P
P-CCPCH Primary Common Control Physical Channel
P-CPIH Primary Common Pilot Channel
P-RNTI Paging RNTI
P-TMSI Packet TMSI
PA Power Amplifier
PAPR Peak-to-Average Power Ratio
PABX Private Automatic Branch eXchange
PACCH Packet Associated Control Channel
PAD Packet Assember/Disassembler
PAGCH Packet Access Grant Channel
PAP Password Authentication Protocol
PAR Peak to Average Ratio
PB Pass Band
PBID PhoneBook IDentifier
PBCCH Packet Broadcast Control Channel
PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
PBP Paging Block Periodicity
PBX Private Branch eXchange
PC Power Control
Personal Computer
PCB Protocol Control Byte
PCCC Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Code
PCCCH Packet Common Control Channel
PCCH Paging Control Channel
PCDE Peak Code Domain Error
PCell Primary Cell
PCFICH Physical control format indicator channel
PCG Project Co-ordination Group
PCH Paging Channel
PCK Personalisation Control Key
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCPCH Physical Common Packet Channel
PCS Personal Communication System
PCU Packet Control Unit
PD Protocol Discriminator
Public Data
PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
PDCH Packet Data Channel
PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
PDN Public Data Network
Packet Data Network
PDP Packet Data Protocol
PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
PDTCH Packet Data Traffic Channel
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PG Processing Gain
PH Packet Handler
PHysical (layer)
PHF Packet Handler Function
PHI Packet Handler Interface
PHICH Physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel
PHS Personal Handyphone System
PHY Physical layer
PhyCH Physical Channel
PI Page Indicator
Presentation Indicator
PICH Page Indicator Channel
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PID Packet Identification
PIN Personal Identification Number
PIXT Protocol Implementation eXtra information for Testing
PKCS Public-Key Cryptography Standards
PL Preferred Languages
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PMCH Physical Multicast Channel
PMD Physical Media Dependent
PMI Precoding Matrix Indicator
PN Pseudo Noise
PNE Présentation des Normes Européennes
PNP Private Numbering Plan
POI Point Of Interconnection (with PSTN)
PoR Proof of Receipt
POTS Plain Old Telephony Service
PP Point-to-Point
PPCH Packet Paging Channel
PPE Primative Procedure Entity
PPF Paging Proceed Flag
PPM Parts Per Million
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PPS Protocol and Parameter Select (response to the ATR)
PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
Packet Random Access Channel
PRB Physical Resource Block
Pref CUG Preferential CUG
ProSe Proximity-based Services
PRS Positioning Reference Signal
PS Packet Switched
Location Probability
PSC Primary Synchronisation Code
Packet Scheduling
PSCH Physical Shared Channel
PSE Personal Service Environment
PSM Power Saving Mode
PSPDN Packet Switched Public Data Network
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PTCCH Packet Timing advance Control Channel
PTM Point-to-Multipoint
PTM-G PTM Group Call
PTM-M PTM Multicast
PTP Point to point
PU Payload Unit
PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
PUCT Price per Unit Currency Table
PUK PIN Unblocking Key
PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit
PW Pass Word
PWS Public Warning System
Q
QA Q (Interface) - Adapter
QAF Q - Adapter Function
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QCI QoS Class Identifier
QoE Quality of Experience
QoS Quality of Service
QPSK Quadrature (Quaternary) Phase Shift Keying
QZSS Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
R
R Value of Reduction of the MS transmitted RF power relative to the maximum allowed output power of the highest power class of MS (A)
R-APDU Response APDU
R-Block Receive-ready Block
R-PDCCH Relay Physical Downlink Control Channel
R-SGW Roaming Signalling Gateway
R-TPDU Response TPDU
R99 Release 1999
RA Routing Area
Random mode request information field
RA-RNTI Random Access RNTI
RAB Radio Access Bearer
Random Access Burst
RAC Routing Area Code
RACH Random Access Channel
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RAI Routing Area Identity
RAN Radio Access Network
RANAP Radio Access Network Application Part
RAND RANDom number (used for authentication)
RAT Radio Access Technology
RAU Routing Area Update
RB Radio Bearer
RBC Radio Bearer Control
RBER Residual Bit Error Ratio
RDF Resource Description Format
RDI Restricted Digital Information
