GPRS Acronyms

A
AA
AAA

Interface between MSC and BSS

Anonymous Access
Authentication, Authorization and
Accounting
AA-TID Anonymous Access-Tunnel
Identifier
AB
Access Burst.
ABT
Abort
ac,AC
Alternating Current
ACK
ACKnowledgement
ACSE
Associated Control Service
Element
ADCCP Advanced Communications
Control Protocol
ADMF
ADMinistration Function
ADN
Abbreviated Dialing Number
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code
Modulation
AEC
Acoustic Echo Control
AFC
Automatic Frequency Control
AGC
Automatic Gain Control
AGCH
Access Grant Channel
AIN
Advance Intelligent Network
AMA
Automatic Message Accounting
ANSI
American National Standards
Institute
AOI
Advance Operational Impact
API
Application Programming
Interface
APN
Access Point Name
ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency
Channel Number
ARQ
Automatic ReQuest
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ASCE
Association Control Service
Element
ASCII
American Standard Code for
Information Exchange
ASE
Application Service Element
ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATT
ATTach
AYA
Are You Alive
AuC
Authentication Centre
B
Interface between MSC and VLR
Bc
Committed Burst size
BCCH
Broadcast Control Channel
Be
Beryllium or Burst Excess size
BECN
Backward Explicit Congestion
Notification
BER
Bit Error Rate
BFL
Board Failure
BG
Border Gateway
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol

BH
Busy Hour
BL
Boot Load
BLER
BLock Error Rate
Bm
Full rate traffic channel
BN
Bit Number
Br
Burstrate
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
BS
Billing System or Bearer Service
BSC
Base Station Controller
BSFREQ Billing System Frequency
BSP
Base Site control Processor
BSS
Base Station System
BSSAP BSS Application Part
BSSGP BSS GPRS Protocol
BSSMAP Base Station System
Management Application
BSTUN Block Serial Tunnelling
BTS
Base Transceiver Station
BVC
BSSGP Virtual Connection
BVCI
BSSGP Virtual Connection
Identifier
C
Interface between MSC and
HLR/AUC
C7
China-specific SS7
CA
Cell Allocation or Central
Authority
CAI
Charge Advice Information
CAMEL Customised Applications for
Mobile Enhancement Logic
CB
Cell Balancer
CBCH
Cell Broadcast Channel
CCCH
Common Control Channels
CCD
Cluster Configuration Database
CCH
Control Channel
CCITT
Comit Consultatif International
Tlgraphique et Tlphonique
CCU
Channel Coder-decoder
CDR
Call Detail Record
CD-ROM Compact Disk-Read Only
Memory
CENELEC European Committee for
Electotechnical Standardization
CEPT
Confrence des administrations
Europenes des Postes et
Telecommunications
CERM
Circuit Error Rate Monitor
CF
Control Function
CG
Charging Gateway
CGF
Charging Gateway Function
CGN
CDR Generating Node
C/I
Carrier-to-Interface ratio
CIC
Circuit Identity Code
CIDR
Classless Inter-Domain Routeing
CIE
Cell ID Export

CIM
CIR
CKSN
CLASS

Coaxial Interconnect Module

Committed Information Rate
Ciphering Key Sequence Number
Custom Local-Area Signalling
Services
Class A Voice only class of MS access
Class B Voice and data class of MS
access
Class C Data only class of MS access
CLI
Command Line Interface
CLIP
Calling Line Identification
Presentation
CLIR
Calling Line Identification
CLK
Clock
CLM
Connectionless Manager
CLNS
Connectionless Network Service
CM
Configuration Management
CMD
CoMmanD
CMM
Channel Mode Modify
CMIP
Common Management
Information Protocol
CMIS
Common Management
Information Service
CMISE Common Management
Information Service
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide
CNR
Cisco Network Registrar
CNRC
Customer Network Resolution
Centre
Carbon Dioxide
CO2
CODEC COder-DECoder
CoL
Change of location
COMM Communications
CommHub Communications Hub
CONP
Connection-Oriented Network
Protocol
CONS
Connection-Oriented Network
Protocol
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous
to Health
CP
Call Processing
CPE
Customer Provided Equipment
cPCI
Compact Peripheral Component
Interconnect
CPGM CCCH Paging Manger
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CPX8216 SGSN chassis hardware model
CR
Connection Request
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRM
Cell Resource Manager
CRO
Controlled Roll Out
CS
Circuit Switched or Coding
Scheme

