Abbreviations
- 3GPP
-
Third Generation Partnership Project
- ACK
-
Acknowledgment
- ACL
-
Antenna Center Line
- ACLR
-
Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio
- ACP
-
Automatic Cell Planning
- ADC
-
Analog Digital Conversion
- AICH
-
Acquisition Indicator Channel
- AL
-
Absorption Losses
- ALCAP
-
Access Link Control Application Part
- AM
-
Acknowledged Mode
- AMR
-
Adaptive Multirate
- ANDSF
-
Access Network Discovery and Selection Function
- ANQP
-
Access Network Query Protocol
- ANR
-
Automatic Neighbor Relations
- APE
-
Application Engine
- APNS
-
Apple Push Notification Service
- APT
-
Average Power Tracking
- aSRVCC
-
Alerting SRVCC
- AWS
-
Advanced Wireless Services
- BBIC
-
Baseband Integrated Circuit
- BCH
-
Broadcast Channel
- BH
-
Busy Hour
- BiCMOS
-
Bipolar CMOS
- BLER
-
Block Error Rate
- BOM
-
Bill of Material
- BPF
-
Band Pass Filter
- BSC
-
Base Station Controller
- BT
-
Bluetooth
- BTS
-
Base Station
- CA
-
Carrier Aggregation
- CAPEX
-
Capital Expenses
- CCCH
-
Common Control Channel
- CDMA
-
Code Division Multiple Access
- CIO
-
Cell Individual Offset
- CL
-
Closed Loop
- CL-BFTD
-
Closed Loop Beamforming Transmit Diversity
- CM
-
Configuration Management
- CMOS
-
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- CoMP
-
Cooperative Multipoint
- CPC
-
Continuous Packet Connectivity
- C-PICH
-
Common Pilot Channel
- CPU
-
Central Processing Unit
- CQI
-
Channel Quality Information
- CRC
-
Cyclic Redundancy Check
- CS
-
Circuit-Switched
- CSFB
-
CS Fallback
- CSG
-
Closed Subscriber Group
- CTIA
-
Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association
- DAC
-
Digital Analog Conversion
- DAS
-
Distributed Antenna System
- DASH
-
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
- DC
-
Direct Current
- DC
-
Dual-Carrier
- DCA
-
Direct Conversion Architecture
- DCH
-
Dedicated Channel
- DC-HSDPA
-
Dual-Cell HSDPA
- DC-HSPA
-
Dual-Cell HSPA
- DDR
-
Double Data Rate
- DF
-
Dual Frequency
- DFCA
-
Dynamic Frequency and Channel Allocation
- DL
-
Downlink
- DM
-
Device Management
- DMIPS
-
Dhrystone Mega Instructions Per Second
- DPCCH
-
Dedicated Physical Control Channel
- DRAM
-
Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DRX
-
Discontinuous Reception
- DS
-
Deep Sleep
- DSL
-
Digital Subscriber Line
- DSP
-
Digital Signal Processing
- DTX
-
Discontinuous Transmission
- E-AGCH
-
Enhanced Absolute Grant Channel
- EAI
-
Extended Acquisition Indicator
- Ec/No
-
Energy per Chip over Interference and Noise
- E-DCH
-
Enhanced Dedicated Channel
- EDGE
-
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
- E-DPCH
-
Enhanced Dedicated Physical Channel
- eF-DPCH
-
Enhanced Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel
- EGPRS
- Enhanced GPRS
- E-HICH
-
E-DCH Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel
- eICIC
-
Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Cancellation
- EIRP
-
Equivalent Isotropical Radiated Power
- EMI
-
Electro-Magnetic Interference
- EPA
-
Extended Pedestrian A
- EPC
-
Evolved Packet Core
- EPS
-
Evolved Packet System
- E-RGCH
-
Enhanced Relative Grant Channel
- eSRVCC
-
Enhanced SRVCC
- ET
-
Envelope Tracking
- EU
-
European Union
- E-UTRA
-
Enhanced Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- EVM
-
Error Vector Magnitude
- FACH
-
Forward Access Channel
- FBI
-
Feedback Information
- FDD
-
Frequency Division Duplex
- F-DPCH
-
Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel
- FE
-
Front End
- FE-FACH
-
Further Enhanced Forward Access Channel
- feICIC
-
Further Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
- FEM
-
Front End Module
- FGA
-
Fast Gain Acquisition
- FIR
-
Finite Impulse Response
- FM
-
Frequency Modulation
- FOM
-
Figure of Merit
