Acronyms

1xEV-DO 2G 3G 3GPP 3GPP2 4G AAA ACK AF AF AGW AM AM AMBR AMC AMD AN AP APN APP ARP ARQ AS AS AS AUTN BBREF BCCH BCH BER BLER BPSK BS BSC BSR BTS BW C-RNTI CCCH CCE CDD

1x Evolution for Data Optimized Second Generation Wireless Systems Third Generation Wireless Systems Third Generation Partnership Project Third Generation Partnership Project 2 Fourth Generation Wireless Systems Authentication, Authorization and Accounting Acknowledge or Acknowledgement Application Function Assured Forwarding Access Gateway Acknowledged Mode Amplitude Modulation Aggregate Max Bit Rate Adaptive Modulation and Coding\ Acknowledge Mode Access Network Access Point Access Point Name Application Address Resolution Protocol Automatic Repeat reQuest Access Stratum Application Server Autonomous System Authentication Token Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function Broadcast Control Channel Broadcast Channel Bit Error Rate Block Error Rate Binary Phase Shift Keying Base Station Base Station Controller Buffer Status Report Base Transceiver Station Bandwidth Cell Radio Network Temporary Identity Common Control Channel Control Channel Element Cyclic Delay Diversity

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CDMA CF CFI CK CL CM CN CoA CP CP CP CQI CRC CS CS CS-CN CSCF CSG DCCH DCI DFT DHCP DL DL-SCH DMRS DNS DNS DSCP DTCH DTX DVRB E-UTRA E-UTRAN ECM EDGE EMM eNB EPC ESP EV-DO FA

Code Division Multiple Access Crest Factor Canonical Format Indicator Ciphering Key Closed Loop Connection Management Core Network Care Of Address Common Part Contention Period Cyclic Prefix Channel Quality Indicator Cyclic Redundancy Check Circuit-Switched Convergence Sublayer Circuit Switched Core Network Call Session Control Function Content Services Gateway Dedicated Control Channel Downlink Control Information Discrete Fourier Transform Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Downlink Downlink Shared Channel Demodulation Reference Signal Domain Name Service Domain Name System Differentiated Service Code Point Dedicated Traffic Channel Discontinuous Transmission Distributed Virtual Resource Block Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network EPS Connection Management Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution EPS Mobility Management E-UTRAN Node B Evolved Packet Core Encapsulating Security Payload Evolution for Data Optimized Foreign Agent

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FA FACH FDD FDE FDM FDMA FEC FEC FFT FSTD GBR GGSN GI GPRS GRE GSM GT GTP GUMMEI GUTI H-FDD HA HARQ HF HHO HLR HO HPLMN HRPD HSDPA HSPA HSS HSUPA HTTP ICI IDFT IE IEEE IETF IFFT IK

Frequency Allocation Forward Access Channel Frequency Division Duplex Frequency Domain Equalization Frequency Division Multiplexing Frequency Division Multiple Access Forwarding Equivalency Classes Forward Error Correction Fast Fourier Transform Frequency Switched Time Diversity Guaranteed Bit Rate Gateway GPRS Support Node Guard Interval General Packet Radio Service Generic Routing Encapsulation Global System for Mobile Communication Guard Time GPRS Tunneling Protocol Globally Unique MME ID Globally Unique Temporary ID Half-Frequency Division Duplex Home Agent Hybrid ARQ High Frequency - 3 to 30 MHz Hard Handover Home Location Register Handover Home Public Land Mobile Network High Rate Packet Data High Speed Downlink Packet Access High Speed Packet Access Home Subscriber Server High Speed Uplink Packet Access HyperText Transfer Protocol Inter-Carrier Interference Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform Information Elements Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Internet Engineering Task Force Inverse Fast Fourier Transform Integrity Key

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IMS IMSI IN IP IP IR IRAT ISI ISUP IWS kbps L1 L2 L3 LCG LTE MAC MAC MBMS MBR MBS MCC MCCH MCH MCM MCS MCW ME MHz MIB MIMO MIP MISO MM MME MMEC MMEGI MNC MS MSC MTCH

IP Multimedia Subsystem International Mobile Subscriber Identity Intelligent Networks Intelligent Peripheral Internet Protocol Infra Red Inter Radio Access Technology Inter-Symbol Interference ISDN Signaling User Part Inter Working Solution kilo-bits per second Layer 1 (physical layer) Layer 2 (data link layer) Layer 3 (network layer) Logical Channel Group Long Term Evolution Medium Access Control Message Authentication Code Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Maximum Bit Rate Multicast and Broadcast Services Mobile Country Code Multicast Control Channel Multicast Channel Multi-Carrier Modulation Modulation and Coding Scheme Multiple Code Word Mobile Equipment Mega Hertz Management Information Base Multiple Input Multiple Output Mobile IP Multiple Input Single Output Mobility Management Mobility Management Entity MME Code MME Group ID Mobile Network Code Mobile Station Mobile Switching Center MBMS Traffic Channel