Motorola Internal Use Only

CS-1

Coding Scheme-1 9.05 kbit/s per

TCH
CS-2
Coding Scheme-1 13.4 kbit/s per
TCH
CS-3
Coding Scheme-1 15.6 kbit/s per
TCH
CS-4
Coding Scheme-1 21.4 kbit/s per
TCH
CSE
CAMEL Service Environment
CSFP
Code Storage Facility Processor
CSP
Central Statistics Process
CTL
Control
CUG
Closed User Group
D
Interface between VLR and HLR
DACS
Digital Access Cross-connect
System
dB
Decibel
DB
Database or Dummy Burst
DBB
Data Bus Ready
DBMS
Database Management System
DC, dc Direct Current
DCCH
Dedicated Control CHannel
DCE
Data Circuit terminating
Equipment or Data
Communication Equipment
DCN
Data Communications Network
DDS
DataGen Data Store
DE
Discard Eligibility
DET
DETach
DF
Delivery Function
DFE
Decision Feedback Equalizer
DGT
Data Gathering Tool
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol
DL
Data Link or DownLink
DLC
Data Link Connection
DLCI
Data Link Connection Identifier
DLS
DownLink Segmenter
DLSP
Data Link Service Process or
Digital Link Signalling Processor
Dm
Control channel
DN
Directory Number
DNIC
Data Network Identifier Code
DNS
Domain Name Service
DPROC Data PROCessor board
DRAM
Dynamic RAM
DRC
Data Rate Converter board
DRI
Digital Radio Interface
DRIM
Digital Radio Interface Module
DRX
Discontinuous
Receiver/Reception
DS0
Digital Service Zero (0)
DSP
Digital Signal Processor
DSS
Digital Subscriber Signalling

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DTAP
DTE
DTR
DTx
DVD
E
E1
ECC
ECID

Direct Transfer Application Part

Data Terminal Equipment
Data Transfer Rate
Discontinuous Transmission
Digital Video Decoder
Interface between MSC and MSC
European designation for T1
Error Correction Code
The Motorola European Cellular
Infrastructure Division
ECT
Explicit Call Transfer
EDGE
Enhanced Data for GSM
Evolution
EE
Equipment Engineering
EEPROM Electrically Erasable
Programmable Read-Only
Memory
EFR
Enhanced Full Rate
EGP
Exterior Gateway Protocol
EGPRS Enhanced GPRS
EIDE
Enhanced Integrated Design
(Disk) Electronics
EIR
Equipment Identity Register
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
society
ERR
ERRor
ES
Encoding Scheme
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
ESP
Encapsulating Security Payload
or Electro-static Point
ETR
ETSI Technical Report
ETS
European Telecommunication
Standard
ETSI
European Telecommunications
Standards Institute
F
Interface between MSC and EIR
FBM
Flow control Buffer Management
FCC
Federal Communications
Commission
FCCH
Frequency Correction Channel
FCS
Frame Check Sum
FDDI
Fibre optics Distributed Data
Interface
FDMA
Frequency Division Multiple
Access
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FECN
Forward Explicit Congestion
Notification
FEP
Front End Processor
FET
Field Effect Transistor
FH
Frequency Hopping
FHI
Frequency Hopping Index
FM
Fault Management or Frequency
Modulation

