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Training Document Vocabulary

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Contents
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INTRODUCTION
It seems that everywhere we look today things are moving faster and faster. Everyone is looking for that shortcut. Even in the way we talk we look to speed things up. Slang, contractions, and acronyms are seen and heard everywhere. It is with the acronyms, however, that most people become confused. Every sector of our lives has its own acronyms. Nowhere, however, are they more prevalent than in the work place; and todays telecommunications industry is no exception. The Vocabulary that follows is a list of telecommunications acronyms and their meaning. In some cases only the words that the letters of the acronym represent will be provided; others will go into more detail. Some acronyms have more than one meaning. In those cases an attempt has been made to provide both meanings. Note In no way is this document intended to be all-inclusive, nor should it be taken as the ultimate word. It is intended to be used as a quick reference guide to help you become familiar with telecommunication terminology. We at Nokia hope you will find it useful.

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VOCABULARY
The following is a list of acronyms and vocabulary used in association with cellular communications: Acronym Definition 3rd Generation GGSN 3rd Generation SGSN

ATM Adaptation Layer Access Burst Available Bit Rate Authentication Center Associated Control Channel Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line A Means to Increase Transmission Speed in a Copper Line by Dividing the Capacity Into a Channel With Higher Speed to the Subscriber. Acces s Grant Channel Access Link Control Access Link Application Part Advanced Mobile Phone System American National Standards Institute Advice of Charge Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number Automatic Request for Retransmission Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AGCH ALC ALCAP AMPS ANSI AoC ARFCN ARQ ATM B B-ICI B-ISDN B-ISUP BBM BCCH

Broadband Inter -Carrier Interface Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network Broadband ISDN User Part Base Band Module Broadcast Control Channel

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Acronym BCCH_FREQ_NCELL BCD BER BISDN BISUP Bm BM BN BNHO BRAN BS BSAP BSC BSIC BSIC-NCELL BSS BSSAP BSSMAP BT BTS C CAC CAMEL CBCH CBR CC CCCH CCITT CCPCH CCS7

Definition Frequency of the RF Carrier on Which the BCHH of a Neighboring Cell is Transmitted Binary Coded Decimal Bit Error Ratio Broadband Integrated Service Digital Network Broadband ISDN User Part Traffic Channel for Full Rate Voice Coder Bearer Management Bearer Negotiation Barring All Outgoing Calls Except Those to Home PLMN Broadband Radio Network Access Network Base Station Base Station Application Part Base Station Controller Base Transceiver Station Identity Code BSIC of an Adjacent Cell Base Station Subsystem BSS Application Part BSS Management Application Part Burst Tolerance Base Transceiver Station

Connection Admission Control Customized App lications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic Cell Broadcast Channel Constant Bit Rate Call/Connection Control or Country Code Common Control Channel International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee Common Control Physical Channel Common Channel Signaling #7

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Acronym CDMA

Definition Code Division Multiple Access A Technology That Allows Multiple Users Access to the Same Cell. Using Digital Format, CDMA Identifies Each Conversation Uniquely or by a Code Rather Than a Frequency (FDMA) or a Slice of Time (TDMA) Cell Delay Variation Conference of European Posts and Telegraphs. This Body Later Formed the Groupe Spcial Mobile (GSM) Carrier/Interface Ratio Cell Identity Channel Identifier, in CPS of AAL2 Cell Lose Rate Connection Management. Core Network Calling Number Identification Presentation Calling Number Identification Restriction Common Object Request Broker Architecture Common Physical Channel Control Plane Common Part Sublayer Circuit Switched (AAL2) Capability Set 1 Convergence Sublayer Common Part - also CPCS Circuit Switched Public Data Networks Control Transport Protocol

CDV CEPT C/I CI CID CLR CM CN CNIP CNIR CORBA CPCH C-Plane CPS CS CS1 CSCP CSPDN CTP D D-AMPS DB DBR DCCH DCH DCN DCS

Digital-American Mobile Public System Dummy Burst Deterministic Bit Rate Dedicated Control Channel Dedicated Channel Data Communication Network in TMN Digital Cellular System

