0-9

2G 2nd Generation

3G 3rd Generation

3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project

3GPP2 Third Generation Partnership Project 2

A

AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

ABMF Account Balance Management Function

AF Application Function

AH Authentication Header

AKA Authentication and Key Agreement

AMBR Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

AN Access Network

ANDSF Access Network Discovery and Selection Function

AP Application Protocol

API Application Programming Interface

APN Access Point Name

APN-NI APN Network Identifier

APN-OI APN Operator Identifier

ARIB Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan)

ARP Allocation and Retention Priority

ARQ Automatic Repeat ReQuest

AS Application Server

ASME Access Security Management Entity

ATIS Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions

ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AuC Authentication Centre

AUTN Authentication Token

AV Authentication Vector

AVP Attribute Value Pair

B

BA Binding Acknowledgement

BBERF Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function

BBF Bearer Binding Function; Broadband Forum

BGCF Breakout Gateway Control Function

BRA Binding Revocation Acknowledgement

BRI Binding Revocation Indication

BS Base Station

BSC Base Station Controller

BS ID Base Station Identity

BSS Base Station Subsystem

BSSID Basic Service Set Identifier

BU Binding Update

C

CAMEL Customized Application for Mobile network Enhanced Logic

CAP CAMEL Application Part

CBC Cell Broadcast Centre

CCSA China Communications Standards Association

CDF Charging Data Function

CDMA Code Division Multiple Access

CDR Charging Data Records

CGF Charging Gateway Function

CGI Cell Global Identity

CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

CK Cipher Key

CN Core Network; Correspondent Node

CoA Care-of Address

CS Circuit-Switched

CSCF Call Session Control Function

CSFB Circuit Switched Fall Back

CTF Charging Trigger Function

D

DAD Duplicate Address Detection

DCCA Diameter Credit Control Application

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DL DownLink

DM Device Management

DNS Domain Name System

DPI Deep Packet Inspection

DRA Diameter Routing Agent

DRX Discontinuous Reception

DSCP DiffServ Code Point

DSL Digital Subscriber Line

DSMIPv6 Dual Stack Mobile IPv6

DTF Domain Transfer Function

DTX Discontinuous Transmission

E

EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol

ECM EPS Connection Management

EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

eHRPD Evolved High Rate Packet Data

EIR Equipment Identity Register

eMBMS Evolved Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service

EMM EPS Mobility Management

eNB E-UTRAN NodeB

EPC Evolved Packet Core

ePDG Evolved Packet Data Gateway

EPS Evolved Packet System

E-RAB E-UTRAN Radio Access Bearer

ESM EPS Session Management

ESP Encapsulated Security Payload

ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETWS Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System

E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

EV-DO Evolution - Data Only

F

FA Foreign Agent

FDD Frequency Division Duplex

FEC Forward Error Correction

FMC Fixed Mobile Convergence

FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Names

G

GBR Guaranteed Bit Rate

GERAN GSM EDGE Radio Access Network

GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node

GPRS General Packet Radio Service

GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation

GRX GPRS Roaming eXchange

GSM Global System for Mobile communications

GSMA GSM Association

GSN GPRS Support Node

GTP GPRS Tunnelling Protocol

GTP-C GPRS Tunnelling Protocol for Control Plane

GTP-U GPRS Tunnelling Protocol for User Plane

GUMMEI Globally Unique MME Identifier

GUTI Globally Unique Temporary Identifier

GW Gateway

H

HA Home Agent

HLR Home Location Register

HO Handover

HoA Home Address

HOM Higher Order Modulation

H-PCRF Home PCRF

HPLMN Home Public Land Mobile Network

HRPD High Rate Packet Data

HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access

HSGW HRPD Serving Gateway

HSPA High Speed Packet Access

HSS Home Subscriber Server

HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access

I

IAB Internet Architecture Board

IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol

I-CSCF Interrogating-CSCF

ICV Integrity Check Value

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group

IETF Internet Engineering Task Force

IK Integrity key

IKEv1 Internet Key Exchange version 1

IKEv2 Internet Key Exchange version 2

IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity

IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem

IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity

IMT-2000 International Mobile Telecommunications 2000

IMT-Advanced International Mobile Telecommunications-Advanced

IP Internet Protocol

IP-CAN IP Connectivity Access Network

IPMS IP Mobility Mode Selection

IPSec IP Security

IPX IP Packet eXchange

I-RAT Inter Radio Access Technology

ISAKMP Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ISP Internet Service Provider

