Abbreviations

ACR	Absolute Category Rating
AG	Absolute Grant
AGC	Automatic Gain Control
ALMP	Air Link Management Protocol
AM	Acknowledged Mode
AMBR	Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate
AMR	Adaptive Multi Rate
AMR-NB	Adaptive Multi Rate Narrowband
AMR-WB	Adaptive Multi Rate Wideband
APM	Advanced Power Management
AQM	Audio Quality Measurement
ARFCN	Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
AS	Active Set
ASP	Active Set Pilot
AT	Access Terminal
BCC	Base Station Colour Code
BCCH	Broadcast Control Channel
BCH	Broadcast Channel
BEP	Bit Error Probability
BER	Bit Error Rate
BLEP	Block Error Probability
BLER	Block Error Rate
BOOTP	Bootstrap Protocol
BSIC	Base Station Identity Code
BSN	Block Sequence Number
C/A	Carrier-to-Adjacent (Ratio)
C/I	Carrier-to-Interference (Ratio)
C/N	Carrier-to-Noise (Ratio)
CBCH	Cell Broadcast Channel
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CFO	Carrier Frequency Offset
CGI	Cell Global Identity
CHAP	Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CI	Cell Identity
CINR	Carrier to Interference-plus-Noise Ratio
CPI	Cell Parameter Identity
CPICH	Common Pilot Channel
CQI	Channel Quality Indicator
CRC	Cyclic Redundancy Check
C-RNTI	Cell Radio Network Temporary Identity
CS	Coding Scheme
CSD	Circuit-Switched Data
CW	Continuous Wave
DCCH	Digital Control Channel
DCD	Downlink Channel Descriptor
DCH	Dedicated Channel
DGPS	Differential GPS
DL	Downlink
DN	Detected Neighbor
DNS	Domain Name System (Service, Server)
DPCCH	Dedicated Physical Control Channel
DPCH	Dedicated Physical Channel
DR	Dead Reckoning
DRC	Data Rate Control
DRX	Discontinuous Reception
DSC	Data Source Control (CDMA)
DSC	Downlink Signalling Counter (GSM)
DSCH	Downlink Shared Channel
DTX	Discontinuous Transmission
DVB-H	Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld
E-AGCH	E- (Enhanced) Absolute Grant Channel
EARFCN	E-UTRA ARFCN
ECP	Extended Cyclic Prefix
E-DCH	E- (Enhanced) Enhanced Dedicated Channel
EDGE	Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (= EGPRS)
E-DPCCH	E- (Enhanced) Dedicated Physical Control Channel
E-DPDCH	E- (Enhanced) Dedicated Physical Data Channel
EFR	Enhanced Full Rate
EGPRS	Enhanced GPRS (= EDGE)
E-HICH	E- (Enhanced) HARQ Acknowledgement Indicator Channel
EIRP	Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
EMM	EPS Mobility Management
EPS	Evolved Packet System
E-RGCH	E- (Enhanced) Relative Grant Channel
ESM	EPS Session Management
ESN	Electronic Serial Number
ESS	Extended Service Set
E-TFC	E- (Enhanced) Transport Format Combination
E-TFCI	E- (Enhanced) Transport Format Combination Indicator
EV-DO (1xEV-DO)	1x Evolution-Data Optimized
EVRC	Enhanced Variable Rate Codec
FACCH	Fast Associated Control Channel
FACH	Forward Access Channel
FCH	Fundamental Channel
FER	Frame Erasure Rate
FL	Forward Link
FPC	Forward Power Control
FR	Full Rate
FWT	Fixed Wireless Terminal
GA-CSR	Generic Access Circuit Switched Resources
GAN	Generic Access Network
GANC	Generic Access Network Controller
GA-RC	Generic Access Resource Control
GBR	Guaranteed Bit Rate
GERAN	GSM EDGE Radio Access Network
GGSN	Gateway GPRS Support Node
GMM	GPRS Mobility Management
GPRS	General Packet Radio Service
GPS	Global Positioning System
GRR	GPRS Radio Resource
GSM	Global System for Mobile Communication
HARQ	Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
HO	Handover
HR	Half Rate
H-RNTI	HS-DSCH Radio Network Temporary Identity
HSCSD	High Speed Circuit-Switched Data
HSDPA	High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HS-DSCH	High Speed Downlink Shared Channel
HSN	Hopping Sequence Number
HSPA	High Speed Packet Access
HS-PDSCH	High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel
HS-SCCH	High Speed Shared Control Channel
HSUPA	High Speed Uplink Packet Access
IE	Information Element
IMEI	International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMSI	International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IP	Internet Protocol
IPCP	Internet Protocol Control Protocol
ISCP	Interference Signal Code Power
JPEG	Joint Photographic Expert Group
KML	Keyhole Markup Language
KPI	Key Performance Indicator
LA	Location Area
LAC	Location Area Code
LAT	Latitude
LCP	Link Control Protocol
LLC	Logical Link Control
LON	Longitude
LTE	Long Term Evolution
LUT	Location Update Type
M2M	Mobile To Mobile
MAC	Medium Access Control
MBR	Maximum Bit Rate
MCC	Mobile Country Code
MCS	Modulation Coding Scheme
MD5	Message-Digest algorithm 5
MDM	Mobile Diagnostic Monitor
MFER	Frame Error Rate after MPE-FEC decoding
MIMO	Multiple Input Multiple Output
MIN	Mobile Identity Number
MM	Mobility Management
MMS	Multimedia Messaging Service
MMSC	MMS Center
MN	Monitored Neighbor
MNC	Mobile Network Code
MO	Mobile-originated
MOS	Mean Opinion Score
MRU	Mobile Receiving Unit
MS	Mobile Station (may represent phone or scanner)
MSM	Mobile Station Modem
MSTR	Mobile Station Time Reference
MT	Mobile-terminated
MTR	Mobile Traffic Recording
MTU	Mobile Test Unit
MuxPDU	Multiplex Sublayer Protocol Data Unit
NAS	Non-Access Stratum
NBDS	NetBIOS Datagram Service
NBNS	NetBIOS Name Service