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Acronym DHO DL DLCI DLD Dm DPCCH DPDCH DRNC DRX DSCH DTAP DTCH DTE DTMF DTX E EDGE EIR ETSI F FAC FACCH FACCH/F FACCH/H FACH FB FCL FDMA

Definition Diversity Handover /softer handover Data Link (Layer) Data Link Con nection Identifier Data Link Connection Discriminator Control Channel (ISDN Terminology Applied to Mobile Service) Dedicated Physical Control Channel Dedicated Physical Data Channel Drift RNC Discontinuous Reception Downlink Shared Channel Direct Transfer Application Part Dedicated Traffic Channel Data Terminal Equipment Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (Signaling) Discontinuous Transmission (Mechanism) Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution Equipment Identity Register European Telecommunications Standards Institute

Final Assembly Code Fast Associated Control Channel (ACCH) Full Rate FACCH Half Rate FACCH Forward Access Channel Frequency Correction Burst Frame Control Layer Frequency Division Multiple Access This is the Technology That Allowed Different Cellular Broadcasts in the Same Geographical Region by Using Different Frequencies For Further Study

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Acronym FP G GGSN GMSC GPA GPRS GSA GSM GSM PLMN GTP GUI GWMSC H HC HDLC HEC HLR HO HPLMN HSCSD HSN I IAM ICI IDN IETF IISP ILMI IMEI IMSI

Definition Frame Protocol

Gateway GPRS Support Node Gateway MSC GSM Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Area General Packet Radio System GSM System Area Groupe Spcial Mobile or Global System for Mobile Communication GSM Public Land Mobile Network GPRS Tunneling Protocol Graphical User Interface Gateway Wideband Mobile Switching Center

Handover Control High Level Data Link Control Header Error Check Home Location Register Handover Home Public Land Mobile Network High Speed Circuit Switched Data Hopping Sequence Number

Initial Address Message Inter carrier Interface Integrated Digital Network Internet Engineering Task Force Interim Interswitch Signaling protocol Interim Local Management Interface International Mobile Station Equipment Identity International Mobile Subscriber Station Identity

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Acronym IMT-2000 IMUI IMUN IN INAP IP IPR IPUI ISDN ISO ISUP ITU ITU-T IWF IWU K Kc Ki L LA LAC LACC LACU LAI LapD LapDm LATA LC LCE LLC

Definition International Mobile Telecommunications - 2000 International Mobile User Identity International Mobile User Number Intelligent Network Intelligent Network Application Part Internet Protocol Intellectual Property Rights (Patents, etc.) International Portable User Identity Integrated Services Digital Network International Standardization Organization ISDN User Part International Telecommunications Union ITU-Telecommunications Standards Sector Inter-Working Function Inter-Working Unit Cipher Key Key Used to Calculate Signaled Response (SRES)

Location Area Link Access Control LAC for RAN Control Plane LAC for RAN User Plane Location Area Identity Link Access Protocol for D-Channels Link Access Protocol on the Dm Channel Local Access and Transport Area Load Control Link Control Entity Logical Link Control

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Acronym LLC-C LLC-U LLE Lm LM LPLMN M MAC MAFE MAP MBS MCC MCF MD MDC ME MEHO MEXE MM MMI MNC MS MSC MS ISDN MS_PWR_CLASS MS_RANGE_MAX MS_RXLEV_L

Definition Control Plane LLC User Plane LLC Logical Link Entity Traffic Channel with Capacity Lower than Bm Location Management Local Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)