FMIC
FPGA
FQDN
FR
FrPvc

Fault Management Initiated Clear

Field Programmable Gate Array
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Frame Relay
Frame relay Permanent virtual
circuit
FRF
Frame Relay Forum
FRU
Field Replaceable Unit
FSN
Forward Sequence Number
FTAM
File Transfer Access and
Management
FTD
File Transit Delay
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FU
Function Unit
G
Interface between VLR and VLR
Ga
Interface between CGF and
SGSN, and the CGF and GGSN
Gb
Interface between the SGSN and
PCU (BSS)
GBM
Gb Manager
Gbps
Gigabits per second (1000 Mbps)
G-CDR GGSN-Call Detail Record
GCI
GDS Channel Identifier
Gc
Interface between the CommHub
and HLR
GCMD Generator CoMmanD
GDL
GPRS Data Link
GDS
GPRS Data Stream
GEM
GPRS Encryption Module
Gg
GSN CommHub firewall
screening
gg
GGSN-CONTROL, GGSNGiPROC, GGSN-GNPROC
integrated functions
GGSN
Gateway GPRS Support Node
GGSN-GiPROC
GGSN Gi Processor
GGSN-GNPROC GGSN Gn Processor
GHz
Giga-Hertz (10)
Gi
Reference point between a
GGSN and an external PDN
GMR
General Manual Revision
GMM
GPRS Mobility Management
GMSC Gateway Mobile-services
Switching Centre
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
Gn
Interface between two GSNs
within the same PLMN
GND
GrouND
GOS
Grade of Service
G-PDU GTP-Packet Data Unit
Gp
Interface between two GSNs in
different PLMNs
GPROC Generic Processor board
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service

GPS
GR
Gr

Global Positioning by Satellite

Gb Router
Interface between an SGSN and
an HLR
GRE
Generic Route Encapsulation
Gs
Interface between an SGSN and
an MSC/VLR
GSL
GPRS Signalling Link
GSM
Groupe Spcial Mobile
(committee) or Global System for
Mobile communications
GSMRF GSM Radio Frequency
GSN
GPRS Support Node
GSN Complex GSNs and an ISS Cluster
connected to a single CommHub
GSR
GSM System Release
GTAI
Global Title Address Information
GTI
Global Title Indication
GTM
Gb Transmit Manager or
Gateway Transmit Manager
GTP
GPRS Tunnelling Protocol
GTP'
GTP Prime
GTT
Global Title Translation
GUI
Graphical User Interface
GWM
GateWay Manager
GWY
GateWaY (MSC/LR) interface to
PSTN
HA
High Availability
HADA
High Availability Disk Array
HA NFS High Availability Network File
System
H
Interface between HLR and AUC
HDLC
High Level Data Link Control
HDSL
High bit-rate Digital Subscriber
Line
HLC
High Layer Compatibility
HLR
Home Location Register
HLRS
Home Location Register Service
HPLMN Home PLMN
HSC
Hot Swap Controller
HSM
HLR Subscriber Management
HSRP
HA Standby Router Protocol
HSSI
High-Speed Serial Interface
HW
Hardware
IA
Incoming Access
IAM
Initial Address Message
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority
ICANN Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority
ICMP
Internet Control Message
Protocol
ID
Identifier
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics

Motorola Internal Use Only

IDP
IDN
IE
IEC

Intercept Data Product

Integrated Digital Network
Information Element
International Electrotechnical
Commission
IEE
Institution of Electrical Engineers
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
I-ETS
Interim European
Telecommunication Standard
IHOS
Internet Hosted Octet Stream
IMEI
International Mobile station
Equipment Identity
IMS
Interception Management System
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber
Identity
IOS
Internetworking Operating
System
I/O
Input/Output
IP
Initialization Process or Internet
Protocol
IPC
Inter-Process Communication
IPSec
IP Security
IRDY
Indicator Ready
IRI
Intercept Related Information
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital
Network
ISM
Integrated Systems Management
ISO
International Organisation for
Standardization
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ISS
Integrated Support Server
ISUP
ISDN User Part
ITC
Information Transfer Capability
ITU
International Telecommunication
Union
ITU-T
ITU - Telecommunications
standardization sector
IWF
InterWorking Function
IWMSC InterWorking MSC
IWU
InterWorking Unit
k
kilo
kbit
kilobit
kbit/s
kilobits per second
kbyte
kilobyte
Kc
Ciphering key
Kg
kilogram
kHz
kilo-Hertz (10-3)
kph
Kilometres per hour
kW
kilo-Watt
L1 to L7 Layers 1 to 7
LA
Location Area

