Glossary

Testing Tools for Converging Networks AAA = Authorization, Authentication and Accounting
AAL2 = ATM Adaptation Layer - Type 2 (I.363.2, I.366.1)
AAL5 = ATM Adaptation Layer - Type 5 (I.363.5)
ALCAP = Access Link Control Application Part (Q.2630.1)
Dh AMR = Adaptive Multi Rate (26.071)
ISC AS = Application Server
NetHawk Group world-wide: Finland (Headquarters) > France > Germany > India > P.R. China > Singapore > Sweden > USA ATM = Asynchronous Transfer Mode (I.361)
AuC = Authentication Center
Sales contact sales@nethawk.fi > Customer support support@nethawk.fi > www.nethawk.fi Ma BICC = Bearer Independent Call Control (Q. 1901)
BG = Border Gateway
MMS-SC BGCF = Breakout Gateway Control Function
BMC = Broadcast- Multicast Control (25.324)
BM-SC = Broadcast/Multicast Service Center

BM-SC
Internet,
BSC = Base Station Controller
BSSAP = Base Station Subsystem Application Part
Lg BSSAP+ = Base Station System Application Part (29.018)

AS
Trusted/Untrusted
BSSAP-LE = Base Station Subsystem Application Part LCS Extension (49.031)
BSSGP = Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol (48.018)
SMS-SC Sh
BSSLAP = Subsystem LCS Assistance Protocol (48.071)

Non 3GPP Access,

BTSM = Base Transceiver Station Management (48.048)
GMLC CAMEL = Customized Application for Mobile Network Enhanced Logic (23.078)
Lc CAP = CAMEL Application Part (29.078)

IP Service
CBC = Cell Broadcast Center
Lb Lh
Applications
CC = Call Control (24.008)

Camel COPS = Common Open Policy Service (RFC 2748)

CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access

SMLC entity
and Services
CGN = Charging Gateway Node
CMSC = Gateway MSC
CS = Circuit Switched
CS Core = Circuit Switch Core
CBC-BSC SMLC-CBC CS-MGW = Circuit Switched - Media Gateway
DCHFP = Dedicated Channel Frame Protocol (25.427)
Cx DIAMETER (RFC 3588)
CBC Lp DSCHFP = Downlink Shared Channel Frame Protocol
DSMIPv6 = Dual Stack MIP v6 IETF (IETF Internet Draft)

Other
EDCHFP = Enhanced Dedicated Channel Frame Protocol (25.427)
SMLC EIR = Equipment Identity Register
eNB = Evolved NodeB

PLMN
eUTRAN = Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
Iu-BC
Iupc Gmb Mx FACHFP = Forward Access Channel Frame Protocol (25.435)
GbE = Gigabit Ethernet
Ge Dx I-BCF GERAN = GSM Edge Radio Access Network
GGSN = Gateway GPRS Support Node
GMLC = Gateway Mobile Location Center
Gp SLF Mi Mx GMM = GPRS Mobility Management (24.008)

Dx Mw S-CSCF GMSC = Gateway MSC

GSMS = GSM Short Message Service (23.040, 24.011)

GMSC IMS I-CSCF Mr

Mg
BGCF GTP = GPRS Tunnel Protocol (29.060)
GTP’ = GPRS/3G Changing Data Collection Protocol (32.015)
GTP-C = GPRS Tunneling Protocol - Control Plane (29.060)
Server Mk GTP-U = GPRS Tunneling Protocol - User Plane (29.060)

Mc Mw MRFC Mj HNB = Home NodeB

CDMA
HNBAP = Home NodeB Application Part

Nc/E Rx/Gq P-CSCF HNB-GW = Home NodeB Gateway

HSDSCHFP = High Speed Downlink Shared Transport Channel Frame Protocol (25.435)
CS-MGW MGCF
2000
HSS = Home Subscriber Server
Rx Mp
I-BGF/TrGW HTTP = Hypertext Transfer Protocol (RFC 2616)

