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1G |
First Generation |
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2G |
Second Generation |
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3G |
Third Generation |
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3GPP |
Third Generation Partnership Project |
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AAL |
ATM Adaptation Layer |
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AAL1 |
ATM Adaptation Layer type 1 |
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AAL2 |
ATM Adaptation Layer type 2 |
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AAL3/4 |
ATM Adaptation Layer type 3/4 |
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AAL5 |
ATM Adaptation Layer type 5 |
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ABR |
Available Bit Rate/ Area Border Router |
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ACM |
Address Complete Message |
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ADCCP |
Advanced Data Communication Control
Procedure |
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ADR |
Average Data Rate |
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AE |
Application Entity |
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AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
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AFI |
Address Family Indicator |
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AH |
Authentication Header |
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AK |
Anonymity key |
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AKA |
Authentication and Key Agreement |
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AN |
Access Network |
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ANM |
Answer Message |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
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API |
Application Programming Interface |
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ARP |
address
resolution protocol |
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ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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AS |
Autonomous System |
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ASBR |
Autonomous System Border Router |
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ASK |
Amplitude Shift Keying |
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ASN.1 |
Abstract Syntax Notation One |
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ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer
Mode |
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AuC |
Authentication Centre |
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AUTN |
Authentication Token |
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AV |
Authentication Vector |
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AVP |
Attribute Value Pairs |
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BD |
Burst Duration |
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BER |
Bit Error Rate / Bit Error Ratio |
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BG |
Border Gateway |
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BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
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BGT |
Broadcast and Group Translator |
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B-ISDN |
Broadband ISDN |
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BLER |
Block Error Rate / Block Error Ratio |
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bps |
Bits Per Second |
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BPSK |
Binary Phase Shift Keying |
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BRI |
Basic Rate Interface |
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BSC |
Base Station Controller |
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BSS |
Base Station Subsystem |
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BT |
Burst Tolerance |
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BTS |
Base Transceiver Station |
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CAC |
Connection admission and control |
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CAM |
Content Addressable Memory |
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CAN |
Campus Area Network |
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CBR |
Constant Bit Rate |
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CC |
Country Code |
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CDM |
Code Division
Multiplexing |
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CDMA |
Code Division
Multiple Access |
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CDV |
cell
delay variation |
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CDVT |
cell
delay variation tolerance |
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CER |
Cell Error Ratio |
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CIDR |
Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
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CK |
Cipher Key |
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CLR |
Cell Loss Ratio |
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CMIP |
common
information management protocol |
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CMOT |
Common Management over TCP/IP |
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CMR |
Cell Mis-insertion Ratio |
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cps |
Cycles Per Second |
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CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
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CS |
Circuit Switched |
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CSMA |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access |
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CSMA/CD |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with
Collision Detection |
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CSU |
Channel Service Unit |
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CTD |
Cell Transfer Delay |
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dB |
Decibels |
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DCF |
data
communication function |
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DCN |
Data Communication Network |
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DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
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DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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DLCI |
Data Link Connection Identifier |
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DNS |
Domain Name System |
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DoD |
Department of Defence |
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DSAP |
Destination Service Access Point |
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DSU |
Data Service Unit |
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DTE |
Digital Terminal Equipment |
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DTMF |
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency |
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DVMRP |
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol |
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ECC |
Elliptic Curve Cryptography |
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EDGE |
Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution |
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EFCI |
explicit
forward congestion indication |
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EGP |
Exterior Gateway Protocol |
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EIGRP |
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
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EPD |
Early Packet Discard |
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ESP |
Encapsulating Security Payload |
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ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards
Institute |
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FAX |
Facsimile |
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FCAPS |
Fault, Configuration, Accounting,
Performance management and Security management. |
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FCS |
Frame Check Sequence |
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FDD |
Frequency Division Duplex |
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FDDI |
Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
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FDM |
Frequency Division Multiplex |
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FDMA |
Frequency Division Multiple Access |
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FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
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FIFO |
First-in-First-out |
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FM |
Fault Management |
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FSK |
Frequency Shift Keying |
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FSM |
Finite State Machine |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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GCRA |
generic
cell rate algorithm |
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GFC |
generic
flow control |
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GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
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GSM |
Global System for Mobile communications |
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HDLC |
High-level Data Link Control |
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HEC |
Header Error Control / Header Error Check |
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HEMP |