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LAC
LAI
LAN
LAPB
LAPD

Location Area Code

Location Area Identity
Local Area Network
Link Access Protocol Balanced
Link Access Protocol D-channel
(Data)
LAP-G Link Access Protocol-GPRS
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
LEA
Law Enforcement Agency
LED
Light-Emitting Diode
LI
Lawful Intercept
LIAN
Lawful Intercept Administration
Node
LIRF
Lawful Intercept Relay Function
LLC
Logical Link Control
LLGMM Logical Link GPRS Mobility
Management
LLSMS Logical Link Short Message
Service
LMI
Local Management Interface
LORP
List of Required Parts
LSA
Localized Service Area
LSSU
Link Stations Signalling Unit
LTF
Lower Transmission Function
LU
Location Update
M
Mega 10 -6
MAC
Media Access Control
MACN
Mobile Allocation Channel
MAP
Mobile Application Part
MAPP
Mobile Application Part Processor
Mb, Mbit Megabit
MB, Mbyte Megabyte
Mbps, Mbit/s Megabits per second
MCC
Mobile Country Code
MCCF
M-CDR Collection Function
MCDF
Motorola Customer Data Format
M-CDR Mobility management-Call Detail
Record
MCG
Motorola Computer Group
MCP
Main Control Processor
MCTF
M-CDR Transfer Function
MD
Mediation Device
ME
Mobile Equipment
MF
MultiFrame
MHz
Mega-Hertz (10 -6)
MIB
Management Information Base
MLS
MultiLayer Switching
MM
Mobility Management
MMI
Man-Machine Interface
MMS
Multiple Serial Interface
MNC
Mobile Network Code
MNRG Mobile station Not Reachable for
GPRS

MNRR

Mobile station Not Reachable

Reason
MO
Mobile Originated
MOS
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Mobis
Motorola Abis Interface
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
MPROC MasterPROCessor board (in
PCU)
MS
Mobile Station
MSC
Mobile Switching Centre
msec
millisecond
MSI
Multiple Serial Interface
MSIN
Mobile Station Identification
Number
MSISDN Mobile Station International ISDN
Number
MSRN
Mobile Station Roaming Number
MSU
Message Signal Unit
MT
Mobile Terminal or Mobile
Terminated
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
MTL
Message Transfer Link
MTM
Mobile-To-Mobile
MTP1
Message Transfer Part One
MTP2
Message Transfer Part Two
MTP3
Message Transfer Part Three
MT/PP Mobile Terminated Point-to-Point
MUX
Multiplexer
N/W
Network
NAI
Nature of Address Identification
NAK
Negative Acknowledgment
NAT
Network Address Translation
NB
Normal Burst
NC0
Network Cell reselection mode 0
NC1
Network Control Option 1
NC2
Network Control Option 2
NCO
Network Control Option
NCH
Notification Channel
NDC
National Destination Code
NE
Network Element
NET
Norme Europennes de
Telecommunications
NFFC
NetFlow Feature Card
NFS
Network File System
NI
Network Indicator
NIB
Network Interface Board
NIC
Network Interface Card
NIS
Network Information Service
NM
Network Management
Nm
Newton metres
NMC
Network Management Centre
NMI
Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMSI
National Mobile Station
Identification number

NMSI

National Mobile Station

Identification number
NP
Numbering Plan
NS
Network Service
NS-VC Network Service-Virtual Circuit
NS-VCI NS-VC Identifier
NS-VL
Network Service-Virtual Link
NS-VLI NS-VL Identifier
NSAP
Network Service Access Point
NSAPI NSAP Identifier
NSEI
Network Service Entity Identifier
NSS
Network SubSystem
NSVC
Network Service Virtual Circuit
NSVCI NSVC Identifier
NTF
Name and Time Function
NTP
Network Time Protocol
NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access
Memory
NVRAMRC NVRAM Run Control
nW
Nano-Watt (10-9)
OAMP
Operation, Administration,
Maintenance and Provisioning
OA&M
Operation, Administration &
Monitoring
O&M
Operations and Maintenance
OID
Object Identifier
OIR
Online Insertion and Removal
OMAP
Operations and Maintenance
Application Part of SS7
OMC
Operations and Maintenance
Centre
OMC-G Operations and Maintenance
Centre - GPRS
OMC-R Operations and Maintenance
Centre - Radio
OOS
Out of Service
OS
Operating System
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
P1
Problem report, level 1 emergency priority
P2
Problem report, level 2 - high
priority
P3
Problem report, level 3 - medium
priority
PA
Port Adaptor
PACCH Packet Associated Control
CHannel
PAD
Packet Assembler/ Disassembler
PAGCH Packet Access Grant Channel
PAT
Port Address Translation
PBB
PCU processor Bridge Board
PBCCH Packet Broadcast Control
CHannel

