Appendix – Acronyms
3GPP
Third Generation Partnership Project
AAL
ATM Adaptation Layer
ABR
Available BitRate
ACF
Association Control Function
ACH
Access feedback CHannel
ACID
Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
ACK
ACKnowledgement
ACL
Asynchronous Connectionless Link
ACT
Ad-hoc Controller Terminal
ADA
Alias DA
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AESA
ATM End System Address
AFS
Andrew File System
AGCH
Access Grant CHannel
AIB
Alias Information Base
AID
Acknowledgement IDentifier
AIDCS
AID CheckSum
AK-HCPDU
AcKnowledgement HCPDU
AM
Amplitude Modulation
AMA
Active Member Address
AMES
ATM Mobility Extension Service
AMPS
Advanced Mobile Phone System
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AODV
Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector
AP
Access Point
APC
AP Controller
APCF
AP Control Function
APCM
AP Connection Management
APCP
AP Control Protocol
APT
AP Transceiver
ARIB
Association of Radio Industries and Broadcasting
ARQ
Automatic Repeat reQuest
ARQN
ARQ sequence Number
ASA
Alias SA
ASCH
Association Control CHannel
ASCI
Advanced Speech Call Items
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASK
Amplitude Shift Keying
ASP
Active Server Page
Assoc
Association
AT
ATtention sequence
ATIM
Ad-hoc TIM
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATMC
ATM Connection function
AuC
Authentication Centre
AUS
AUthentication Server
Auth
Authentication
BCA
Borrowing Channel Allocation
BCCH
Broadcast CCH
BCH
Broadcast CHannel
BCH
Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem
BER
Bit Error Rate
BFSK
Binary FSK
B-ISDN
Broadband ISDN
BLI
Block Length Indicator
BLIR
Block Length Indicator Replica
BLIRCS
BLIR CheckSum
BMP
BitMaP
BNEP
Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol
BPSK
Binary PSK
BRAN
Broadband Radio Access Networks
BSC
Base Station Controller
BSS
Base Station (Sub)system
BSS
Basic Service Set
BSSAP
BSS Application Part
BSSGP
BSS GPRS Protocol
BTS
Base Transceiver Station
BTSM
BTS Management
BW
BackWard
CAC
Channel Access Control
CAC
Connection Admission Control
CAC
Channel Access Code
CAMEL
Customized Application for Mobile Enhanced Logic
CATV
Community Antenna Television
CBR
Constant BitRate
CC
Call Control
CC
Country Code
CC/PP
Composite Capabilities/Preference Profiles
CCA
Clear Channel Assessment
CCCH
Common CCH
CCF
Call control and Connection Function
CCH
Control CHannel
CCIR
Consultative Committee for International Radiocommunication
CCK
Complementary Code Keying
CD
Compact Disc
CDM
Code Division Multiplexing
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
CDPD
Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDV
Cell Delay Variation
CEPT
European Conference for Posts and Telecommunications
CGI
Common Gateway Interface
CGSR
Clusterhead-Gateway Switch Routing
cHTML
compact HTML
CID
Channel ID
CIDR
Classless InterDomain Routing
CIF
Common Interleaved Frame
CKSN
Ciphering Key Sequence Number
CL
Convergence Layer
CLDC
Connected Limited Device Configuration
CLI
Common Language Infrastructure
CLMS
Connectionless Message Service
CM
Call Management
CM
Centralized Mode
CN
Core Network
CN
Correspondent Node
Cnf
Confirmation
COA
Care-Of Address
Codec
Coder/decoder
COFDM
Coded OFDM
COMS
Connection Oriented Message Service
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COS
Cross Over Switch
CPM
Continuous Phase Modulation
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CS
CheckSum
CS
Coding Scheme
CSCW
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
CSD
Circuit Switched Domain
CSMA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CSMA/CA
CSMA with Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD
CSMA with Collision Detection
CT
Cordless Telephone
CTS
Clear To Send
CU
Capacity Unit
CVSD
Continuous Variable Slope Delta
CW
Contention Window
DA
Destination Address
DAB
Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAC
Device Access Code
DAMA
Demand Assigned Multiple Access
D-AMPS
Digital-AMPS
DBPSK
Differential Binary PSK
DC
Direct Current
DCA
Dynamic Channel Allocation
DCC
DLC user Connection Control
DCCH
Dedicated CCH
DCF
Distributed Coordination Function
DCS
Digital Cellular System
DCS
Dynamic Channel Selection
DDIB
Duplicate Detection Information Base
DECT
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DES
Data Encryption Standard
DFS
Dynamic Frequency Selection
DFWMAC
Distributed Foundation Wireless MAC
DH
Diffie, Hellman
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIFS
DCF IFS
Disassoc
Disassociation
DLC
Data Link Control
DM
Direct Mode
DNS
Domain Name System
DPCCH
Dedicated Physical Control CHannel
DPCH
Dedicated Physical CHannel
DPDCH
Dedicated Physical Data CHannel
DQPSK
Differential QPSK
DRNC
Drift RNC
DS
Distribution System
DSDV
Destination Sequence Distance Vector
DSL
Digital Subscriber Loop
DSMA
Digital Sense Multiple Access
DSR
Dynamic Source Routing
DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DT-HCPDU
DaTa-HCPDU
DTIM
Delivery TIM
DTMF
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
DUCC
DLC User Connection Control
DV
Distance Vector