High-level Entity Management Protocol |
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HEMS |
High-level Entity Management System |
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HLR |
Home Location Register |
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HOL |
Head Of Line |
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HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
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IAB |
internet
activities board |
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IAM |
Initial Address Message |
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IC |
Integrated Circuit |
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ICI |
Interface Control
Information |
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ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
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ICV |
Integrity Check Value |
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ID |
Identifier |
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IDU |
Interface Data Unit |
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IE |
Information Element |
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IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
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IGRP |
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
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IISP |
Interim Inter-Switch Protocol |
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IK |
Integrity key |
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IKE |
Internet Key Exchange |
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ILC |
Identifier-Length-Contents |
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ILCE |
Identifier-Length-Contents-End_of_contents |
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IMEI |
International Mobile Equipment Identity |
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IMP |
Interface Message Protocol |
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IMS |
IP Multimedia Sub-system |
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IMSI |
International Mobile
Subscriber Identity |
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INTERNIC |
Internet Network
Information Center |
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IP |
Internet Protocol /
Initial Permutation |
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IPv4 |
Internet Protocol
Version 4 |
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IPv6 |
Internet Protocol
Version 6 |
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IPSec |
IP Security |
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IPX |
Internetwork Packet Exchange |
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ISD |
International Subscriber Dialling |
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ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
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IS-IS |
Intermediate System to Intermediate System |
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ISO |
International Organization for
Standardization |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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ISUP |
ISDN User Part |
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ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
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IV |
Initialization Vector |
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IWF |
Inter-Working Function |
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KDC |
Key Distribution Center |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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LAP-B |
Link Access Procedure-Balanced |
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LAPD |
Link Access Procedure for D-channel |
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LAPM |
Link Access Procedure for Modems |
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LI |
Length Indicator |
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LLC |
Logical Link Control |
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LSA |
Link State Advertisement |
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MAC |
Medium Access Control / Message
Authentication Code |
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MADR |
Maximum Allowable Data Rate |
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MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
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MAP |
Mobile Application
Part |
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MAPsec |
MAP security |
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MBS |
Maximum Burst Size |
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MCR |
Minimum Cell Rate |
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MD |
Mediation Device |
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MD5 |
Message Digest 5 |
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ME
|
Mobile Equipment |
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MF |
Mediation Function |
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MIB |
Management
Information Base |
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MIPS |
million-instructions-per-second |
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MMI |
Man-Machine Interface |
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MO |
Mobile Originated |
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MOSPF |
Multicast Open Shortest Path First |
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MPLS |
Multi-Protocol Label Switching |
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MS |
Mobile Station |
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MSC |
Mobile Switching Centre |
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MSISDN |
Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number |
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MTP |
Message Transfer Part |
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MTU |
Maximum Transfer Unit |
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NAT |
Network Address Translation |
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NCP |
Network Control Protocol |
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NDC |
National Destination
Code |
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NDS |
Network Domain Security |
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NE |
Network Element / Network Entity |
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NEF |
Network Element Function |
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NFS |
Network File Server |
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NIC |
Network Interface Card |
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NMS |
network
management station |
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NNI |
Network-Node Interface / Network-Network Interface |
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NPC |
network
parameter control |
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nrt-VBR |
Non real-time VBR |
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NRZ |
non-return to zero |
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NSAP |
Network Service Access Point |
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NSAPI |
Network Service Access Point Identifier |
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NSF |
National Science Foundation |
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NSN |
National Significant Number |
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NSS |
Network Sub System |
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NT |
Network Termination / Non-Transparent |
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O&M |
Operations and Maintenance |
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OAM |
Operation, Administration and Maintenance |
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OS |
Operations Systems |
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OSF |
Operations Systems Function |
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OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection |
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OSI-RM |
OSI Reference Model |
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OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
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PAN |
Personal Area Network |
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PCI |
Protocol Control
Information |
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PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
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PCR |
Peak Cell Rate |
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PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
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PDH |
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy |
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PDU |
Protocol Data Unit |
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PIM |
Parallel Iterative Matching/ Protocol Independent Multicast |
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PLMN |
Public Land Mobile Network |
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PNNI |
Private Network Node Interface |
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POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System |
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PPD |
Partial Packet Discard |
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PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
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PRI |
Primary Rate Interface |
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PS |
Packet Switched |
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PSK |