Motorola Internal Use Only

PC

Personal Computer or Power

Control
pCA
PCU Control Authority
PCA
Parallel Channel Adapter
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCCCH Packet Common Control CHannel
PCH
Paging CHannel
PCHN
Physical Channel
PCI
Packet Control Interface or
Peripheral Component
Interconnect
pCM
PCU Configuration Management
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association
PCS
Personal Communications
Service
PCU
Packet Control Unit
PD
Protocol Discriminator
PDCH
Packet Data Channel
PDN
Public Data Network
PDP
Packet Data Protocol
PDTCH Packet Data Traffic CHannel
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
pFCP
PCU Fault Collection Process
pFTP
PCU Fault
Transaction/Translation Process
PH
Packet Handler
PHI
Packet Handler Interface
PIM
PMC Interface Module
PICMG PCI Industrial Computers
Manufacturing Group
PICP
Packet Interface Control
Processor
Ping
Packet Internet Groper
PLL
Phase Lock Loop
PLMN
Public Land Mobile Network
PMC
PCI Mezzanine Card
PM/E1 Plugin Memory/E1
PM/T1
Plugin Memory/T1
PNCH
Packet Notification CHannel
POI
Point of Interconnection (with
PSTN)
POP3
Post Office Protocol version 3
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
PP
Point-to-Point
PPB
PCI to PCI Bridge
ppb
Parts per billion
PPC
Power PC
PPCH
Packet Paging Channel
PPF
Paging Proceed Flag
ppm
Parts per million (x 10-6_
pps
Packets per second
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol

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PR
PRACH
PRI
PRM
PROM

Problem Report
Packet Random Access CHannel
Primary Rate Interface
Packet Resource Manager
Programmable Read-Only
Memory
PRP
Packet Resource Process(or)
PS
Packet Switched
PSA
Periodic Supervision Accessibility
pSAP
PCU System Audit Process
PSAP
Presentation Services Access
Point
PSDN
Packet Switched Data Network
PSF
Power Supply and Fan unit
pSM
PCU Switch Manager
PSM
Platform Shelf Management
PSP
PCU System Processor
PSPDN Packet Switched Public Data
Network
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone
Network
PSU
Power Supply Unit
PTCH
Packet Traffic Channel
PTM
Point-To-Multipoint
PTM-G Point-To-Point Group
PTM-M Point-To-Multipoint Multicast
P-TMSI Packet-TMSI
PTP
Point-To-Point
PTP-M Point-To-Point-Multicast
PTP-CLNS PTP-ConnectionLess Network
Service
PVC
Permanent Virtual Circuit
PWR
Power
QFE card Quad FastEthernet card
QoS
Quality of Service
RA
Routeing Area
RAB
Random Access Burst
RAC
Routeing Area Code
RACCH Random Access Control CHannel
RACH
Random Access CHannel
RADIUS Remote Access Dial-in User
Service
RAI
Routeing Area Identity
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent
Disks
RAM
Random Access Memory
RAND
RANDom number
RAU
Routeing Area Update
RCU
Radio Channel Unit
RDB
Requirements DataBase
REQ
REQuest
RF
Radio Frequency or Requesting
Function
RFC
Request for Comments

