1G |
First Generation Wireless Networks |
2G |
Second Generation Wireless Networks |
3G |
Third Generation Wireless Networks |
3GGP2 |
Third Generation Partnership Project 2 |
3GPP |
Third Generation Partnership Project |
4G |
Fourth Generation Wireless Networks |
AAA |
Authentication, Authorization and Accountability |
ABS |
Advanced Base Station |
ACK |
Acknowledgement message |
ACM |
Adaptive Coding and Modulation |
ADC |
Analog to Digital Conversion |
AF |
Amplify and Forward |
AKA |
Authentication and Key Agreement |
A-MAP |
Advanced allocation map |
AMBR |
Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate |
AMS |
Advanced Mobile Subscriber/Station |
AN |
Access Network |
ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
ARS |
Advanced Relay Station |
AS |
Access Stratum |
ASN |
Access Service Network |
ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
BCCH |
Broadcast Control Channel |
BCH |
Broadcast Channel |
BE |
Best Effort |
BER |
Bit Error Rate |
BR |
Bandwidth Request |
BS |
Base Station |
BSID |
Base Station ID |
CAC |
Call Admission Control |
CBR |
Constant Bit Rate |
CCCH |
Common Control Channel |
CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
CDS |
Channel Dependent ascheduling |
CGI |
Cell Global Identification |
CI |
Cell Identifier |
CID |
Connection ID |
CINR |
Carrier-to-Interference-and-Noise-Ratio |
CMAS |
Commercial Mobile Alert System |
CoMP |
Coordinated Multipoint Transmission |
CP |
Cyclic Prefix |
CPS |
Common Part Sublayer |
CQI |
Channel Quality Indicator |
CQICH |
Channel Quality Indicator Channel |
CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
C-RNTI |
Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier |
CS |
Service Convergence Sublayer |
CSG |
Closed Subscriber Group |
CSI |
Channel State Information |
CSN |
Connectivity Service Network |
DAC |
Digital to Analog Conversion |
DBPC-REQ |
Downlink Burst Profile Change Request |
DBPC-RSP |
Downlink Burst Profile Change Response |
DCCH |
Dedicated Control Channel |
DCD |
Downlink Channel Descriptor |
DeNB |
Donor eNB |
DFT |
Discrete Fourier Transformation |
DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DL |
Downlink |
DL-MAP |
Downlink allocation map |
DL-SCH |
Downlink Shared Channel |
DOCSIS |
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification |
DRR |
Defict Round Robin |
DRX |
Discontinuous Reception |
DSA |
Dynamic Service Addition |
DSA-REQ |
Dynamic Service Addition Request |
DSA-RSP |
Dynamnic Service Addition Response |
DSC |
Dynamic Service Change |
DSC-REQ |
Dynamic Service Change Request |
DSC-RSP |
Dynamic Service Change Response |
DSD |
Dynamic Service flow Deletion |
DwPTS |
downlink part |
EAP |
Extensible Authentication Protocol |
EDF |
Earliest Deadline First |
EDGE |
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution |
eNB |
enhanced Node B |
EPC |
Evolved Packet Core |
EPS |
Evolved Packet System |
ertPS |
extended real time Polling Service |
ETWS |
Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System |
EUTRAN |
Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
EVDO |
Evolution-Data Optimized |
EXP/PF |
exponential/proportional fair |
FBSS |
Fast Base Station Switching |
FCH |
Frame Control Header |
FDD |
Frequency Division Duplex |
FDMA |
Frequency Division Multiple Access |
Femto ABS |
Femtocells Advanced Base Station |
FID |
Flow ID |
FIFO |
First Input First Output |
FR |
Frequency Reuse |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
FUSC |
Full Usage Subcarrier |
GBR |
