
C-Plane Control Plane
CPS a) Common Part Sublayer; b) Call Processing Server
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CRRM Central Radio Resource Management

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CS a) Circuit Switched; b) Convergence Sublayer

CS1 (AAL2) Capability Set 1
CSCF Call State Control Function
CSCP Convergence Sublayer Common Part - also CPCS
CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Networks
CTCH Common Traffic Channel
CTP Control Transport Protocol
CUG Closed User Group
CWTS China Wireless Telecommunication Standard Group
D
DAMPS Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service
DB a) Dummy Burst; b) Database
DBDU Database Distributor Unit
DBR Deterministic Bit Rate
DCCH Dedicated Control Channel
DCH Dedicated Channel
DCN Data Communication Network in TMN
DCS Digital Cellular System
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHO Diversity Handover /softer handover
DL Data Link (Layer)
DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier
DLD Data Link Connection Discriminator
Dm Control Channel (ISDN terminology applied to mobile service)
DMCU Data and Macro Diversity Combining Unit
DNS Domain Name Server
DPC Destination Point Code
DPCCH Dedicated Physical Control Channel
DPCH Dedicated Physical Channel
DPDCH Dedicated Physical Data Channel
DRNC Drift RNC
DRX Discontinuous Reception
DS Direct Sequence
DSCH Downlink Shared Channel
DSP Digital Signal Processing / Processor
DSPU Distributed Signal Processing Unit
DSS Direct Sequencing Spreading

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DTAP Direct Transfer Application Part

DTCH Dedicated Traffic Channel
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTMF Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (Signalling)
DTX Discontinuous Transmission (Mechanism)
E
E1 PCM 30 trunk, 2Mbps data rate
EAIF External Application Interface
ECET Echo Cancelling Exchange Terminal
EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
EFR Enhanced Full Rate
EIR Equipment Identity Register
EIRU Equipment Identity Register Unit
EM Element Manager
EMU Equipment Main Unit
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
ET Exchange Terminal
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
F
F Frame Mark
FAC Final Assembly Code
FACCH Fast Associated Control Channel (ACCH)
FACCH/F Full Rate FACCH
FACCH/H Half Rate FACCH
FACH Forward Access Channel
FB Frequency Correction Burst
FCC Federal Communication Commission
FCL Frame Control Layer
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access This is the technology that allowed different
cellular broadcasts in the same geographical region by using different frequencies
FDU Floppy Disk Unit
FER Frame Error Ratio
FFS For Further Study
FH Frequency Hopping
FIB Forward Indicator Bit
FISU Fill-In Signalling Unit
FM Frequency Modulation
FP Frame Protocol

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FPLMTS Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication Systems

FR Full Rate
FSN Forward Sequence Number
FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management
FTMID Sequential number of method instance
FTP File Transfer Protocol
G
Gb- Interface between BSC and SGSN
G-CDR Gateway GPRS Support Node-Call Detail Record
GCS Gateway Control Server
GFC Generic Flow Control
GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
GHLR Gateway HLR
GMM GPRS Mobility Management
GMSC Gateway MSC
GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Key
GMSS Gateway MSS
GPA GSM Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Area
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GPS Global Positioning System
GSA GSM System Area
GSM Groupe Spcial Mobile or Global System for Mobile Communication
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
GSM PLMN GSM Public Land Mobile Network
GSN GPRS Support Node
GSTN General Switched Telephone Network
GSW Group Switch
GTP GPRS Tunnelling Protocol
GTP GPRS Tunnel Protocol (enhanced)
GTPU GPRS Tunnelling Protocol Unit
GUI Graphical User Interface
GW Gateway
GWMSC Gateway Wideband Mobile Switching Centre
H
HC Handover Control
HDLC High Level Data Link Control
HE Home Environment
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HLR Home Location Register