RE Resource Element
REC RECommendation
REG Resource Element Group
REJ REJect(ion)
REL RELease
Rel-4 Release 4
Rel-5 Release 5
REQ REQuest
RES user RESponse
64-bit signed RESponse that is the output of the function f2 in a 3G AKA
RET Remote Electrical Tilting
RETAP Remote Electrical Tilting Application Part
RF Radio Frequency
RFC Request For Comments
Radio Frequency Channel
RFCH Radio Frequency CHannel
RFE Routing Functional Identity
RFN Reduced TDMA Frame Number
RFU Reserved for Future Use
RI Rank Indication
RIM RAN Information Management
RL Radio Link
RLC Radio Link Control
RLCP Radio Link Control Protocol
RLP Radio Link Protocol
RLR Receiver Loudness Rating
RLS Radio Link Set
RMS Root Mean Square (value)
RN Relay Node
RNC Radio Network Controller
RNL Radio Network Layer
RNS Radio Network Subsystem
RNSAP Radio Network Subsystem Application Part
RNTABLE Table of 128 integers in the hopping sequence
RNTI Radio Network Temporary Identity
ROHC Robust Header Compression
RPLMN Registered Public Land Mobile Network
RPOA Recognised Private Operating Agency
RR Radio Resources
RRC Radio Resource Control
RRM Radio Resource Management
RS Reference Symbol
RSA Algorithm invented by Rivest, Adleman and Shamir
RSCP Received Signal Code Power
RSE Radio System Entity
RSL Radio Signalling Link
RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
RST Reset
RSTD Reference Signal Time Difference
RSVP Resource ReserVation Protocol
RSZI Regional Subscription Zone Identity
RT Real Time
RTE Remote Terminal Emulator
RTP Real Time Protocol
RU Resource Unit
RWB Resolution Bandwidth
RX Receive
RXLEV Received signal level
RXQUAL Received Signal Quality
S
S1AP S1 Application Protocol
S1-MME S1 for the control plane
S1-U S1 for the user plane
S-Block Supervisory Block
S-CCPCH Secondary Common Control Physical Channel
S-CPICH Secondary Common Pilot Channel
S-CSCF Serving CSCF
S-GW Serving Gateway
S-RNTI SRNC Radio Network Temporary Identity
S-TMSI SAE Temporary Mobile Station Identifier
SAAL Signalling ATM Adaptation Layer
SABM Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
SACCH Slow Associated Control Channel
SACCH/C4 Slow Associated Control CHannel/SDCCH/4
SACCH/C8 Slow Associated Control CHannel/SDCCH/8
SACCH/T Slow Associated Control CHannel/Traffic channel
SACCH/TF Slow Associated Control CHannel/Traffic channel Full rate
SACCH/TH Slow Associated Control CHannel/Traffic channel Half rate
SAD Source Address
SAE System Architecture Evolution
SAP Service Access Point
SAPI Service Access Point Identifier
SAR Segmentation and Reassembly
SAT SIM Application Toolkit
SB Synchronization Burst
SBAS Space Based Augmentation System
SBLP Service Based Local Policy
SBSC Serving Base Station Controller
SBSS Serving Base Station Subsystem
SC Service Centre (used for SMS)
Service Code
SC-FDMA Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
SCCH Synchronisation Control Channel
SCCP Signalling Connection Control Part
SCell Secondary Cell
SCF Service Control Function (IN context), Service Capability Feature (VHE/OSA context)
SCH Synchronisation Channel
SCI Subscriber Controlled Input
SCN Sub-Channel Number
SCP Service Control Point
SCTP S Common Transport Protocol
SCUDIF Service Change and UDI/RDI Fallback
SDCCH Stand-Alone Dedicated Control Channel
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDL Specification Description Language
SDMA Spatial Division Multiple Access
SDN Service Dialling Number
SDP Service Discovery Protocol (Bluetooth related)
Session Description Protocol
SDT SDL Development Tool
SDU Service Data Unit
SE Security Environment
Sending Entity
Support Entity
SEF Support Entity Function
SET SUPL Enabled Terminal
SF Spreading Factor
SFH Slow Frequency Hopping
SFI Short EF Identifier
SFN System Frame Number
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
SHCCH Shared Channel Control Channel
SI Screening Indicator
Service Interworking
Supplementary Information (SIA = Supplemenatary Information A)
System Information
SI-RNTI System Information RNTI
SIB System Information Block
SIC Service Implementation Capabilities
SID SIlence Descriptor
SIM GSM Subscriber Identity Module
SIP Session Initiated Protocol
SIPTO Selected IP Traffic Offload
SIR Signal-to-Interference Ratio
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLP SUPL Location Platform
SLPP Subscriber LCS Privacy Profile
SLR Send Loudness Rating
SLTM Signalling Link Test Message
SM Session Management
Short Message
SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SME Short Message Entity