NCC	Network Colour Code
NDIS	Network Driver Interface Specification
NID	Network Identification
NMEA	National Marine Electronics Association
NMO	Network Mode of Operation
NSAPI	Network Service Access Point Identifier
NV	Non Volatile
OFDM	Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing
OVHD	Overhead
PA	Power Amplifier
PACA	Priority Access and Channel Assignment
PAP	Password Authentication Protocol
PBCCH	Packet Broadcast Control Channel
PCCCH	Packet Common Control Channel
P-CCPCH	Primary Common Control Physical Channel
PCH	Paging Channel
PCI	Physical layer Cell Identity
PCIG	Physical layer Cell Identity Group
PCS	Personal Communications Service
PDCH	Packet Data Channel
PDN	Packet Data Network
PDP	Packet Data Protocol
PDSCH	Physical Downlink Shared Channel
PDU	Protocol Data Unit
PER	Packet Error Rate
PESQ	Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality
PI	Preamble Index
PID	Product ID
PLMN	Public Land Mobile Network
PMI	Precoding Matrix Indicator
PN	Pseudo Noise
POP3	Post Office Protocol version 3
PPCH	Packet Paging Channel
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
PPS	Precise Positioning Service
P-SCH	Primary Synchronisation Channel
PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
P-TMSI	Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
PUSCH	Physical Uplink Shared Channel
QAM	Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QCELP	Qualcomm Code Excited Linear Prediction
QCI	Quality-of-service (QoS) Class Identifier
QOF	Quasi-Orthogonal Function
QoS	Quality of Service
QPSK	Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
RA	Routing Area
RAB	Reverse Activity Bit
RAC	Routing Area Code
RACH	Random Access Channel
RAN	Radio Access Network
RAS	Remote Access Service
RAT	Radio Access Technology
RATI	Random Access Terminal Identifier
RB	Radio Bearer
RI	Rank Indication
RL	Reverse Link
RLA	Received Level Average
RLC	Radio Link Control
RLP	Radio Link Protocol
RNC	Radio Network Controller
RP	Received Power
RPC	Reverse Power Control
RQ	Received Quality
RR	Radio Resource (Management)
RRC	Radio Resource Control
RRI	Reverse Rate Indication
RS	Reference Signal
RSCP	Received Signal Code Power
RSRP	Reference Signal Received Power
RSRQ	Reference Signal Received Quality
RSSI	Received Signal Strength Indicator
RTC	Real Time Clock
RTCP	Real Time Control Protocol
RTP	Real Time Transport Protocol
RTSP	Real Time Streaming Protocol
SACCH	Slow Associated Control Channel
SAN	Serving/Active Set + Neighbors
SAPI	Service Access Point Identifier
SC	Scrambling Code
SCC	Supplemental Code Channel
SCH	Supplemental Channel (CDMA)
SCH	Synchronisation Channel (UMTS)
SDCCH	Standalone Dedicated Control Channel
SDP	Session Description Protocol
SDU	Signaling Data Unit
SEGW	Security Gateway
SF	Spreading Factor
SG	Serving Grant
SGSN	Serving GPRS Support Node
SGW	Security Gateway
SHO	Soft Handover
SIB	System Information Block
SID	Silence Descriptor (UMTS)
SID	System Identification (CDMA)
SIM	Subscriber Identity Module
SINR	Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio
SIR	Signal to Interference Ratio
SMS	Short Message Service
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMV	Selectable Mode Vocoder
SNDCP	Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol
SNR	Signal to Noise Ratio
SPS	Standard Positioning Service
SQI	Speech Quality Index
SRU	Scanning Receiver Unit
SS	Signal Strength
S-SCH	Secondary Synchronisation Channel
SSID	Service Set Identifier
TA	Timing Advance
TAB	(umbrella term for various MapInfo file types)
TAC	Tracking Area Code
TB	Transport Block
TBS	Transport Block Size
TCA	Traffic Channel Assignment
TCH	Traffic Channel
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TDD	Time Division Duplex
TDMA	Time Division Multiple Access
TD-SCDMA	Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
TFI	Temporary Flow Id
TIF	Tag Image File
TLLI	Temporary Logical Link Identifier
TM	Transparent Mode
TMSI	Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
TPC	Transmit Power Control
TS	Timeslot
TSC	Training Sequence Code
TTI	Transmission Time Interval
UARFCN	UMTS Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
UATI	Unicast Access Terminal Identifier
UCD	Uplink Channel Descriptor
UCS	Universal Character Set
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
UE	User Equipment
UL	Uplink
UM	Unacknowledged Mode
UMA	Unlicensed Mobile Access
UMTS	Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UpPCH	Uplink Pilot Channel
URA	UTRAN Registration Area
URI	Uniform Resource Identifier
U-RNTI	UTRAN Radio Network Temporary Identity
USB	Universal Serial Bus
UTF	UCS Transformation Format
UTM	Universal Transverse Mercator
UTRAN	UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
VID	Vendor ID
VMR-WB	Variable Multi Rate Wideband
VSQI	Video Streaming Quality Index
VTQI	Video Telephony Quality Index
WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
WCDMA	Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WiMAX	Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WLAN	Wireless Local Area Network
WSP	Wireless Session Protocol
XML	Extensible Markup Language