HLR Home Location Register
HLRU Home Location Register Unit
HO Handover
HPLMN Home Public Land Mobile Network
HR Half Rate
HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data
HSN Hopping Sequence Number
HSS Home Subscriber Server
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML Hyper Text Mark-up Language
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HW Hardware
I
IAM Initial Address Message
ICI Inter Carrier Interface
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICSU Interface Control and Signalling Unit
ID Identification / Identity / IDentifier
IDN Integrated Digital Network
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IFU Interface Unit
IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
IGSN Internet Gateway Support Node
IISP Interim Interswitch Signalling protocol
IK Integrity Key
ILMI Interim Local Management Interface
IM_CM IP Multimedia Core Network
IMA Inverse Multiplexing on ATM
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IMEI International Mobile Station Equipment Identity
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMGI International Mobile Group Identity
IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMT-2000 International Mobile Telecommunications - 2000
IMUI International Mobile User Identity

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IMUN International Mobile User Number

IN Intelligent Network
INAP Intelligent Network Application Part
IP Internet Protocol
IPBB IP Back Bone
IPET IP Exchange Terminal
IPR Intellectual Property Rights (Patents, etc.)
IPT All-IP Telephony
IPTGW IP Technology Gateway
IPUI International Portable User Identity
IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
ISC International Switching Centre
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISHO Inter System Hand Over
ISO International Standardisation Organisation
ISU Interface Signalling Unit
ISUP ISDN User Part
ITU International Telecommunication Union
ITU-R ITU-Telecommunication Union - Radiocommunication
ITU-T Telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU
Iub- Interface between BS and RNC
Iu-CS Interface between RAN and circuit-switched CN
Iu-PS Interface between RAN and packet-switched CN
Iur- Interface between two RNCs
IWF Inter-Working Function
IWU Inter-Working Unit
K
K Individual Key
Kc Cipher Key
Ki Key Used to Calculate Signalled Response (SRES)
KPI Key Performance Indicator
L
LA Location Area
LAC a) Link Access Control; b) Location Area Code
LACC LAC for RAN Control Plane
LACU LAC for RAN User Plane
LAI Location Area Identity

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LAN Local Area Network

LAPD Link Access Protocol for the D channel
LAPDm Link Access Protocol for the (modified) Dm channel
LATA Local Access and Transport Area
LC Load Control
LCE Link Control Entity
LCS Location Services
LI Lengnth Indicator
LIG Legal Interception Gateway
LLC Logical Link Control
LLC-C Control Plane LLC
LLC-U User Plane LLC
LLE Logical Link Entity
Lm Traffic channel with capacity lower than Bm
LM Location Management
LPLMN Local Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)
LPT Line Printer
LSSU Line Status Signalling Unit
M
M Marker
MAC Medium Access Control
MAFE Medium Access Function Entity
MAP Mobile Application Part
MB Message Bus
MBS Maximum Burst Size
MCC Mobile Country Code
M-CDR Mobility Management-Call Detail Record
MCF Mobile Control Function (ITU)
mCommerce Mobile Commerce
MCU Multipoint Control Unit
MD MacroDiversity or Mediation Device
MDC MacroDiversity Combiner
ME Mobile Equipment
MEHO Mobile Evaluated Handover
MExE Mobile (Station) Execution Environment
MFSU Multifrequency Signalling Unit
MGCF Media Gateway Control Functionality
MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol

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MGW Media Gateway

MIB-II Management Information Base II
MIS Management Information System
MM Mobility Management
MMI Man Machine Interface
MML Man Machine Language
MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
MMSC Multimedia Messaging Service Centre
MNC Mobile Network Code
MNP Mobile Number Portability
MO Mobile Originated
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MP-P MultiPoint-to-Point
MRF Multimedia Resource Function
MS Mobile Station (ME + SIM = MS)
MS ISDN Mobile Station ISDN Number
MS_PWR_CLASS MS Power Class. Parameter defining the power class of an MS expressed in the
same way AS the R-parameters
MS_RANGE_MAX Mobile Station Range Maximum handover criterion to determine the serving cell

MS_RXLEV_L Lower Receiver Level. Threshold of RXLEV received from the serving BS, below
which either power control or handover must take place to improve the cell quality

MS_TXPWR_CONF MS Transmitted RF Power Confirmation. Parameter sent by the MS to indicate its

current transmitted RF power level
MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH Maximum allowed transmitted RF power for MSs to access the system until
commanded otherwise
MS_TXPWR_REQUEST MS Transmitted RF Power Request. Parameter sent by the BSS that commands
the required MS RF power level

