^{Abbreviations}*

1G

First Generation

2G

Second Generation

3G

Third Generation

3GPP

Third Generation Partnership Project

ABNF

Augmented Backus-Naur Form

AAA

Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

AAL

ATM Adaptation Layer

AAL2

ATM Adaptation Layer type 2

AAL5

ATM Adaptation Layer type 5

ACIF

Australian Communications Industry Forum

ACM

Address Complete Message

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

AH

Authentication Header

AK

Anonymity key

AKA

Authentication and Key Agreement

ALCAP

Access Link Control Application Part

AM

Acknowledged Mode

AMF

Authentication Management Field /

Address Management Function

AMR

Adaptive Multi Rate

AN

Access Network

ANM

Answer Message

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AoC

Advice of Charge

APDU

Application Protocol Data Unit

API

Application Programming Interface

APN

Access Point Name

ARIB

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses

AS

Access Stratum /

Application Server /

Autonomous System

ASE

Application Service Entity

AT Command

ATtention Command

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AuC

Authentication Centre

AUTN

Authentication Token

AV

Authentication Vector

AVP

Attribute Value Pairs

B2BUA

Back-to-Back User Agent

BAIC

Barring of All Incoming Calls

BAOC

Barring of All Outgoing Calls

BCCH

Broadcast Control Channel

BCFE

Broadcast Control Functional Entity

BCH

Broadcast Channel

BER

Bit Error Rate /

Bit Error Ratio

BG

Border Gateway

BGCF

Breakout Gateway Control Function

BIC

Barring of Incoming Calls

BICC

Bearer Independent Call Control

B-ISDN

Broadband ISDN

BLER

Block Error Rate /

Block Error Ratio

BMC

Broadcast/Multicast Control

BOIC

Barring of Outgoing International Calls

BOIC-exHC

Barring of Outgoing International Calls except those directed to the Home PLMN Country