RJ-45
RLC
RLP
RMON
RS-232
RSL
RSM
RST
RSLP
RTC
RTD

Registered Jack-45
Radio Link Control
Radio Link Protocol
Remote Monitoring
Recommended Standard-232C
Radio Signalling Link
Route Switch Module
Reset
Radio System Link Processor
Remote Tuned Combiner
RLC-block-equivalent Transit
Delay
RTF
Receive Transmit Function
RTS
Request To Send
Rx
Receive (uplink)
RXCDR Remote transcoder
S/W (SW)SoftWare
SABM
Set Asynchronous Balanced
Mode
SACCH Slow Associated Control CHannel
SAP
Service Access Point
SAPI
Service Access Point Indicator
(identifier)
S-CDR SGSN-Call Detail Record
SCH
Synchronization CHannel
SCCF
S-CDR Collection Function
SCCP
Signalling Connection Control
Part
SCP
Service Control Point
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
SCTF
S-CDR Transfer Function
SDCCH Stand-alone Dedicated Control
CHannel
SDL
Signalling Data Link
SDS
Solstice DiskSuite
SDU
Service Data Unit
SE
Supervisor Engine
SEP
Signalling End Point
SF
Signalling Function
SGSN
Serving GPRS Support Node
SGSN-CF SGSN-Control Function (card)
SGSN-GBPROC SGSN-Gb Processor
SGSN-GNPROC SGSN-Gn Processor
SGSN-OAMP SGSN-Operations And
Maintenance Processor
SGSN-TF SGSN-Transmission Function
(card)
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
SLC
Signalling Link Code
SLS
Signalling Link Set
SM
Session Management
SMG
Special Mobile Group

SMI

Short Message Identifier or

Structure of Management
Information
SMS
Short Message Service
SMS-C Short Message Service-Centre
SMS-GMSC SMS-Gateway Mobile
Switching Centre
SME-IWMSC SMS-Interworking Mobile
Switching Centre
SMT
Station Management
SN-PDU SubNetwork-Protocol Data Unit
SND
SeND
SNDCP SubNetwork Dependent
Convergence Protocol
SNMP
Simple Network Management
Protocol
SP
Signalling Point
SPAN
Switched Port Analyzer
SPOF
Single Point Of Failure
SR
Service Request
SS
Supplementary Service
SS7
Signalling System 7
S-SMO-CDR SGSN-delivered message
Mobile Originated - Call Detail
Record
S-SMT-CDR SGSN-delivered message
Mobile Terminated - Call Detail
Record
SSP
System Switch Processor or
Service Switching Point
STUN
Serial Tunnelling
SVC
Switched Virtual Circuit
SW
Software
T1
North American point-to-point
communications circuit for voice
and data transmissions
TAC
Technical Assistance Centre
TAP
Transferred Accounts Procedure
TBF
Temporary Block Flow
Tc/TC
Committed rate measurement
interval or Terminal Concentrator
TCAP
Transaction Capabilities
Application Part (SS7)
TCH
Traffic CHannel
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP TCP over Internet Protocol
TDM
Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access
TDV
Tariff Data Volume
TE
Terminal Equipment
TEI
Terminal Equipment Identifier
TF
Transmission Function
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TID
Tunnel IDentifier

Motorola Internal Use Only

TLLI
TM
TMSI

Temporary Logical Link Identity

Transition Module
Temporary Mobile Subscriber
Identity
TOM
Tunnelling of Messages
T-PDU Tunnelling Protocol Data Unit
TRAU
Transcoder Rate Adapter Unit
TRS
Timeslot Resource Shifter
TS
Time Service or TimeSlot
TSN
Trau SynchronizatioN process at
PCU
TTL
Time To Live
TTY
TeleTYpe
Tx
Transmit/Transmitter (downlink)
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UDP/TCP User Datagram
Protocol/Transmission Control
Protocol
UFS
UNIX File System
UL
UpLink
ULC
UpLink Concatenator
Um
Air interface between a BTS and
MS
UMTS
Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
USB
Universal Serial Bus
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
UTF
Upper Transmission Function
V
Volt
V.42
An ITU-T protocol for error
correction
V.42bis Standard providing data
compression as an extension of
the V.42 protocol
VC
Virtual Circuit
VCC
Virtual Channel Connection
VIP2
Versatile Interface Processor
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
VLR
Visitor Location Register
VMPS
VLAN Membership Policy Server
VPLMN Visited PLMN
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VT
Virtual Template
VTP
VLAN Trunking Protocol
W
Watt
WAN
Wide Area Network
WWW
World Wide Web
X.25
CCITT specs and protocols for
public packet-switched networks
XID
Exchange Identifier
X-Term X terminal window

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