MSC Mobile (services) Switching Centre

MSCM Mobile Station Class Mark
MSRN Mobile Station Roaming Number
MSS Mobile Switching Centre Server
MSU Message Signalling Unit
MT a) Mobile Terminated; b) Mobile Terminal
MTP Message Transfer Part
MTP3 Message Transfer Part layer 3
MTP-3b Broadband Message Transfer Part 3
MUMS Multi-User Mobile Station
MUX Multiplexer

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MXU Multiplexer Unit

N
NAMP Nokia Artus Messaging Platform
NB Normal Burst
NBAP Node B Application Part
NDC National Destination Code
NE Network Element
NEMU Network Element Management Unit
NFS Network File System
NIP1 Network Interface Unit (PDH E1/T1/J1)
NIS1 Network Interface Unit (STM-1)
NITZ Network Identity and Time Zone
NIU Network Interface Unit
NIWU Network Interworking Unit
NMC Network Management Centre
NMS Network Management (Sub)system
NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone
NNI Network-Node Interface
NOLS Nokia On-Line Service
NRT Non-Real Time (Services)
NSAPI Network (layer) Service Access Point Identifier
NSS Network Switching Subsystem
NSS Network and Switching Subsystem
NWI Network Interface
O
O&M Operations and Maintenance
OC Operation Code
OHG Operator Harmonisation Group
OMC Operations and Maintenance Centre
OMC Operations and Maintenance Centre
OMU Operation and Maintenance Unit
OPC Originating Point Code
OS Operating System
OSA Open Service Architecture
OSI Open System Interconnection
OSPF Open Shortest Path First
OSS Operation Support System
OSS Operation Subsystem

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OTDOA-IPDL Observed Time Difference of Arrival Idle Period Downlink

P
P2P Person-to-Person
PACCH Packet Associated Control Channel
PAD Packed Assembly/Disassembly Facility
PAGCH Packet Access Grant Channel
Paging Group The set of MSs monitoring a particular paging block
PAU Primary Rate Access Unit
PBCCH Packet Broadcast Control Channel
PBN Packed Based Networks
PBX Private Branch Exchanges
PC Power Control
PCCCH Packet Common Control Channel
PCCH Paging Control Channel
PCH Paging Channel
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCN Personal Communications Network
PCPCH Physical Common Packet Channel
PCR Peak Cell Rate
PCS Personal Communication System
PDC Packet Data Communication
PDCH Packet Data Channel
PDG Packet Data Gateway
PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
PDN Packet Data Network
PDP Packet Data Protocol
PDTCH Packet Data Traffic Channel
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PHS Personal Handyphone System
PHY Physical Layer
PI Performance Indicator
PICH Paging Indicator Channel
PIM Personal Information Manager, Program Information Management
PIN Personal Identification Number
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PN Pseudo Noise
PNCH Packet Notification Channel
PNNI Private Network to Network Interface (Protocol)

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PPCH Packet Paging Channel

PPP Point to Point Protocol
PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
PS a) Packet Switched; b) Packet Scheduler
PSCH Physical Synchronisation Channel
PSPDN Packet-Switched Public Data Network
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PT Payload Type
PTM Point-To-Multipoint
PTM-G PTM Group call
PTM-M PTM Multicast
PTM-SC PTM Service Centre
P-TMSI Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
PTP Point-To-Point
PTT Push-To-Talk
PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit
Q
QoS Quality of Service
QPSK Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying (4-PSK)
R
RA Routing Area
RAB Radio Access Bearer
RACH Random Access Channel
RADIUS Remote Access Dial In User Service
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RAN a) Radio Access Network; b) RAN WG in JAFFA R2
RANAP Radio Access Network Application Part
RAND Random Number (Authentication)
RANMAP RAN Management Application Part
RAS Remote Access Server
RDBMS Relational Database Management System
RES Response
RFCH Radio Frequency Channel
RFN Reduced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Frame Number
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing
RL Radio Link
RLC Radio Link Control

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RLC-C Radio Link Control for Control Plane