BS

Base Station /

Basic Service

BSC

Base Station Controller

BSG

Basic Service Group

BSS

Base Station Subsystem

BSSAP

Base Station Subsystem Application Part

BSSGP

Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol

BSSMAP

Base Station Subsystem Management Application Part

BTS  

Base Transceiver Station

C-RNTI

Cell Radio Network Temporary Identity

CAMEL

Customized Application for Mobile network Enhanced Logic

CAP

Camel Application Part

CB

Call Barring /

Cell Broadcast

CBC

Cell Broadcast Centre

CBE

Cell Broadcast Entity

CBR

Constant Bit Rate

CBS

Cell Broadcast Service

CC

Call Control /

Country Code

CCBS

Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber

CCCH

Common Control Channel

CCTrCH

Coded Composite Transport Channel

CD

Call Deflection

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CDR

Charging Data Record

CF

Call Forwarding

CEA

Capability Exchange Answer

CER

Capability Exchange Request

CFB

Call Forwarding on mobile subscriber Busy

CFN

Connection Frame Number

CFNRc

Call Forwarding on mobile subscriber Not Reachable

CFNRy

Call Forwarding on No Reply

CFU

Call Forwarding Unconditional

CGI

Cell Global Identity

CH

Call Handling /

Call Hold

CI

Cell Identity

CK

Cipher Key

CLIP

Calling Line Identification Presentation

CLIR

Calling Line Identification Restriction

CM

Connection Management

CN

Core Network

COLP

Connected Line Identification Presentation

COLR

Connected Line Identification Restriction

CPCH

Common Packet Channel

CPCS

Common Part Convergence Sublayer

CPS

Common Part Sublayer

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRNC

Controlling Radio Network Controller

CS

Circuit Switched /

Convergence Sublayer

CSCF

Call Session Control Function

CSE

Camel Service Environment

CSI

Camel Subscription Information

CTCH

Common Traffic Channel

CUG

Closed User Group

CW

Call Waiting

CWTS

China Wireless Telecommunication Standards Group

D-AMPS

Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Services

DBP

Diameter Base Protocol

DC

Dedicated Control

DCA

Dynamic Channel Allocation

DCFE

Dedicated Control Function Entity

DCCH

Dedicated Control Channel

DCH

Dedicated Channel

DCH-FP

Dedicated Channel Frame Protocol

DCN

Data Communication Network

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DECT

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

Domain Name System

DPA

Disconnect Peer Answer

DPC

Destination Point Code

DPCCH

Dedicated Physical Control Channel

DPCH

Dedicated Physical Channel

DPDCH

Dedicated Physical Data Channel

DPR

Disconnect Peer Request

DRNC

Drift Radio Network Controller

DRNS

Drift Radio Network Subsystem

D-RNTI

Drift RNC Radio Network Temporary Identity

DRX

Discontinuous Reception

DS-CDMA

Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access

DSCH

Downlink Shared Channel

DSSS

Direct Sequence Spread Sequence

DTCH

Dedicated Traffic Channel

DTMF

Dual Tone Multiple Frequency

DTN

Deflected-To-Number

DTX

Discontinuous Transmission

DWA

Device Watchdog Answer

DWR

Device Watchdog Request

ECR

Enhanced Call Routing

ECT

Explicit Call Transfer

EDGE

Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution

EGPRS

Enhanced GPRS

EIR

Equipment Identity Register

eMLPP

Enhanced Multilevel Precedence and Preemption

ESP

Encapsulating Security Payload

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

FACH

Forward Access Channel

FAX

Facsimile

FCS

Frame Check Sequence

FDD

Frequency Division Duplex

FDM

Frequency Division Multiplex

FDMA

Frequency Division Multiple Access

FEC

Forward Error Correction

FHSS

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

FM

Fault Management

FN

Frame Number

FP

Frame Protocol

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

FSM

Finite State Machine

FTN

Forwarded-To-Number

FTNW

Forwarded-To-Network

FTNW-LEC

Local Exchange in Forwarded-To-Network

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GC

General Control

GERAN

GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network

GGSN

Gateway GPRS Support Node

GMLC

Gateway Mobile Location Centre

GMM

GPRS Mobility Management

GMSC

Gateway Mobile Switching Center

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

gprsSSF

GPRS Service Switching Function

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSA

Global mobile Suppliers Association

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications

gsmSCF

GSM Service Control Function

gsmSSF

GSM Service Switching Function

gsmSRF

GSM Specialized Resource Function

GSN

GPRS Support Nodes

GT

Global Title

GTP

GPRS Tunneling Protocol

GTP-C

GPRS Tunnelling Protocol for Control Plane

GTP-U

GPRS Tunnelling Protocol for User Plane

GTT

Global Title Translation /

Global Text Telephony

HE

Home Environment

HFN

Hyper Frame Number

HHO

Hard Handover

HLR

Home Location Register

HN

Home Network

HO

Handover

HPLMN

Home Public Land Mobile Network

HSCSD

High-Speed Circuit Switched Data

HS-DSCH

High-Speed Downlink Shared Channel

HSDPA

High-Speed Downlink Packet Access

HS-PDSCH

High-Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel

HSS

Home Subscriber Server

HTTP

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

IAM

Initial Address Message

IC

Integrated Circuit

ICC

Integrated Circuit Card

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

I-CSCF

Interrogative Call Session Control Function

ICV

Integrity Check Value

ID

Identifier

IE

Information Element

