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    This document defines abbreviations commonly used in UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) including AM (Acknowledged Mode), C/I (Carrier-to-Interference Ratio), DCH (Dedicated Channel), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), IP (Internet Protocol), PDP (Packet Data Protocol), RNC (Radio Network Controller), TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), UE (User Equipment), and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). The four page appendix includes over 100 abbreviations for terms related to wireless communications standards, protocols, and technologies.

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    This document defines abbreviations commonly used in UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) including AM (Acknowledged Mode), C/I (Carrier-to-Interference Ratio), DCH (Dedicated Channel), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), IP (Internet Protocol), PDP (Packet Data Protocol), RNC (Radio Network Controller), TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), UE (User Equipment), and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). The four page appendix includes over 100 abbreviations for terms related to wireless communications standards, protocols, and technologies.

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    This document defines abbreviations commonly used in UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) including AM (Acknowledged Mode), C/I (Carrier-to-Interference Ratio), DCH (Dedicated Channel), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), IP (Internet Protocol), PDP (Packet Data Protocol), RNC (Radio Network Controller), TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), UE (User Equipment), and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). The four page appendix includes over 100 abbreviations for terms related to wireless communications standards, protocols, and technologies.

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    UMTS Abbreviations Page 1 of 4

    Information Elements and Events > Appendix A. UMTS Abbreviations

    Appendix A. UMTS Abbreviations


    This appendix also includes some general abbreviations.

    AM Acknowledged Mode
    AMR Adaptive Multi Rate
    APM Advanced Power Management
    AQM Audio Quality Measurement
    ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
    AS Active Set
    BCC Base Station Colour Code
    BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
    BEP Bit Error Probability
    BER Bit Error Rate
    BLEP Block Error Probability
    BLER Block Error Rate
    BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol
    BSIC Base Station Identity Code
    BSN Block Sequence Number
    C/A Carrier-to-Adjacent (Ratio)
    C/I Carrier-to-Interference (Ratio)
    CBCH Cell Broadcast Channel
    CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
    CGI Cell Global Identity
    CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
    CI Cell Identity
    CPICH Common Pilot Channel
    CQI Channel Quality Indicator
    CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
    CS Coding Scheme
    CSD Circuit-Switched Data
    CW Continuous Wave
    DCH Dedicated Channel
    DGPS Differential GPS
    DL Downlink
    DNS Domain Name System (Service, Server)
    DPCCH Dedicated Physical Control Channel
    DR Dead Reckoning
    DSC Downlink Signalling Counter
    DSC Downlink Signalling Counter
    DTX Discontinuous Transmission
    EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (= EGPRS)
    EFR Enhanced Full Rate
    EGPRS Enhanced GPRS (= EDGE)
    EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
    FACCH Fast Associated Control Channel
    FACH Forward Access Channel
    FER Frame Erasure Rate
    FR Full Rate
    GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
    GMM GPRS Mobility Management
    GPRS General Packet Radio Service
    GPS Global Positioning System
    GRR GPRS Radio Resource

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    GSM Global System for Mobile Communication


    HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
    HO Handover
    HR Half Rate
    H-RNTI HSDPA Radio Network Temporary Id
    HSCSD High Speed Circuit-Switched Data
    HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
    HS-DSCH High Speed Downlink Shared Channel
    HSN Hopping Sequence Number
    HS-PDSCH High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel
    HS-SCCH High Speed Shared Control Channel
    IE Information Element
    IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
    IP Internet Protocol
    IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol
    JPEG Joint Photographic Expert Group
    KML Keyhole Markup Language
    KPI Key Performance Indicator
    LA Location Area
    LAC Location Area Code
    LAT Latitude
    LCP Link Control Protocol
    LLC Logical Link Control
    LON Longitude
    LUT Location Update Type
    MCC Mobile Country Code
    MCS Modulation Coding Scheme
    MCS Modulation Coding Scheme
    MDM Mobile Diagnostic Monitor
    MM Mobility Management
    MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
    MMSC MMS Center
    MN Monitored Neighbor
    MNC Mobile Network Code
    MO Mobile-originated
    MOS Mean Opinion Score
    MS Mobile Station (may represent phone or scanner)
    MT Mobile-terminated
    MTR Mobile Traffic Recording
    MTU Mobile Test Unit
    NBDS NetBIOS Datagram Service
    NBNS NetBIOS Name Service
    NCC Network Colour Code
    NMO Network Mode of Operation
    OVSF Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor
    PAP Password Authentication Protocol
    PBCCH Packet Broadcast Control Channel
    PCCCH Packet Common Control Channel
    PCH Paging Channel
    PDCH Packet Data Channel
    PDP Packet Data Protocol
    PDU Protocol Data Unit
    PESQ Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality
    PI Performance Indicator
    PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
    PN Pseudo Noise
    PPCH Packet Paging Channel
    PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
    PPS Precise Positioning Service
    P-SCH Primary Synchronisation Channel

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    QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation


    QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
    RA Routing Area
    RAC Routing Area Code
    RACH Random Access Channel
    RAN Radio Access Network
    RAS Remote Access Service
    RAT Radio Access Technology
    RB Radio Bearer
    RLA Received Level Average
    RLC Radio Link Control
    RLP Radio Link Protocol
    RNC Radio Network Controller
    RR Radio Resource (Management)
    RRC Radio Resource Control
    RSCP Received Signal Code Power
    RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
    RTCP Real Time Control Protocol
    RTP Real Time Transport Protocol
    RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol
    SACCH Slow Associated Control Channel
    SAN Serving/Active Set + Neighbors
    SAPI Service Access Point Identifier
    SC Scrambling Code
    SCH Synchronisation Channel
    SDCCH Standalone Dedicated Control Channel
    SDU Signaling Data Unit
    SF Spreading Factor
    SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
    SHO Soft Handover
    SIB System Information Block
    SID Silence Descriptor
    SIR Signal-to-Interference Ratio
    SMS Short Message Service
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    SNDCP Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol
    SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
    SPS Standard Positioning Service
    SQI Speech Quality Index
    SS Signal Strength
    S-SCH Secondary Synchronisation Channel
    TA Timing Advance
    TAB (umbrella term for various MapInfo file types)
    TCH Traffic Channel
    TCP Transmission Control Protocol
    TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
    TFI Temporary Flow Id
    TI Transaction Identifier
    TIF Tag Image File
    TLLI Temporary Logical Link Identifier
    TM Transparent Mode
    TS Timeslot
    TSC Training Sequence Code
    TTI Transmission Time Interval
    UARFCN UMTS Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
    UCS Universal Character Set
    UDP User Datagram Protocol
    UE User Equipment
    UL Uplink
    UM Unacknowledged Mode

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    UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System


    URA UTRAN Registration Area
    URI Uniform Resource Identifier
    USB Universal Serial Bus
    UTF UCS Transformation Format
    UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
    UTRAN UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
    WAP Wireless Application Protocol
    WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
    WSP Wireless Session Protocol
    VSQI Video Streaming Quality Index
    VTQI Video Telephony Quality Index
    XML Extensible Markup Language

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