- FS
-
Free Space
- FTP
-
File Transfer Protocol
- GAS
-
Generic Advertisement Service
- GCM
-
Google Cloud Messaging
- GGSN
-
Gateway GPRS Support Node
- GoS
-
Grade of Service
- GPEH
-
General Performance Event Handling
- GPRS
-
General Packet Radio Service
- GPS
-
Global Positioning System
- GPU
-
Graphical Processing Unit
- GS
-
Gain Switching
- GSM
-
Global System for Mobile Communications
- GSMA
-
GSM Association
- GTP
-
GPRS Tunneling Protocol
- HARQ
-
Hybrid Automatic Repeat-reQuest
- HD
-
High Definition
- HDMI
-
High Definition Multimedia Interface
- HDR
-
High Dynamic Range
- HEPA
-
High Efficiency PA
- HLS
-
HTTP Live Streaming
- HO
-
Handover
- HPF
-
High Pass Filter
- H-RNTI
-
HS-DSCH Radio Network Temporary Identifier
- HSDPA
-
High Speed Downlink Packet Access
- HS-DPCCH
-
High Speed Downlink Physical Control Channel
- HS-DSCH
-
High Speed Downlink Shared Channel
- HS-FACH
-
High Speed Forward Access Channel
- HSPA
-
High Speed Packet Access
- HS-RACH
-
High Speed Random Access Channel
- HS-SCCH
-
High Speed Shared Control Channel
- HSUPA
-
High Speed Uplink Packet Access
- HTTP
-
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- IC
-
Integrated Circuit
- IEEE
-
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IIP
-
Input Intercept Point
- IIR
-
Infinite Impulse Response
- ILPC
-
Inner Loop Power Control
- IMEISV
-
International Mobile Station Equipment Identity and Software Version
- IMSI
-
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
- IMT
-
International Mobile Telephony
- IO
-
Input–Output
- IP
-
Intellectual Property
- IP
-
Internet Protocol
- IQ
-
In-phase/quadrature
- IRAT
-
Inter Radio Access Technology
- ISD
-
Inter-Site Distance
- ISMP
-
Inter-System Mobility Policy
- ISRP
-
Inter-System Routing Policy
- ITU-R
-
International Telegraphic Union Radiocommunications sector
- JIT
-
Just In Time
- KPI
-
Key Performance Indicator
- LA
- Location Area
- LAC
-
Location Area Code
- LAU
-
Location Area Update
- LCD
-
Liquid Crystal Display
- LDO
-
Low Drop Out
- LNA
-
Low Noise Amplifier
- LO
-
Local Oscillator
- LS
-
Light Sleep
- LTE
-
Long Term Evolution
- MAC
-
Medium Access Control
- MAPL
-
Maximum Allowable Pathloss
- MBR
-
Maximum Bitrate
- MCL
-
Minimum Coupling Loss
- MCS
-
Modulation and Coding Scheme
- MDT
-
Minimization of Drive Tests
- MGW
-
Media Gateway
- MIMO
-
Multiple Input Multiple Output
- MIPI
-
Mobile Industry Processor Interface
- ML
-
Mismatch Loss
- MLD
-
Maximum Likelihood Detection
- MME
-
Mobility Management Entity
- MMMB
-
Multimode Multiband
- MMSE
-
Minimum Mean Square Error
- MO
-
Mobile Originated
- MOS
-
Mean Opinion Score
- MP
-
Multiprocessing
- MPNS
-
Microsoft Push Notification Service
- MSC
-
Mobile Switching Center
- MSC-S
-
MSC-Server
- MSS
-
Microsoft's Smooth Streaming
- MSS
-
MSC-Server
- MT
-
Mobile Terminated
- NA
-
North America
- NACK
-
Negative Acknowledgement
- NAIC
-
Network Assisted Interference Cancellation
- NAS
-
Non-Access Stratum
- NB
-
Narrowband
- NBAP
-
NodeB Application Part
- NGMN
-
Next Generation Mobile Network
- OEM
-
Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OL
-
Open Loop
- OLPC
-
Open Loop Power Control
- OMA
-
Open Mobile Alliance
- OPEX
-
Operational Expenses
- OS
-
Operating System
- OSC
-
Orthogonal Subchannelization
- OTA
-
Over The Air
- PA
-
Power Amplifier
- PAE
-
Power Added Efficiency
- PAM
-
Power Amplifier Module
- PAPR
-
Peak to Average Power Ratio
- PCB
-
Printed Circuit Board
- PCH
-
Paging Channel
- PDCP
-
Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- PDP
-
Packet Data Protocol
- PDU
-
Payload Data Unit
- PIC
-
Parallel Interference Cancellation (PIC)
- PICH
-
Paging Indicator Channel
- PLL
-
Phase Locked Loop
- PLMN
-