ISR Idle mode Signalling Reduction

ITU International Telecommunication Union

ITU-R ITU Radiocommunication Sector

ITU-T ITU Telecommunication Sector

IWF Interworking Function

I-WLAN Interworking Wireless LAN

L

LA Location Area

LAC Location Area Code

LAN Local Area Network

LBO Local Breakout

LEA Law Enforcement Agencies

LI Lawful Intercept

LMA Local Mobility Anchor

LTE Long-Term Evolution

M

M2M Machine-to-Machine

MAG Mobile Access Gateway

MAP Mobile Application Part

MBMS Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service

MCC Mobile Country Code

MGCF Media Gateway Control Function

MGW Media Gateway

MH Mobility Header

MID Mobile Internet Device

MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output

MIP Mobile IP

MIPv4 Mobile IPv4

MIPv6 Mobile IPv6

MM Mobility Management

MME Mobility Management Entity

MMEC MME Code

MMEGI MME Group Identifier

MMEI MME Identifier

MMS Multimedia Messaging Service

MMTel MultiMedia Telephony

MN Mobile Node

MNC Mobile Network Code

MO Managed Object

MOBIKE IKEv2 Mobility and Multi-homing Protocol

MPLS Multi-Protocol Label Switching

MRFC Media Resource Function Controller

MRFP Media Resource Function Processor

MS Mobile Station

MSC Mobile Switching Centre

MSC-S MSC Server

MSIN Mobile Subscriber Identification Number

MSISDN Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number

N

NAI Network Access Identifier

NAP-ID Network Access Provider Identity

NAPTR Name Authority Pointer

NAS Non-Access Stratum; Network Access Server

NAT Network Address Translation

NB NodeB

NDS Network Domain Security

NID Network Identification

NRI Network Resource Identifier

NW Network

O

OCF Online Charging Function

OCS Online Charging System

OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

OFCS Offline Charging System

OMA Open Mobile Alliance

P

PBA Proxy Binding Acknowledgement

PBU Proxy Binding Update

PC Personal Computer

PCC Policy and Charging Control

PCEF Policy and Charging Enforcement Function

PCO Protocol Configuration Options

PCRF Policy and Charging Rules Function

P-CSCF Proxy-CSCF

PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol

PDN Packet Data Network

PDN GW Packet Data Network Gateway

PDP Packet Data Protocol

PDU Protocol Data Unit

P-GW PDN GW

PIN Personal Identification Number

PKI Public Key Infrastructure

PLMN Public Land Mobile Network

PMIP Proxy Mobile IP

PMM Packet Mobility Management

PON Passive Optical Networks

PPP Point-to-Point Protocol

PS Packet-Switched

Q

QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QCI QoS Class Identifier

QoS Quality of Service

R

RA Router Advertisement; Routing Area

RAB Radio Access Bearer

RAC Routing Area Code

RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service

RAI Routing Area Identity

RAN Radio Access Network

RANAP Radio Access Network Application Protocol

RAT Radio Access Technology

RAU Routing Area Update

Rel-8 Release 8

Rel-9 Release 9

Rel-99 Release 99

RF Rating Function

RFC Request For Comments

RLC Radio Link Control

RNC Radio Network Controller

RO Route Optimization

RRC Radio Resource Control

RRM Radio Resource Management

RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol

S

SA Security Association

SAE System Architecture Evolution

SBC Session Border Controller

SCC AS Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server

S-CSCF Serving-CSCF

SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol

SDF Service Data Flow

SDP Session Description Protocol

SEG Security Gateway

SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node

S-GW Serving GW

SID System Identification

SIM GSM Subscriber Identity Module

SIP Session Initiation Protocol

SLA Service Level Agreement

SMS Short Message Service

SMS-C Short Message Service Centre

SN Serving Network

SN ID Serving Network Identity

S-NAPTR Straightforward-NAPTR

SPI Security Parameters Index

SPR Subscription Profile Repository

SQN Sequence Number

SRNS Serving Radio Network Subsystem

SRVCC Single-Radio Voice Call Continuity

SS7 Signalling System No 7

SSID Service Set Identifier

T

TA Tracking Area

TAC Tracking Area Code

TAI Tracking Area Identity

TAP Transferred Account Procedure

TAU Tracking Area Update

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TDD Time Division Duplex

TDMA Time-Division Multiple Access

TEID Tunnel End Point Identifier

TFT Traffic Flow Template

TISPAN Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking

TLS Transport Layer Security

TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

TOS Type of Service

TR Technical Report

TS Technical Specification

TSG Technical Specification Group

TTA Telecommunication Technology Association of Korea

TTC Telecommunication Technology Committee (Japan)

U

UDP User Datagram Protocol

UE User Equipment

UICC Universal Integrated Circuit Card

UL UpLink

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

USB Universal Serial Bus

USIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module

UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

V

VCC Voice Call Continuity

VoIP Voice over IP

V-PCRF Visited PCRF

VPLMN Visited Public Land Mobile Network

VPN Virtual Private Network

W

WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WG Working Group

WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

WLAN Wireless Local Area Network

X

XRES eXpected RESult