RLC-U Radio Link Control for User Plane
RLP Radio Link Protocol
RM Resource Management
RN Roaming Number
RNC Radio Network Controller
RNS Radio Network System or Radio Network Subsystem
RNSAP Radio Network Subsystem Application Part
RNW Radio Network
RR Radio Resource or Receiver Ready
RRC a) Radio Resource Control; b) Radio Resource Connection
RRM Radio Resource Management
RRMU Radio Resource Management Unit
RSCN Radio Subchannel Number, Part of SAL Field
R-SGW Roaming Signalling Gateway
RSMU Resource and Switch Management Unit
RT Real Time
RTCP Real time Control Protocol
RTP Real time Transport Protocol
RTTs Radio Transmission Technologies
RXLEV Received Signal Level
RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN The minimum received signal level at a MS for access to a cell
RXLEV_MIN The minimum received signal level at a MS from a neighbouring cell for handover
to be permitted
RXLEV_NCELL Received signal level of neighbouring or current serving cell measured on the
BCCH carrier
RXLEV_SERVING_CELL Received signal level in the serving cell measured on the Broadcast Control
Channel (BCCH) carrier
RXQUAL Received Signal Quality
RXQUAL_SERVING_CELL Received signal quality of serving cell
RXQUAL_SUB Received signal quality assessed over a subset of 12 Time Division Multiple
Access (TDMA) frames
RXQUAL-FULL Received signal quality assessed over the full set of Time Division Multiple Access
(TDMA) frames without a Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH) block
S
SAAL Signalling ATM Adaptation Layer
SABM Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
SACC/C8 Slow, SDCHH/8 Associated, Control Channel
SACCH Slow Associated Control Channel
SACCH/C4 Slow, Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel/4) SDCCH/4 Associated, Control
Channel
SACCH/T Slow, Traffic Channel (TCH)-Associated, Control Channel

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SACCH/TF Slow, Traffic Channel (TCH/F)-Associated, Control Channel

SACCH/TH Slow, Traffic Channel (TCH/H)-Associated, Control Channel
SAP Service Access Point
SAPI SAP Indicator
SAR Segmentation and Reassembly Layer
SAT SIM Application Toolkit
SB Synchronisation Burst
SC Service Centre
SCCP Signalling Connection Control Part
SCCP Signalling Connection Control Part
SCCP-b Broadband Signalling Connection Control Part
S-CDR Serving GPRS Support Node-Call Detail Record
SCE Service Creation Environment
SCEP Service Creation and Execution Platform
SCH Synchronisation Channel
SCM Supply Chain Management
SCP Service Control Part (IN)
SCR Sustainable Cell Rate
SDCCH Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel
SDCCH/4 SDCCH 4
SDCCH/8 SDCCH 8
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDMA Space Division Multiple Access The method of dividing large regions into cells
and using one frequency in each cell
SDU Service Data Unit
SDW Switching Data Warehouse
SF Spreading Factor
SFN System Frame Number
SFU ATM Switching Fabric Unit
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
SIF Service Information Field
SIGTRAN Signalling Transport (IETF work group)
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SIO Service Information Octet
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
SIR Signal to Interference Ratio
SLC Signalling Link Code
SLS Signalling Link Selection
SM a) Session Management; b) Short Message

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SM2M Submultiplexer/2 Mbps

SMG Special Mobile Group
SMM Session and Mobility Management
SMP Service Management Point
SMS Short Message Service
SM-SC Short Message Service Centre
SMSCB Short Message Service Cell Broadcast
SMS-GMSC Short Message Service Gateway MSC
SMS-IWMSC Short Message Service Interworking MSC
SMS-MO/PP Mobile Originated Short Messages
SMS-MT/PP Mobile Terminated Short Messages
SMS-PP Point-to-Point Short Message Service
SMSS Switching and Management Sub-System
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SN a) Subscriber Number; b) Serving Network
SNDCP Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
SoLSA Support of Localised Service Area
SP Signalling Point
SPC Signalling Point Code
SPDU Serving Profile Database Unit
SPMU Signal Processing Management Unit
SQN Sequence Number
SRC Smart Radio Concept
SRES Signed Response (Authentication)
SRNC Service RNC
SRRU Service Routing Register Unit
SS a) Subscriber Services; b) Supplementary Services
SS7 (Common Channel) Signalling System No 7
SSCF Service Specific Co-ordination Function
SSCOP Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol
SSCS Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
SSP Service Switching Point
SSR Service Routing Register
SSSAR Service Specific Segmentation and Reassembly Sublayer
STM-1 Synchronous Transport Module-1
STP Signalling Transfer Point