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IK

Integrity key

IKE

Internet Key Exchange

IMEI

International Mobile Equipment Identity

IMPI

IMS Private User Identity

IMPU

IMS Public User Identity

IMS

IP Multimedia Subsystem

IMS AKA

IMS Authentication and Key Agreement

IMSI

International Mobile Subscriber Identity

IM-SSF

IP Multimedia Service Switching Function

IMT-2000

International Mobile Telecommunications 2000

IN

Intelligent Network

IP

Internet Protocol

IPv4

Internet Protocol Version 4

IPv6

Internet Protocol Version 6

IPLMN

Interrogating Public Land Mobile Network

ISC

Service Control Interface

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISIM

IM Services Identity Module

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISP

Internet Service Provider

IST

Immediate Service Termination

ISUP

ISDN User Part

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

IUA

ISDN Q.921 User Adaptation

IV

Initialization Vector

IWF

Inter-Working Function

IWMSC

Inter-Working MSC

KAC

Key Administration Center

KSI

Key Set Identifier

LA

Location Area

LAC

Location Area Code

LAI

Location Area Identity

LAN

Local Area Network

LAU

Location Area Update

LCS

Location Services

LEC

Local Exchange

LI

Length Indicator

LIA

Location Information Answer 

LIR

Location Information Request

LLC

Logical Link Control

LMSI

Local Mobile Station Identity

LR

Location Registration

LSP

Locally Significant Part

LU

Location Update

M2UA

MTP2 User Adaptation

M3UA

MTP3 User Adaptation

MAC

Medium Access Control /

Message Authentication Code

MAP

Mobile Application Part

MAPsec

MAP security

MAA

Multimedia Authorization Answer

MAR

Multimedia Authorization Request

MBMS

Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service

MC

Multi-Call

MCC

Mobile Country Code /

Mobile Competence Centre

MCEF

Memory Capacity Exceeded Flag

M-CSI

Mobility Management Camel Subscription Information

ME

Mobile Equipment

MExE

Mobile Execution Environment

MGC

Media Gateway Controller

MGCF

Media Gateway Control Function

MGW

Media Gateway

MIB

Management Information Base

MM

Mobility Management

MMI

Man-Machine Interface

MMS

Multimedia Messaging Service

MNC

Mobile Network Code

MNP

Mobile Number Portability

MNRF

MS Station Not Reachable Flag

MNRG

MS Not Reachable for GPRS

MNRR

MS Not Reachable Reason

MO

Mobile Originated

MPTY

Multiparty

MRF

Media Resource Function

MS

Mobile Station

MSC

Mobile Switching Centre

MSIN

Mobile Subscriber Identification Number

MSISDN

Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number

MSP

Multiple Subscriber Profile

MSRN

Mobile Station Roaming Number

MT

Mobile Terminated /

Mobile Termination /

Mobile Terminal

MTP

Message Transfer Part

MTP1

Message Transfer Part layer 1

MTP2

Message Transfer Part layer 2

MTP3

Message Transfer Part layer 3

MTP3-B

Message Transfer Part 3 for Broadband

MTU

Maximum Transfer Unit

MWD

Messages Waiting Data

MWIF

Mobile Wireless Internet Forum

NAI

Network Access Identifier

NAM

Network Access Mode

NAS

Non-Access Stratum

NBAP

Node B Application Part

NDC

National Destination Code

NDS

Network Domain Security

NE

Network Element /

Network Entity

NMSI

National Mobile Subscriber Identity

NNI

Network-Node Interface /

Network-Network Interface

NSAP

Network Service Access Point

NSAPI

Network Service Access Point Identifier

NSS

Network Sub System

Nt

Notification

NT

Network Termination /

Non-Transparent

O&M

Operations and Maintenance

OAM

Operation, Administration and Maintenance

O-CSI

Originating Camel Subscription Information

ODB

Operator Determined Barring

ODMA

Opportunity Driven Multiple Access

OFDMA

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access

OMAP

Operations Maintenance and Administration Part

OR

Optimal Routing

OSA

Open Service Access /

Open Service Architecture

OSA SCS

Open Service Architecture Service Capability Server

OSI

Open System Interconnection

OSI RM

OSI Reference Model

OSS

Operator Specific Service

OTDOA

Observed Time Difference of Arrival

PC

Point Code

PCCH

Paging Control Channel

PCCPCH

Primary Common Control Physical Channel

PCH

Paging Channel

PCM

Pulse Code Modulation

PCPCH

Physical Common Packet Channel

PCS

Personal Communication System

P-CSCF

Proxy Call Session Control Function

PCU

Packet Control Unit

PDC

Personal Digital Communications

PDCP

Packet Data Convergence Protocol

PDH

Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy

PDN

Public Data Network /

Packet Data Network

PDP

Packet Data Protocol

PDSCH

Physical Downlink Shared Channel

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PLMN

Public Land Mobile Network

PNFE

Paging and Notification Control Function Entity

PPA

Push Profile Answer

PPI

Protection Profile Indicator

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol

PPR

Push Profile Request

PRACH

Physical Random Access Channel

PRN

Provide Roaming Number

PROP

Proprietary field

PS

Packet Switched

PSAP

Public Safety Answering Point

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

P-TMSI

Packet TMSI

PUSCH

Physical Uplink Shared Channel

PVC

Permanent Virtual Circuit

QoS

Quality of Service

R99

Release 1999

RA

Routing Area

RAB

Radio Access Bearer

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

RAT

Radio Access Technology

RAU

Routing Area Update

RB

Radio Bearer

REL

Release Message

Rel4 (or R4)

Release 4 of 3GPP specifications

Rel5 (or R5)

Release 5 of 3GPP specifications

Rel6 (or R6)