SMG Special Mobile Group
SMI Structure of Management Information (RFC 1155)
SMLC Serving Mobile Location Centre
SMS Short Message Service
SMS-CB SMS Cell Broadcast
SMS-PP Short Message Service/Point-to-Point
SMS-SC Short Message Service - Service Centre
Smt Short message terminal
SN Serial Number
Serving Network
Sequence Number
Subscriber Number
SNDCP Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR Serial NumbeR
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SOA Suppress Outgoing Access (CUG SS)
SoLSA Support of Localised Service Area
SON Self Organizing Networks
SoR Steering of Roaming
SP Switching Point
Service Provider
SPC Signalling Point Code
Suppress Preferential CUG
SPCK Service Provider Control Key
SPI Security Parameters Indication
SQN Sequence number
SR Scheduling Request
SRB Signalling Radio Bearer
SRES Signed RESponse (authentication value returned by the SIM or by the USIM in 2G AKA)
SRNC Serving Radio Network Controller
SRNS Serving RNS
SRS Sounding Reference Signal
SS Supplementary Service
System Simulator
SS7 Signalling System No. 7
SSC Secondary Synchronisation Code
Supplementary Service Control string
SSCOP Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol
SSCF Service Specific Co-ordination Function
SSCF-NNI Service Specific Coordination Function – Network Node Interface
SSCS Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
SSDT Site Selection Diversity Transmission
SSE Service Specific Entities
SSF Service Switching Function
SSN Sub-System Number
SSSAR Service Specific Segmentation and Re-assembly sublayer
STC Signalling Transport Converter
STMR SideTone Masking Rating
STP Signalling Transfer Point
STTD Space Time Transmit Diversity
SuM Subscription Management
SUPL Secure User Plane Location
SV Space Vehicle
SVC Switched virtual circuit
SVN Software Version Number
SW Status Word
Software
SW1/SW2 Status Word 1/Status Word 2
T
T-SGW Transport Signalling Gateway
T Timer
Transparent
Type only
TA Terminal Adaptation
Timing Advance
Tracking Area
TAC Type Approval Code
TAF Terminal Adaptation Function
TAR Toolkit Application Reference
TB Transport Block
TBD To Be Defined
TBF Temporary Block Flow
TBR Technical Basis for Regulation
TC Transaction Capabilities
TransCoder
Transmission Convergence
TCH Traffic Channel
TCH/F A full rate TCH
TCH/F2,4 A full rate data TCH (≤2,4kbit/s)
TCH/F4,8 A full rate date TCH (4,8kbit/s)
TCH/F9,6 A full rate data TCH (9,6kbit/s)
TCH/FS A full rate Speech TCH
TCH/H A half rate TCH
TCH/H2,4 A half rate data TCH (≤2,4kbit/s)
TCH/H4,8 A half rate data TCH (4,8kbit/s)
TCH/HS A half rate Speech TCH
TC-TR Technical Committee Technical Report
TCI Transceiver Control Interface
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TD-CDMA Time Division-Code Division Multiple Access
TDD Time Division Duplex(ing)
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TDoc Temporary Document
TE Terminal Equipment
TE9 Terminal Equipment 9 (ETSI sub-technical committee)
Tei Terminal endpoint identifier
TEID Tunnel End Point Identifier
TF Transport Format
TFA TransFer Allowed
TFC Transport Format Combination
TFCI Transport Format Combination Indicator
TFCS Transport Format Combination Set
TFI Transport Format Indicator
Temporary Flow Identity
TFIN Transport Format INdicator
TFP TransFer Prohibited
TFS Transport Format Set
TFT Traffic Flow Template
TI Transaction Identifier
TLLI Temporary Logical Link Identity
TLM TeLeMetry word
TLS Transport Layer Security
TLV Tag Length Value
TM Telecom Management
Transparent Mode
TMA Tower Mounted Amplifier
TMAAP Tower Mounted Amplifier application part
TMF Telecom Management Forum
TMN Telecom Management Network
TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
TN Termination Node
Timeslot Number
TNL Transport Network Layer
TO Telecom Operations Map
TOA Time of Arrival
TON Type Of Number
TP Third Party
TPC Transmit Power Control
TPDU Transfer Protocol Data Unit
TR Technical Report
TRAU Transcoder and Rate Adapter Unit
TrCH Transport Channel
TRX Transceiver
TS Technical Specification
Teleservice
Time Slot
TSC Training Sequence Code
TSDI Transceiver Speech & Data Interface
TSG Technical Specification Group
TSN Time-Sensitive Networking
TSTD Time Switched Transmit Diversity
TTCN TTCN-2 or TTCN-3
TTCN-2 Tree and Tabular Combined Notation version 2
TTCN-3 Testing and Test Control Notation version 3
TTI Transmission Timing Interval
TUP Telephone User Part (SS7)
TV Type and Value
TX Transmit
TXPWR Transmit PoWeR; Tx power level in the MS_TXPWR_REQUEST and MS_TXPWR_CONF parameters