Media Access Control Medium Access Function Entity Mobile Application Part Maximum Burst Size Mobile Country Code Mobile Control Function (ITU) MacroDiversity or Mediation Device MacroDiversity Combiner Mobile Equipment Mobile Evaluated Handover Mobile (Station) Execution Environment Mobility Management Man Machine Interface Mobile Network Code Mobile Station (ME + SIM = MS) Mobile Service Switching Center Mobile Station ISDN Number MS Power Class. Parameter Defining the Power Class of an MS Expressed in the Same Way as the R Parameters Mobile Station Range Maximum Handover Criterion To Determine Serving Cell Lower Receiver Level. Threshold of RXLEV Received From the Serving BS Below Which Either Power Control or Handover Must Take Place to Improve the Cell Quality

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Acronym MS_TXPWR_CONF MS MS_TXPWR_MAX_CCH MS_TXPWR_REQUEST MP-P MSC MSCM MSRN MT MTP MTP3 MTP-3b MUMS MUX N NB NDC NE NMC NRT NSS O O&M OMC OS OSI P PAD Paging Group PCH

Definition Transmitted RF Power Confirmation Parameter S ent by the MS to Indicate its Current Transmitted RF Power Level Maximum Allowed Transmitted RF Power for MSs to Access the System Until Commanded Otherwise MS Transmitted RF Power Request. Parameter Sent by the BSS That Commands the Required MS RF Power Level MultiPoint-to-Point Mobile Services Switching Center Mobile Station Class Mark Mobile Station Roaming Number Mobile Termination Message Transfer Part Message Transfer Part layer 3 Broadband Message Transfer Part 3 Multi-User Mobile Station Multiplexer Normal Burst National Destination Code Network Element Network Management Center Non-Real Time (Services) Network and Switching Subsystem

Operations and Maintenance Operations and Maintenance Center Operating System Open System Interconnection

Packed Assembly/Disassembly Facility The Set of MSs Monitoring a Particular Paging Block Paging Channel

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Acronym PCM PCH PCR PDG PDN PDP PDU PHY PIN PLMN PNNI PS PSPDN PSTN PVC Q QoS QPSK R RA RACH RAN RANAP RAND RANMAP RFCH RFN RLC RLC-C RLC-U

Definition Pulse Code Modulation Paging Channel Peak Cell Rate Packet Data Gateway Public Data Networks Packet Data Protocol Protocol Data Unit Physical Layer Personal Identification Number Public Land Mobile Network Private Network to Network Interface (Protocol) Packet Switched Public Switched Public Data Network Public Switched Telephone Network Permanent Virtual Circuit Quality of Service Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying

Routing Area Random Access Channel Radio Access Network RAN WG in JAFFA R2 Radio Access Network Application Part Random Number (Authentication) RAN Management Application Part Radio Frequency Channe l Reduced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Frame Number Radio Link Control Radio Link Control for Control Plane Radio Link Control for User Plane

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Acronym RLP RM RNC RNS RNSAP RR RRC RRM RSCN RT RXLEV RXLEV_ACCESS_MIN RXLEV_MIN RXLEV_NCELL RXLEV_SERVING_CELL RXQUAL RXQUAL-FULL

Definition Radio Link Protocol Resource Management Radio Network Controller Radio Network System or Radio Network Subsystem Radio Network Subsystem Application Part Radio Resource or Receiver Ready Radio Resource Control Radio Resource Management Radio Subchannel Number, Part of SAL Field Real Time Received Signal Level The Minimum Received Signal Level at a MS for Access to a Cell The Minimum Received Signal Level at a MS From a Neighboring Cell for Handover to be Permitted. Received Signal Level of Neighboring or Current Serving Cell Measured on the BCCH Carrier. Received Signal Level in the Serving Cell Measured on the Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) Carrier Received Signal Quality Received Signal Quality As sessed Over the Full Set of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Frames Without a Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH) Block

RXQUAL_SERVING_CELL Received Signal Quality of Serving RXQUAL_SUB S SAAL SABM SACC/C8 SACCH SACCH/C4 SACCH/T Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Slow, SDCHH/8 Associated, Control Channel Slow Associated Control Channel Slow, Stand-alone Dedicated Control Chann el/4) SDCCH/4 Associated, Control Channel Slow, Traffic Channel (TCH)-Associated, Control Channel Received Signal Quality Assessed Over a Subset of 12 Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Frames