Public Land Mobile Network
- PM
-
Performance Management
- PRACH
-
Physical Random Access Channel
- PS
-
Packet Switched
- P-SCH
-
Primary Synchronization Channel
- PSD
-
Power Spectral Density
- QAM
-
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
- QBE
-
Quadband EGPRS
- QoE
-
Quality of Experience
- QoS
-
Quality of Service
- QPSK
-
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
- QXDM
-
Qualcomm eXtensible Diagnostic Monitor
- R99
-
Release 99
- RAB
-
Radio Access Bearer
- RAC
-
Routing Area Code
- RACH
-
Random Access Channel
- RAN
-
Radio Access Network
- RANAP
-
Radio Access Network Application Part
- RAT
-
Radio Access Technology
- RB
-
Radio Bearer
- RET
-
Remote Electrical Tilt
- RF
-
Radio Frequency
- RFFE
-
RF Front End
- RFIC
-
RF Integrated Circuit
- RLC
-
Radio Link Control
- RNC
-
Radio Network Controller
- ROHC
-
Robust Header Compression
- RoT
-
Rice over Thermal
- RRC
-
Radio Resource Control
- RRM
-
Radio Resource Management
- RRSS
-
Receiver Radio Signal Strength
- RSCP
-
Received Signal Code Power
- RSRP
-
Reference Signal Received Power
- rSRVCC
-
Reverse SRVCC
- RSSI
-
Received Signal Strength Indicator
- RTP
-
Real Time Protocol
- RTT
-
Round Trip Time
- RUM
-
Real User Measurements
- RX
-
Receive
- SAW
-
Surface Acoustic Wave
- S-CCPCH
-
Secondary Common Control Physical Channel
- SCRI
-
Signaling Connection Release Indication
- SD
-
Secure Digital
- SD
-
Sphere Decoding
- S-DPCCH
-
Secondary Dedicated Physical Control Channel
- S-E-DPCCH
-
Secondary Dedicated Physical Control Channel for E-DCH
- S-E-DPDCH
-
Secondary Dedicated Physical Data Channel for E-DCH
- SF
-
Single Frequency
- SF
-
Spreading Factor
- SFN
-
System Frame Number
- SGSN
-
Serving GPRS Support Node
- SHO
-
Soft Handover
- SI
-
Status Indication
- SIB
-
System Information Block
- SIC
-
Successive Interference Canceller
- SIM
-
Subscriber Identity Module
- SINR
-
Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio
- SIR
-
Signal to Interference Ratio
- SMSB
-
Single Mode Single Band
- SNR
-
Signal to Noise Ratio
- SoC
-
System on Chip
- SON
-
Self-Organizing Network
- SRVCC
-
Single Radio Voice Call Continuity
- S-SCH
-
Secondary Synchronization Channel
- SSID
-
Service Set Identifier
- STTD
-
Space Time Transmit Diversity
- SW
-
Software
- TA
-
Tracking Area
- TAC
-
Tracking Area Code
- TAU
-
Tracking Area Update
- TDD
-
Time Division Duplex
- TD-SCDMA
-
Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
- TFCI
-
Transport Format Control Indicator
- TIS
-
Total Isotropic Sensitivity
- TM
-
Transparent Mode
- TRP
-
Total Radiated Power
- TRX
-
Transceiver
- TTI
-
Transmission Time Interval
- TVM
-
Traffic Volume Measurement
- TX
-
Transmit
- UARFCN
-
UTRAN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
- UDP
-
User Datagram Protocol
- UE
-
User Equipment
- UHF
-
Ultrahigh Frequency
- UI
-
User Interaction
- UL
-
Uplink
- UM
-
Unacknowledged Mode
- UMI
-
UTRAN Mobility Information
- UMTS
-
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
- URL
-
Uniform Resource Locator
- USB
-
Universal Serial Bus
- U-SIM
-
UMTS SIM
- UTRAN
-
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- VAM
-
Virtual Antenna Mapping
- VCO
-
Voltage Controlled Oscillator
- VIO
-
Input Offset Voltage
- VoIP
-
Voice over IP
- VoLTE
-
Voice over LTE
- vSRVCC
-
Video SRVCC
- VST
-
Video Start Time
- VSWR
-
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
- WB
-
Wideband
- WCDMA
-
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
- Wi-Fi
-
Wireless Fidelity
- WiMAX
-
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
- WLAN
-
Wireless Local Area Network
- WPA
-
Wi-Fi Protected Access
- WW
-
World Wide
- XPOL
-
Cross-Polarized
- ZIF
-
Zero Insertion Force