MSC CS Core Gx/Go PCRF/PDF

Mb Mn
I-BCF = Interconnect Border Control Function
I-BGF/TrGW = Interconnect Border Gateway Functions/Transition Gateway
I-CSCF = Interrogating Call Session Control Function
Server MRFP
Mb IMS = IP Multimedia Subsystem
IMS-MGW = IMS - Media Gateway
Nb Mb INAP = Intelligent Network Application Part (ETS 300 374)
Mc IMS-MGW IP = Internet Protocol (RFC 791)

BSC A/Ater
IPv4 = Internet Protocol v4 (RFC 791)

CS-MGW HSS/AuC TDM

Le IPv6 = Internet Protocol v6 (RFC 2460)
ISUP = ISDN User Part (Q.763)
Iur-g Gb AAA Mb Iu-UP = Iu-User Protocol (25.415)
L2R COP = L2R Character Orientated Protocol
Abis
Registers PSTN LAPD = Link Access Procedure on the D-Channel (Q.921)
LLC = Logical Link Control (44.064)
BSC LLP = LMU LCS Protocol (44.071)

GERAN Iur-g
Network LTE = Long Term Evolution
M2PA = MTP2 User Peer-to-peer Adaptation (RFC 4165)

BG M2UA = MTP2 User Adaptation Layer (RFC 3331)

Abis EIR SS7 M3UA = MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (RFC 3332)
MAC = Medium Access Control (25.321)
Gn Gn MAP = Mobile Application Part (29.002)
MEGACO (H.248) = Media Gateway Control Protocol (H.248, 29.232, 29.332)

PS Core
MGCF = Media Gateway Controller Function
F MIPv4 = Mobile IP v4 (RFC 3344)

Iub
RNC Iu-CS Gf/13’ GGSN MM = Mobility Management (24.008)
MME = Mobility Management Entity
Gs MMS-SC = Multi Media Message Service - Service Center
Iu-PS
Iur CGN
MRFC = Multimedia Resource Function Controller
MRFP = Multimedia Resource Function Processor

RNC Ga Gn Iu-CS
MSC = Mobile Switching Center
MTP2 = Message Transfer Part - Level 2 (Q.703)
MTP3 = Message Transfer Part - Level 3 (Q.704)
Iub
UTRAN Ga
Iu-PS MTP3b = Message Transfer Part - Level 3 - Broadband (Q.2210)
NAS = Non-Access-Stratum
NBAP = NodeB Application Part (25.433)

S101 S13 S6a Nb UP = Nb User Protocol (29.415)

NS = Network Service (48.016)
S3 SGSN
Femtocell HNB GW
O&M = Operation & Maintenance
PCAP = Positioning Calculation Application Part (25.423)
PCHFP = Paging Channel Frame Protocol (25.435)
S12 PCRF = Policy and Charging Rules Function (23.203)

Uu HNB P-CSCF = Proxy - Call Session Control Function

MME Evolved S4 PCU = Packet Control Unit
PDCP = Packet Data Convergence Protocol (25.323)

S10 Packet Core S6b PDF = Policy Decision Function

PDN GW = Packet Data Networks Gateway
PLMN = Public Land Mobile Network

S1-MME Iuh PMIPv6 = Proxy Mobile IP (IETF Internet Draft)

MME PS = Packet Switched

PDN GW S2/SGi PS Core = Packet Switch Core

PSTN = Public Switched Telephone Network
eNB S11 RACHFP = Random Access Channel Frame Protocol (25.435)
RADIUS = Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RFC 2865)
RANAP = Radio Access Network Application Part (25.413)
S1-MME S5/S8 S7 RLP = Radio Link Protocol (24.022)
S-GW RLC = Radio Link Control (25.322)

eNB RNC = Radio Network Controller

RNSAP = Radio Network Subsystem Application Part (25.423)
X2 RR = Radio Recourses (44.018)
RRC = Radio Resource Control (25.331)
S1-U RRLP = Radio Resource LCS Protocol (44.031)
eUTRAN RTCP = Real Time Transport Control Protocol (RFC 3550)