Guaranteed Bit Rate |
GERAN |
GSM EDGE Radio Access Network |
GGSN |
Gateway GPRS Support Node |
GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service Network |
GSA |
Global mobile Suppliers Association (www.gsacom.com) |
GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communications |
GSMH |
Grant Management Subheader |
GTP |
GPRS Tunneling Protocol |
GUTI |
Globally Unique Temporary Identity |
H(e)MS |
HeNB Management System |
HARQ |
Hybrid/Automatic Repeat Request |
HeMS |
HeNB Management System |
HeNB |
Home eNB |
HeNB-GW |
Gateway HeNB |
H-FDD |
Half-Frequency Division Duplex |
ICI |
Inter-Carrier Interference |
IDFT |
Inverse Discrete Fourier Transformation |
IE |
Informationa Element |
IEEE |
Institute of Electric and Electriconic Engineers |
IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
IFFT |
Inverse Fast Fourier Transformation |
IMEI |
International Mobile Station Equipment Identifier |
IMSI |
International Mobile Subscriber Identity |
IMT |
International Mobile Telecommunications |
IMT-2000 |
International Mobile Telecommunications—2000 (or 3G) |
IMT-Advanced |
International Mobile Telecommunication—Advanced |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPSec |
Internet Protocol Security |
ISI |
Inter-Symbol Interference |
ITU |
International Telecommunications Union |
ITU-D |
International Telecommunications Union—Development Section |
ITU-R |
ITU Radiocommunications Sector |
LOS |
Line of Sight |
LTE |
Long Term Evolution |
LTE-Advanced |
Long Term Evolution Advanced |
MAC |
Medium Access Control |
MAD |
Minimum Area Difference |
MBMS |
Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Services |
MBR |
Maximum Bit Rate |
MCS |
Modulation and Coding Schemes |
MDHO |
Macro-Diversity Handover |
MIB |
Management Information Base or Master Information Block |
MIH |
Media Independent Handover |
M-LWDF |
Maximum-Largest Weighted Delay First |
MME |
Mobile Management Entity |
MOB_ASC_REPORT |
Association Report message |
MOB_BSHO-REQ |
Base Station Handover Request message |
MOB_BSHO-RSP |
Base Station Handover Response message |
MOB_HO-IND |
Handover Indication message |
MOB_MSHO-REQ |
Mobile Station Handover Request message |
MOB_MSHO-RSP |
Mobile Station Handover Response message |
MOB_NBR-ADV |
Neighbor Advertisement message |
MOB_SCN-REQ |
Scanning Interval Allocation Request message |
MOB_SCN-RSP |
Scanning Interval Allocation Response message |
MR |
Multihop Relay |
MR-BS |
Multihop Relay Base Station |
MRS |
Mobile Relay Station |
MS |
Mobile Subscriber/Station |
NACK |
Negative Acknowledgement message |
NAS |
Non Access Stratum |
NCMS |
Network Control and Management Systems |
NDI |
New Data Indicator |
NLOS |
Non-Line of Sight |
nrtPS |
non real time Polling Service |
ntRS |
non-transparent Relay Station |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OFDMA |
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access |
OSG |
Open Subscriber Group |
PAPR |
peak to average power ratio |
PBCH |
Physical Broadcast Channel |
PCCH |
Paging Control Channel |
PDCCH |
Packet Data Control Channel |
PDCP |
Packet Data Convergence Protocol |
PDN |
Packet Data Network |
PDU |
Protocol Data Units |
PF |
Proportional Fair |
PF-BST |
Proportional Fair Binary Search Tree |
P-GW |
PDN Gateway |
PHICH |
Physical HARQ Indicator Channel |
PHY |
Physical Layer |
PLMN |
Public Land Mobile Network |
PM bit |
Poll Me bit |
PMP |
Point to Multi-Point |
PRB |
Physical Resource Block |
PSS |
primary synchronization signal |
PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
PTI |
Procedure Transaction ID |
PUSC |
Partial Usage Subcarrier |
PUSCH |
Physical uplink Shared Channel |
QCI |
QoS class Identifier |
QoS |
Quality of Service |
R1 BS |
Legacy (IEEE 802.16-2009) Base Station |
R1 MS |
Legacy (IEEE 802.16-2009) Mobile Station |
R1 RS |
Legacy (IEEE 802.16-2009) Relay Station |
RACH |
Random Access Channel |
R-ACK |
Relay Acknowledgement |
RAN |
Radio Access Network |
RAT |
Radio Access Technology |
RB |
Resource Block |
RC |
Resource Chunck |
RCID |
Reduced CID |
RIT |
Radio Interface Technology |
RLC |
Radio Link Control |
R-MAP |
Relay allocation map |
R-NAK |
Relay Negative Acknowledgement |
RNG |
Ranging |
RNG-REQ |
Ranging Request |
RNG-RSP |
Ranging Response |
RNTI |
Radio Network Temporary Identifier |
R-PDCCH |
Relay-Physical Downlink Control Channel |
R-PDSCH |
Relay-Physical Downlink Shared Channel |
R-PUSCH |
Relay-Physical Uplink Shared Channel |
RRC |
Radio Resource Control |
R-RTG |
Relay RTG |
RS |
Relay Station |
RS-SCH |
RS Scheduling information |
RTG |
Receiver-Transmitter Transition Gap |
rtPS |
real time Polling Service |
R-TTG |
Relay STG |
RV |
Redundancy Version |
Rx |
Receiver |
SAE |
System Architecture Evolution |
SAP |
Service Access Point |
SBC |
SS Basic Capability |
SBC-REQ |
SS Basic Capability Request |
SBC-RSP |
SS Basic Capability Response |
SC-FDMA |
Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access |
SCTP |
Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
SDF |
Service Data Flow |
SDU |
Service Data Unit |
SeGW |
Security Gateway |
SFH |
Superframe Header |
SFID |
Service Flow ID |
SFN |
System Frame Number |
SGSN |
Serving GPRS Support Node |
S-GW |
Serving Gateways |
SIB |
System Information Block |
SIB1 |
System Information Block Type1 |
SIB2 |
System Information Block Type2 |
SIB3 |
System Information Block Type3 |
SLA |
service level agreement |
SMS |
Short Messaging Service |
SN |
Serving Network |
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNR |
Signal to Noise Ratio |
SRB |
Signal Radio Bearer |
SSS |
Secondary Synchronization Signal |
SSTTG |
SS Transmission Receive Roundtrip Gap |
STID |
Station ID |
STR |
Simultaneous Transmit and Receive |
TAC |
Tracking Area Code |
TAC |
Type Allocation Code |
TB |
Tranposrt Block |
TCP |
Transmission control protocol |
TDD |
Time Division Duplex |
TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
TDMA |
Time Division Multiplexing |
TEK |
Traffic Encryption Key |
TFT |
Traffic Flow Template |
TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TLV |
Type-Length-Value descriptor |
TMSI |
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity |
TrE |
Trusted Environment |
tRS |
transparent Relay Station |
TTG |
Transmitter-Receiver Transition Gap |
TTI |
Transmission Time Interval |
TTR |
Time-division Transmit and Receive |
TUSC |
Tile Usage of Subcarriers |
Tx |
Transmitter |
UCD |
Uplink Channel Descriptor |
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
UE |
User Equipment |
UGS |
Unsolicited Grant Services |
UL |
Uplink |
UL-MAP |
Uplink allocation map |
UL-SCH |
Uplink Shared Channel |
UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
UpPTS |
Uplink Pilot Time Slot |
U-SCH |
Uplink Scheduling Channel |
UTRA |
UMTS Terrestial Access |
UTRAN |
UMTS Terrestial Access Network |
VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
WFQ |
Weighted Fair Queuing |
WG |
Working Group |
WiMAX |
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
WRR |
Weighted Round Robin |