Release 6 of 3GPP specifications

RF

Radio Frequency

RFC

Request For Comments

RFE

Routing Functional Identity

RLC

Radio Link Control /

Release Complete Message

RLCP

Radio Link Control Protocol

RNC

Radio Network Controller

RNS

Radio Network Subsystem

RNSAP

Radio Network Subsystem Application Part

RNTI

Radio Network Temporary Identity

ROHC

Robust Header Compression

RRC

Radio Resource Control

RRM

Radio Resource Management

RSZI

Regional Subscription Zone Identity

RT

Radio Termination

RTA

Registration Termination Answer

RTP

Real Time Protocol

RTR

Registration Termination Request

RTT

Round Trip Time

S-RNTI

Serving RNC Radio Network Temporary Identity

SA

Security Association

SABP

Service Area Broadcast Protocol

SAA

Server Assignment Answer

SAAL

Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer

SAD

Security Association Database

SAGE

Security Algorithms Group of Experts

SAM

Subsequent Address Message

SAP

Service Access Point

SAPI

Service Access Point Identifier

SAR

Segmentation and Reassembly /

Server Assignment Request

SC

Service Center /

Service Code

SCCP

Signaling Connection Control Part

SCCPCH

Secondary Common Control Physical Channel

SCF

Services Capability Feature

SCFE

Shared Control Function Entity

SCN

Switched Circuit Number

S-CSCF

Serving Call Session Control Function

SCTP

Stream Control Transmission Protocol

SDH

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

SDP

Session Description Protocol

SDU

Service Data Unit

SEAL

Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer

SEG

Security Gateway

SG

Signaling Gateway

SGSN

Serving GPRS Support Node

SGW

Signalling Gateway

SHCCH

Shared Channel Control Channel

SHO

Soft Handover

SI

Supplementary Information

SIB

System Information Block

SIFIC

Send Information For Incoming Call

SIFOC

Send Information For Outgoing Call

SIGTRAN

Signaling Transport

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module

SIP

Session Initiated Protocol

SIR

Signal-to-Interference Ratio

SLF

Server Locator Function

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SM

Session Management /

Short Message /

Support Mode

SME

Short Message Entity

SMG

Special Mobile Group

SMLC

Serving Mobile Location Centre

SMS

Short Message Service

SMS-CB

SMS Cell Broadcast

SMS-CSI

SMS Camel Subscription Information

SMS-GMSC

SMS Gateway MSC

SMS-IWMSC

SMS Inter-working MSC

SMS-PTP

Short Message Service - Point to Point

SMSC

Short Message Service Centre

SN

Serving Network /

Subscriber Number

SNDCP

Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNR

Serial Number

SPC

Signaling Point Code

SPD

Security Policy Database

SPI

Security Parameter Index

SPT

Service Point Trigger

SQN

Sequence Number

SRB

Signalling Radio Bearer

SRI

Send Routing Information

SRNC

Serving Radio Network Controller

SRNS

Serving Radio Network Subsystem

SS

Supplementary Service

SS7

Signaling System No. 7

SSADT

Service Specific Assured Data Transfer Sublayer

SSCF

Service Specific Co-ordination Function

SSCF-NNI

Service Specific Co-ordination Function for NNI

SSCF-UNI

Service Specific Co-ordination Function for UNI

SSCOP

Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol

SSCS

Service Specific Convergence Sublayer

SS-CSI

Supplementary Service Camel Subscription Information

SSDT

Site-Selection Diversity Transmit

SSF

Service Switching Function

SSN

Sub-System Number

SSSAR

Service Specific Segmentation and Re-assembly Sublayer

SSTED

Service Specific Transmission Error Detection Sublayer

STC

Signaling Transport Converter

STP

Signaling Transfer Point

SUA

SCCP User Adaptation Layer

SVC

Switched Virtual Circuit

T

Transparent

TA

Terminal Adaptation

TAC

Type Allocation Code

TCAP

Transaction Capabilities /

Transaction Capability Application Part

T-CSI

Terminating Camel Subscription Information

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TDD

Time Division Duplex

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access

TE

Terminal Equipment

TEID

Tunnel End Point Identifier

TFT

Traffic Flow Template

TIA

Telecommunications Industry Association

TLLI

Temporary Logical Link Identity

TLV

Type Length Value

TM

Transparent Mode

TME

Transfer Mode Entity

TMN

Telecom Management Network

TMSI

Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

TOS

Type of Service

TPC

Transmit Power Control

TR

Technical Report

TS

Technical Specification

TSACC

Telecommunications Standards Advisory Council of Canada

TSG

Technical Specification Group

TTA

Telecommunications Technology Association

TTC

Telecommunication Technology Committee

TTI

Transmission Timing Interval

TVP

Time Variant Parameter

TUP

Telephone User Part

UA

User Agent

UAA

User Authorization Answer

UAR

User Authorization Request

U-CSI

USSD Camel subscription information

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

UE

User Equipment

UICC

Universal Integrated Circuit Card or

UMTS Integrated Circuit Card

UM

Unacknowledged Mode

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

UMTS AKA

UMTS Authentication and Key Agreement

UNI

User-Network Interface

UP

User Plane

UPC

Usage Parameter Control

URA

UTRAN Registration Area

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

U-RNTI

UTRAN Radio Network Temporary Identity

USAT

USIM Application Toolkit

USCH

Uplink Shared Channel

USIM

Universal Subscriber Identity Module

USP

Unique Selling Point

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

UTRA

Universal Terrestrial Radio Access

UTRAN

Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

UWCC

Universal Wireless Communications Consortium

UUS

User-to-User Signalling

UUI

User-to-User Information

VBR

Variable Bit Rate

VC

Virtual Circuit

VCI

Virtual Channel Identifier

VGCS

Voice Group Call Service

VHE

Virtual Home Environment

VLR

Visitor Location Register

VMSC

Visited MSC

VoIP

Voice Over IP

VPI

Virtual Path Identifier

VPLMN

Visited Public Land Mobile Network

VPN

Virtual Private Network

VT-CSI

VMSC Terminating Camel Subscription Information

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

WCDMA

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WG

Working Group

WTDMA

Wideband Time Division Multiple Access

WWW

World Wide Web

XRES

Expected Response