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STU Statistical Unit

SVC Switched Virtual Channel/Circuit - A temporary virtual circuit between two users
SW Software
T
T1 Standards Committee T1 Telecommunications; PCM 24 trunk, 1.55Mbps data rate
TA Terminal Adapter
TAC Type Approval Code
TAF Terminal Adaptation Function
TBU Timing and Hardware Management Bus Unit
TC a) Transcoder; b) Transmission Convergence Sublayer
TCAP Transaction Capabilities Application Part
TCH Traffic Channel
TCH/F2.4 A Full Rate Data TCH (<2.4 Kbps)
TCH/F4.8 A Full Rate Data TCH (4.8 Kbps)
TCH/F9.6 A Full Rate Data TCH (9.6 Kbps)
TCH/FS A Full Rate Speech TCH
TCH/H A Half Rate TCH
TCH/H4.8 A Half Rate Data TCH (4.8 Kbps)
TCH/HS A Half Rate Speech TCH
TCH/P A Full Rate TCH
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TCSM Transcoder Submultiplexer
TCU Transcoding Unit
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access This technology not only divides different
frequencies into different cells (i.e. SDMA), but it divides each cells frequency into
slices of time
TE Terminal Equipment
TEI Terminal Endpoint Identifier
TFI Temporary Flow Identity
TFM Traffic Flow Management
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TGFP Tone Generator Field Programmable
TGN Third Generation Network
TGSU Trunk Gateway Signalling Unit
TID Tunnel Identifier
TLLI Temporary Logical Link Identity
TMN Telecommunication Management Network
TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

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TMUI Temporary IMUI

TOM Telecommunication Operations Map
TRAU Transcoder/Rate Adapter Unit
TRHO Traffic Reason Hand Over
TRX Transceiver
TRX Transceiver / Receiver
TS Time Slot
T-SGW Transport Signalling Gateway
TSL Timeslot
TTA Telecommunications Technology Association
TTC Telecommunications Technology Committee
TUP Telephone User Part
TXPRWR Transmit power; TX Power Level in the MS_ TXPWR_REQUEST and
MS_TXPWR_CONF Parameters
U
UBR Unspecified Bit Rate
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UDP/IP User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol
UE User Equipment
UI Unnumbered Information (Frame)
UL Up Load
UMA Unified Mediation and Adaptation
UMS Universal Mobility Server
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UNI User-Network Interface
UPC Usage Parameter Control
UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply
URA UTRAN Registration Area
URAN UMTS Radio Access Network
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USAT UMTS SIM Application Toolkit
USIM UMTS Subscriber Identity Module
USSD Unstructured Supplementary Services Data
UT User Terminal
UTRAN UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
Uu UE / UMTS - Air interface in 3G networks
UUS User-to-User Signalling
V
VAD Voice Activity Detection

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 Vocabulary for System Training

VANG Verbal Announcement Generator

VAS Value Added Service
VBR Variable Bit rate
VBR-NRT Variable Bit Rate Non-Real Time
VBR-RT Variable Bit Rate Real Time
VC Virtual Channel
VCC Virtual Channel Connection
VCI Virtual Channel Identifier
VDU Visual Display Unit
VHE Virtual Home Environment
VLR Visitor Location Register
VLRU Visitor Location Register Unit
VMS Voice Mail System
VMSS Visited MSS
VoIP Voice over IP
VP Virtual Path
VPC Virtual Path Connection
VPCI Virtual Path Connection Identifier
VPI Virtual Path Identifier
VPLMN Visited PLMN
VPLMN Visited Public Land Mobile Network
W
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access A 3rd Generation mobile services
platform based on a layered network protocol structure
WDU Winchester Disk Unit
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WLL Wireless Local Loop
WMSC Wideband MSC
WTA Wireless Telephony Application
X
XDSL Extended Digital Subscriber Line
XML Extensible Markup Language
XRES Expected Response

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