LTE RTP = Real Time Transport Protocol (RFC 3550)

RUA = RANAP User Adaption (25.468)
S1AP = S1 Application Protocol (36.413)
PS Core SABP = Service Area Broadcast Protocol (25.419)
SCCP = Signaling Connection Control Part (Q.713)
Gc, Gd, Ge, Gf/13 , Gr Gn, S-CSCF = Serving Call Session Control Function
IMS ISC, Ma, MAP CAP Gp Gs SCTP = Stream Control Transport Protocol (RFC 2960)
SDP = Session Description Protocol (RFC 2327)
Mg, Mi, IP
Cx, Dh,
S3, S4,
S5, S8,
IP
Applications
Gb Femtocell Dx, Gq,
Mj, Mk, TCAP Applications BSSAP+ SGSN = Serving GPRS Support Node

LTE S10, S11, S2a/b

GERAN
U
D
P
T
C
P
IP
GMM SM GSMS
Iuh Gx, Rx Go Mb Le
Mn,
Mp
Mr, Mw,
Mx MTP3b M3UA
SCCP
MTP-3 M3UA
UDP

IP
TCP

Ga Gi, SGi MTP3b M3UA

SCCP
MTP-3 M3UA
S-GW = Serving Gateway
SIP = Session Initiation Protocol (RFC 3261)
IP IP S12, IP
S6a, S6b, MM CC SMS SS IP
Ater SNDCP SLF = Subscription Locator Function
Applications Applications Applications
A Abis GMM SM GSMS
SDP
IP

SDP
SDP
SIP-I

SIP-I
SIP-I
S16, Iu UP SM = Session Management (24.008)
SIP

SIP
SIP
RANAP DIAMETER COPS RTP RTCP ISUP BICC Megaco SSCF-NNI SCTP SCTP GTP GTP ’ SSCF-NNI SCTP SCTP
S1 UDP TCP UDP TCP UDP TCP
S7, S13, MAP IP Applications SNDCP LLC
HNBAP
Applications

X2 S101 Rx+ TCAP UDP TCP MM CC SMS SS

O&M SMSCB
RR
LLC
MM CC SMS SS BSSGP
RUA RTP/RTCP GTP-U TCP SCTP TCP SCTP UDP M3UA UDP TCP SCTP UDP TCP SCTP SSCOP IP UDP UDP UDP TCP SSCOP IP
SMLC = Serving Mobile Location Center
NAS IP IP IP SCCP IP BSSAP BSSAP L2RCOP NS MTP-2 MTP-2 SMLCPP = Serving Mobile Location Center Point-to-Point (48.031)
S1AP GTP-U X2AP GTP-U GTP-C GTP-U DIAMETER M3UA MIPv4 PMIPv6 SCCP L2RCOP O&M Transport BTSM RLC/MAC Codecs SCCP RLP UDP SCTP UDP IP IP IP IP IP IP AAL5 IP IP IP IP AAL5 IP SMS = Short Message Service (23.040, 24.011)
Frame
SCTP UDP SCTP UDP UDP UDP TCP SCTP UDP IPv6 MTP-3 RLP MTP-3 V110 Codecs IP Relay SMSCB = Short Message Services Cell Broadcast (23.041)
IPv6 LAPD PCU TRAU IPv4/ IPv6 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 ATM L2 L2 L2 ATM
(L1 bis)
IP IP IP IPv4 IPv4 IPv4 MTP-2 V110 Speech MTP-2 TRAU L2 SMS-SC = Short Message Service - Service Center
L2/L1 L2/L1 L2/L1 L2/L1 L2/L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 Ethernet GbE GbE GbE GbE GbE GbE L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 SNDCP = Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol (44.065)
SS = Supplementary Service (24.080)