Phase Shift Keying |
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PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
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PTI |
Payload Type Indicator |
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PVC |
Permanent Virtual
Circuit |
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QAF |
Q Adaptor |
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QAF |
Q Adaptor Function |
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QoS |
Quality of Service |
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QPSK |
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying |
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RAM |
Random Access Memory |
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RAN |
Radio Access Network |
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RAND |
Random number |
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RARP |
reverse
address resolution protocol |
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RED |
Random Early Discard |
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REL |
Release Message |
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Rel4
(or R4) |
Release 4 of 3GPP specifications |
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Rel5
(or R5) |
Release 5 of 3GPP specifications |
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Rel6
(or R6) |
Release 6 of 3GPP specifications |
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RF |
Radio Frequency |
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RFC
|
Request For Comments |
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RIP |
routing
information protocol |
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RLC
|
Radio Link Control / Release Complete Message |
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RM |
resource
management |
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RNC
|
Radio Network Controller |
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RNS
|
Radio Network Subsystem |
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RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
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RSA |
Rivest, Shamir and Adleman |
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RSVP |
Resource Reservation Protocol |
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RTP |
Real-time Transport Protocol |
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RTT
|
Round Trip Time |
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rt-VBR |
Real-time VBR |
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RZ |
return to zero |
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SA |
Security Association |
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SAM |
Subsequent Address Message |
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SAP |
Service Access Point |
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SAPI |
Service Access Point Identifier |
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SAR |
Segmentation and Reassembly |
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SCCP |
Signaling Connection Control Part |
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SCR |
Sustainable Cell Rate |
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SCTP |
Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
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SDH |
Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy |
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SDLC |
Synchronous Data Link Control |
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SDP |
Session Description
Protocol |
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SDU |
Service Data Unit |
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SECBR |
Severely Errored Cell Block Ratio |
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SEG |
Security Gateway |
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SG |
Signaling Gateway |
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SGW |
Signalling Gateway |
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SHA1 |
Secure Hash Algorithm 1 |
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SIM |
Subscriber Identity Module |
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SIP |
Session Initiated Protocol |
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SIR |
Signal-to-Interference
Ratio |
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SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
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SMI |
Structure of Management Information |
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SMS |
Short Message Service |
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SMTP |
simple
mail transfer protocol |
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SN |
Subscriber Number |
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SNA |
system
network architecture |
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SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
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SNR |
Serial Number |
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SONET |
Synchronous Optical Network |
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SPF |
Shortest Path First |
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SPR |
Special Purpose Register |
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SQN |
Sequence Number |
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SS |
Supplementary Service |
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SS7 |
Signaling System No. 7 |
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SSAP |
Source Service Access Point |
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STD |
Subscriber Trunk Dialling |
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STDM |
Statistical Time Division Multiplexing |
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STM |
synchronous transfer mode |
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SVC |
Switched Virtual Circuit |
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TAT |
theoretical
arrival time |
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TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
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TDD |
Time Division Duplex |
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TDM |
Time Division Multiplexing |
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TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
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TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Call |
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TLV |
Type Length Value |
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TMN |
Telecommunication Management Network |
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TMSI |
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity |
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TP |
Transport Protocol |
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TR |
Technical Report |
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TS |
Technical Specification |
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UA |
User Agent |
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UBR |
Unspecified
Bit Rate |
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UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
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UE |
User Equipment |
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UICC |
Universal Integrated Circuit Card or UMTS Integrated Circuit Card |
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UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
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UMTS
AKA |
UMTS Authentication and Key Agreement |
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UNI |
User-Network Interface |
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UP |
User Plane |
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UPC |
Usage Parameter Control |
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URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
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USIM |
Universal Subscriber Identity Module |
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USP |
Unique Selling Point |
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UUI |
User-to-User Information |
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VBR |
Variable Bit Rate |
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VC |
Virtual Circuit / Virtual Channel |
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VCC |
Virtual Channel Connection |
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VCI |
Virtual Circuit Identifier / Virtual Channel Identifier |
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VCI |
Virtual Channel Identifier |
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VLR |
Visitor Location Register |
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VoIP |
Voice Over IP |
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VPC |
Virtual Path Connection |
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VPI |
Virtual Path Identifier |
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VPN
|
Virtual Private Network |
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WAN |
Wide Area Network |
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WCDMA |
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access |
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WDM |
Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
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WF |
Workstation Function |
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WS |
Workstation |
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WWW |
World Wide Web |
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XRES |
Expected Response |