| 3G |
3rd Generation |
| 3.5G |
3.5th Generation |
| 3GPP |
3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 4G |
4th Generation |
| AAA |
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting |
| ACK |
Acknowledgement |
| ACLR |
Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio |
| ACS |
Adjacent Channel Selectivity |
| aGW |
Access Gateway |
| AM |
Acknowledge Mode |
| AMC |
Adaptive Modulation and Coding |
| ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
| AS |
Access Stratum |
| ASN.1 |
Abstract Syntax Notation One |
| ASSP |
Application Specific Standard Product |
| ATT |
Attenuator |
| BBERF |
Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function |
| BCCH |
Broadcast Control Channel |
| BCH |
Broadcast Channel |
| BER |
Basic Encoding Rules |
| BER |
Bit Error Rate |
| BS |
Base Station |
| CCCH |
Common Control Channel |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
| CELL_DCH |
Cell Dedicated Channel |
| CN |
Core Network |
| CP |
Cyclic Prefix |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| C-plane |
Control Plane |
| CPRI |
Common Public Radio Interface |
| CQI |
Channel Quality Indicator |
| CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| C-RNTI |
Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier |
| CS-CN |
Circuit Switch Core Network |
| DCCH |
Dedicated Control Channel |
| DL |
Downlink |
| DL-SCH |
Downlink Shared Channel |
| DRX |
Discontinuous Reception |
| DSP |
Digital Signal Processor |
| DTCH |
Dedicated Traffic Channel |
| DTX |
Discontinuous Transmission |
| DUT |
Device Under Test |
| eNB |
E-UTRAN NodeB |
| EPC |
Evolved Packet Core |
| ePDG |
Evolved Packet Data Gateway |
| EPS |
Evolved Packet Service |
| E-UTRA |
Evolved UTRA |
| E-UTRAN |
Evolved UTRAN |
| EVM |
Error Vector Magnitude |
| FDD |
Frequency Division Duplex |
| FPGA |
Field Programmable Gate Array |
| GbE |
Gigabit Ethernet |
| GERAN |
GSM EDGE Radio Access Network |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile communication |
| HARQ |
Hybrid ARQ |
| HSS |
Home Subscriber Server |
| HO |
Handover |
| HSDPA |
High Speed Downlink Packet Access |
| HPCRF |
Home Policy and Charging Rules Function |
| HSPA |
High Speed Packet Access |
| HSUPA |
High Speed Uplink Packet Access |
| I/F |
Interface |
| IE |
Information Element |
| IMS |
IP Multimedia Subsystem |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| LTE |
Long Term Evolution |
| MAC |
Medium Access Control |
| MAC |
Media Access Control |
| MBMS |
Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service |
| MCCH |
Multicast Control Channel |
| MCH |
Multicast Channel |
| MCH |
Micro-TCA Connection Handler |
| MIB |
Master Information Block |
| MIMO |
Multiple Input Multiple Output |
| MME |
Mobile Management Entity |
| MSC |
Mobile Switching Center |
| MTCH |
MBMS Traffic Channel |
| NACK |
Non-Acknowledgement |
| NAS |
Non Access Stratum |
| OBSAI |
Open Base Station Architecture Initiative |
| OFDM |
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| OFDMA |
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| O&M |
Operation and Management |
| PBCH |
Physical Broadcast Channel |
| PBR |
Prioritized bit rate |
| PCCH |
Paging Control Channel |
| PCEF |
Policy and Charging Enforcement Function |
| PCFICH |
Physical Control Format Indicator Channel |
| PCH |
Paging Channel |
| PCRF |
Policy and Charging Rules Function |
| PDCP |
Packet Data Convergence Protocol |
| PDCCH |
Physical Downlink Control Channel |
| PDSCH |
Physical Downlink Shared Channel |
| PDU |
Protocol Data Unit |
| PDN |
Packet Data Network |
| P-GW |
PDN Gateway |
| PER |
Packed Encoding Rules |
| PER |
Packet Error Rate |
| PHICH |
Physical HARQ Indicator Channel |
| PHY |
Physical Layer |
| PICMG |
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group |
| PLMN |
Public Land Mobile Network |
| P-SS |
Primary Synchronization Signal |
| PUCCH |
Physical Downlink Common Channel |
| PUSCH |
Physical Uplink Shared Channel |
| PRACH |
Physical Random Access Channel |
| PS-CN |
Packet Switch Core Network |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QAM |
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
| QoS |
Quality of Service |
| R99 |
Release 99 |
| RACH |
Random Access Channel |
| RAT |
Radio Access Technology |
| RB |
Radio Bearer |
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| RLC |
Radio Link Control |
| ROHC |
RObust Header Compression |
| RNC |
Radio Network Controller |
| RNS |
Radio Network System |
| RRC |
Radio Resource Control |
| RRM |
Radio Resource Management |
| S1 |
Interface between eNB and aGW |
| S1AP |
S1 Application Protocol |
| S1-C |
S1-Control plane |
| S1-U |
S1-User plane |
| SA |
Signal Analyzer |
| SAE |
System Architecture Evolution |
| SBR |
Signaling Radio Bearer |
| SC-FDMA |
Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| SCH |
Synchronization Signal |
| SCTP |
Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
| SFN |
System Frame Number |
| SG |
Signal Generator |
| S-GW |
Serving Gateway |
| SGSN |
Serving GPRS Support Node |
| SIB |
System Information Block |
| SISO |
Single Input Single Output |
| SDMA |
Spatial Division Multiple Access |
| SDU |
Service Data Unit |
| SPR |
Subscription Profile Repository |
| SPS |
Semi-Persistent Scheduling |
| SR |
Scheduling Request |
| sRIO |
Serial Rapid I/O |
| S-SS |
Secondary Synchronization Signal |
| TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
| TM |
Transparent Mode |
| TTI |
Transmission Time Interval |
| UCI |
Uplink Control Information |
| UE |
User Equipment |
| UL |
Uplink |
| UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunication System |
| U-plane |
User plane |
| UL-SCH |
Uplink Shared Channel |
| UTRA |
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access |
| UTRAN |
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network |
| VLR |
Visitor Location Register |
| VPCRF |
Visited Policy and Charging Rules Function |
| WCDMA |
Wideband CDMA |
| WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
| WiMAX |
Wireless Interface for Microwave Access |
| X2 |
Interface between eNBs |
| X2-C |
X2-Control plane |
| X2-U |
X2-User plane |
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