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NACK NAS NBM NDI OFDM OFDMA OL P-GW PAPR PBCH PCC PCCH PCCH PCEF PCFICH PCH PCO PCRF PCS PDB PDCCH PDCP PDG PDN PDP PDP PDSCH PDSN PDSN PDSN PDU PF PHICH PHY PLMN PMCH PMI PMIP PMM PN PRACH

Negative ACK Non-Access Stratum Network-Based Mobility New Data Indicator Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access Open Loop Packet Gateway Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Physical Broadcast Channel Policy and Charging Control Packet Common Control Channel Paging Control Channel Policy Charging Enforcement Function Physical Control Format Indication Channel Paging Channel Protocol Configuration Options Policy Charging Rule Function Personal Communication Services Packet Delay Budget Packet Dedicated Control Channel Packet Data Convergence Protocol Packet Data Gateway Packet Data Node Packet Data Protocol Policy Decision Point Physical Downlink Shared Channel Packet Data Subsystem Packet Data Service Packet Data Serving Node Protocol Data Unit Policy Function Physical H-ARQ Indication Channel Physical Layer Public Land Mobile Network Physical Multicast Channel Precoding Matrix Indicator Proxy MIP Packet Mobility Management Pseudo-random Noise Physical Random Access Channel

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PRB PS PS-CN PSTN PTS PUCCH PUCSH QAM QCI QoS QPSK RAC RACH RADIUS RAN RANAP RAND RAT RB RBG REG RES RF RFC RFC RFSP RI RLC RLC RLP RNC RNTI ROHC RRC RRM RS RSRP RSRQ RSSI RV S-GW

Physical Resource Block Packet-Switched Packet Switched Core Network Public Switched Telephone Network Partial Transmit Sequence Physical Uplink Control Channel Physical Uplink Shared Channel Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QoS Class Identifier Quality of Service Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Routing Area Code Random Access Channel Remote Access Dial-In User Service Radio Access Network Radio Access Network Application Part Random Number Radio Access Technology Radio Bearer Resource Block Group Resource Element Group Response Radio Frequency Request For Comment Remote Feature Control RAT/Frequency Selection Priority Rank Indication Radio Link Control Release Confirm Radio Link Protocol Radio Network Controller Radio Network Temporary Identity Robust Header Compression Radio Resource Control Radio Resource Management Reed-Solomon Reference Signal Received Power Reference Signal Received Quality Received Signal Strength Indicator Redundancy Version Serving Gateway

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S1-U SAE SC SC-FDMA SCTP SCW SDF SDM SDMA SDP SEQ SFBC SFN SGSN SIB SID SIM SIMO SIP SIR SM SMS SN SR SRB SRNC SRS SRVCC SS STC TA TAI TAU TBS TCP TDD TDMA TEID TFT TM TM

S1 - User Plane System Architecture Evolution Single Carrier Single Carrier - Frequency division Multiple Access Stream Control Transmission Protocol Single Code Word Service Data Flow Space Division Multiplexing Space (or Spatial) Division Multiple Access Session Description Protocol Sequence Space Frequency Block Coding Same Frequency Network Serving GPRS Support Node System Information Block System Identifier Subscriber Identity Module Single Input Multiple Output Session Initiation Protocol Signal-to-Interference Ratio Spatial Multiplexing Short Message Service Service Node Sender Report Signaling Radio Bearer Serving Radio Network Controller Sounding Reference Signal Single Radio Voice Call Continuity Subscriber Station Space Time Coding Tracking Area Tracking Area ID Tracking Area Update Transport Block Size Transmission Control Protocol Time Division Duplex Time Division Multiple Access Tunnel Endpoint Identifier Traffic Flow Template Traffic Mode Transparent Mode

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TPC TTI UDP UE UL UL-SCH UM UMA UMB UMTS URA UTRA UTRAN VCC VoIP VPLMN VRB WCDMA Wi-Fi WiMAX WLAN

Transmit Power Control Transmission Time Interval User Datagram Protocol User Equipment Uplink Uplink Shared Channel Unacknowledged Mode Unlicensed Mobile Access Ultra Mobile Broadband Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UTRAN Registration Area UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network Voice Call Continuity Voice over Internet Protocol Visited Public Land Mobile Network Virtual Resource Block Wideband Code Division Multiple Access Wireless Fidelity Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access Wireless Local Area Networks