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Acronym SACCH/TF SACCH/TH SAP SAPI SAR SB SC SCCP SCCP -b SCH SCR SDCCH SDCCH/4 SDCCH/8 SDH SDMA SGSN SIGTRAN SIM SIR SM SM2M SMS SMSCB SN SNMP SP SRES SRNC SS

Definition Slow, Traffic Channel (TCH/F)-Associated, Control Channel Slow, Traffic Channel (TCH/H)-Associated, Control Channel Service Access Point SAP Indicator Segmentation and Reassembly Layer Synchronization Burst Service Center Signaling Connection Control Part Broadband Signaling Connection Control Part Synchronization Channel Sustainable Cell Rate Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel SDCCH 4 SDCCH 8 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Space Division Multiple Access The Method of Dividing Large Regions Into Cells and Using One Frequency in Each Cell. Service GPRS Support Node Signaling Transport (IETF work group) Subscriber Identity Module Signal to Interference Ratio Session Management Submultiplexer/2 Mbps Short Message Service SMS Cell Broadcast Subscriber Number Simple Network Management Protocol Signaling Point Signed Response (Authentication) Service RNC Subscriber Services or Supplementary Services

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Acronym SS7 SSCF SSCOP SSCS SSSAR STM-1 STP SVC T TA TAC TC TCAP TCH TCH/F2.4 T CH/F4.8 TCH/F9.6 TCH/FS TCH/H TCH/H4.8 TCH/HS TCH/P TDMA

Definition Signaling System No 7 Service Specific Coordination Function Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol Service Specific Convergence Sublayer Service Specific Segmentation and Reassembly Sublayer Synchronous Transport Module-1 Signaling Transfer Point Switched Virtual Channel, a Temporary Virtual Circuit Between Two Users

Terminal Adapter Type Approval Code Transcoder or Transmission Convergence Sublayer Transactions Capabilities Application Part Traffic Channel A Full Rate Data TCH (<2.4 Kbps). A Full Rate Data TCH (4.8 Kbps) A Full Rate Data TCH (9.6 Kbps). A Full Rate Speech TCH A Half Rate TCH A Half Rate Data TCH (4.8 Kbps) A Half Rate Speech TCH A Full Rate TCH Time Division Multiple Access This Technology Not Only Divided Different Frequencies Into Different Cells (i.e., SDMA), But it Divides Each Cells Frequency Into Slices of Time. Terminal Equipment Terminal Endpoint Identifier Third Generation Network Telecommunication Management Network Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity Temporary IMUI

TE TEI TGN T MN TMSI TMUI

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Acronym TRX TS TUP TXPRWR U UBR UE UI UMTS UNI UPC URAN USIM USSD UTRAN V VAD VBR VBR-NRT VBR-RT VC VCC VCI VHE VLR VP VPC VPCI VPI W

Definition Transceiver Time Slot Telephone User Part Transmit power; TX Power Level in the MS_ TXPWR_REQUEST and MS_TXPWR_CONF Parameters.

Unspecified Bit Rate User Equipment Unnumbered Information (Frame) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System User-Network Interface Usage Parameter Control UMTS Radio Access Network UMTS Subscriber Identity Module Unstructured Supplementary Services Data UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network Voice Activity Detection Variable Bit rate Variable Bit rate Not real Time Variable Bit rate Real Time Virtual Channel Virtual Channel Connection Virtual Channel Identifier Virtual Home Environment Visitor Location Register Virtual Path Virtual Path Connection Virtual Path Connection Identifier Virtual Path Identifier

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Acronym WAP WCDMA WLL WMSC

Definition Wireless Application Protocol Wideband Code Division Multiple Access A 3rd Generation Mobile Services Platform Based on a Layered Network Protocol Structure Wireless Local Loop Wideband MSC

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