Applications and Services Iu-CS C, D, E, F, G, H, SS7

SSCF-NNI = Service Specific Coordination Function - Network-to-Network Interface (Q.2140)
SSCF-UNI = Service Specific Coordination Function - User-to-Network Interface (Q.2130)

Iupc
Lb,
Lp,
UTRAN MM CC GMM SM SMS GSMS SS
MM CC SMS SS
Iur
MM CC GMM SM SMS GSMS SS
CS Core Nb Nc INAP MAP CAP SSCOP = Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol (Q.2110)
STC = Signaling Transport Converter (Q.2150)
Dh, Lc, TAF RANAP ALCAP TAF AMRPDCP BMC TAF Mc ALCAP
TUP, ISUP

Sh, PCAP Lg, Ls RRC AMR PDCPBMC

RLP IP
RNSAP ALCAP RRC
RLP
BICC TCAP SUA = Signaling Connection Control Part User Adaptation (RFC 3868)
Iub ALCAP RLC SCCP STC RLP
AMR
Iu-PS Applications
TCAP = Transaction Capabilities Application Part (Q.773)
Wm ISC Iu-BC SCCP Lh RRLP
UDP TCP
Iur-g SCCP STC RLC MEGACO STC TAF Codecs Codecs STC
SUA
SCCP
MTP3b SM GMM GSMS TCP = Transmission Control Protocol (RFC 739)
Ut NBAP STC MAC M3UA MTP3b Iu UP M3UA MTP3b M3UA MTP3b MAC MTP3b M3UA M3UA MTP3b RLP RLP MTP3b M3UA MTP-3 M3UA M3UA MTP3b MTP-3
DIAMETER RADIUS SDP SABP M3UA MTP3b INAP MAP BSSLAP LLP SMLCPP RANAP IP RNSAP TRAU = Trans Coder and Rate Adaptor Unit
SSCF-NNI SSCF-NNI SSCF- SSCF-
HS-DSCHFP

HS-DSCHFP

SCTP SSCF-UNI SSCF-UNI SCTP RTP RTCP SCTP SCTP TUP = Telephone User Part (Q.723)
EDCHFP

SSCF-NNI SCTP SCTP SSCF-NNI SSCF-NNI SCTP SCTP SCTP SSCF-NNI M2UA M2PA
RACHFP

SCCP Iu UP SCCP
EDCHFP
DSCHFP

USCHFP

RACHFP

Nb UP Nb UP
FACHFP

DSCHFP

USCHFP
FACHFP
DCHFP

DCHFP
PCHFP

PCHFP

SCTP SIP TCP SCTP SSCF-NNI TCAP BSSAP-LE HTTP UNI UNI
AAL2
SSCOP SSCOP SSCOP SSCOP UDP
M3UA MTP3b GTP-U M3UA MTP3b IP SSCOP IP SSCOP UDP = User Datagram Protocol (RFC 768)
UDP UDP TCP IP IP SSCOP SCCP SCCP TCP IP IP SSCOP IP SSCOP RTP RTCP SSCOP IP IP SSCOP SCTP
SCTP SSCF-NNI UDP SCTP SSCF-NNI IP USCHFP = Uplink Shared Channel Frame Protocol (25.435)
AAL2 MTP-2 MTP-2
AAL5 AAL5 UDP AAL2 AAL5 AAL5 IP AAL5 AAL5 UDP AAL2
IP IP AAL5 AAL5 MTP-3 MTP-3 IP IP SSCOP IP IP SSCOP AAL5 IP AAL5 UDP AAL5 IP IP AAL5 UTRAN = UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
IP IP IP
L2 L2 ATM L2 IP
ATM ATM ATM L2 AAL5 AAL5 AAL5 ATM ATM X2AP =X2 Application Protocol (36.423)
L2 L2 ATM ATM MTP-2 MTP-2 L2 L2 L2 L2 ATM ATM IP ATM ATM
L2 ATM ATM ATM
L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1

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