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting
DVB-C
DVB-Cable
DVB-S
DVB-Satellite
DVB-T
DVB-Terrestrial
DVD
Digital Versatile Disk
DVTR
Digital Video Tape Recorder
ECDH
Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman
ECMA
ECMA International - European association for standardizing
information and communication systems (was: European Computer Manufacturers
Association until 1994)
ECN
Explicit Congestion Notification
EDGE
Enhanced Data rates for [Global|GSM] Evolution
EDTV
Enhanced Definition TV
EFI
External Functionality Interface
EFR
Enhanced Full Rate
EHF
Extremely High Frequency
EIR
Equipment Identity Register
EIRP
Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
EIT
Event Information Table
EMAS
End-user Mobility-supporting ATM Switch
EMAS-E
EMAS-Edge
EMAS-N
EMAS-Network
EMF
ElectroMagnetic Fields
EMS
Enhanced Message Service
ESS
Extended Service Set
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EY-NPMA
Elimination-Yield Non-preemptive Priority Multiple Access
FA
Foreign Agent
FACCH
Fast Associated Dedicated CCH
FCA
Fixed Channel Allocation
FCC
Federal Communications Commission (USA)
FCCH
Frame CCH
FCCH
Frequency Correction CHannel
FCH
Frame CHannel
FDD
Frequency Division Duplex
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDMA
Frequency Division Multiple Access
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FFT
Fast Fourier Transform
FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FIB
Fast Information Block
FIC
Fast Information Channel
FM
Frequency Modulation
FOMA
Freedom Of Mobile multimedia Access
FPLMTS
Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication System
FR
Frame Relay
FR
Full Rate
FSK
Frequency Shift Keying
FSLS
Fuzzy Sighted Link State
FSR
Fisheye State Routing
FT
Fixed Radio Termination
FW
ForWard
GEO
Geostationary (or Geosynchronous) Earth Orbit
GFSK
Gaussian FSK
GGSN
Gateway GSN
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
GIPS
Giga Instructions Per Second
GMM
Global Multimedia Mobility
GMSC
Gateway MSC
GMSK
Gaussian MSK
GP
Guard Period
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
GPS
Global Positioning System
GPSR
Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing
GR
GPRS Register
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
GSM
Groupe Spéciale Mobile, Global System for Mobile communications
GSN
GPRS Support Node
GTP
GPRS Tunnelling Protocol
GWL
GateWay Link
HA
Home Agent
HAP
High-Altitude Platform
HBR
High Bit-Rate
HC
HIPERLAN CAC
HCPDU
HIPERLAN CAC PDU
HCQoS
HIPERLAN CAC QoS
HCSAP
HIPERLAN CAC SAP
HCSDU
HIPERLAN CAC SDU
HDA
Hashed Destination HCSAP Address
HDACS
HDA CheckSum
HDB
Home Data Base
HDLC
High level Data Link Control
HDML
Handheld Device Markup Language
HDTP
Handheld Device Transport Protocol
HDTV
High Definition TV
HEC
Header Error [Control | Check]
HEO
Highly Elliptical Orbit
HF
High Frequency
HI
HBR-part Indicator
HIB
Hello Information Base
HID
HIPERLAN IDentifier
HIPERLAN
High-PERformance LAN
HLR
Home Location Register
HM
HIPERLAN MAC
HMPDU
HIPERLAN MAC PDU
HMQoS
HIPERLAN MAC QoS
HO
HandOver
HO-HMPDU
HellO-HMPDU
HP
HIPERLAN PHY
HR
Half Rate
HSCSD
High Speed Circuit Switched Data
HSDPA
High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSR
Hierarchical State Routing
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
IAC
Inquiry Access Code
IAPP
Inter Access Point Protocol
IBSS
Independent BSS
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICO
Intermediate Circular Orbit
ID
IDentifier
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IFS
Inter Frame Spacing
ILR
Interworking Location Register
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMF
Identity Management Function
IMS
IP-based Multimedia Services
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMT
International Mobile Telecommunications
IN
Intelligent Network
IOT
Isolation Only Transactions
IP
Internet Protocol
IR
InfraRed
IrDA
Infrared Data Association
IS
Interim Standard
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISI
InterSymbol Interference
ISL
Inter Satellite Link
ISM
Industrial, Scientific, Medical
ISMA
Inhibit Sense Multiple Access
ISO
International Organization for Standardization[1]
I-TCP
Indirect TCP
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
ITU-R
ITU Radiocommunication sector
ITU-T
ITU Telecommunication sector
IV
Initialization Vector
IWF
InterWorking Function
JCT
Japanese Cordless Telephone
JDC
Japanese Digital Cellular
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
KID
Key IDentifier
L2CAP
Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol
LA
Location Area
LAI
Location Area Identification
LAN
Local Area Network
LAP
Lower Address Part
LAPC
Link Access Procedure for the C-Plane
LAPD
Link Access Procedure for the D-channel
LAPDm
LAPD for mobile
LBR
Low Bit-Rate
LC
Link Controller
LCCH
Link Control CHannel
LCH
Long transport CHannel
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
LF
Low Frequency
LI
Length Indicator
LIR
Least Interference Routing
LLC
Logical Link Control
LM
Link Manager
LMP
Link Manager Protocol
Loc
Location
LOS
Line-Of-Sight
LR-WPAN
Low-Rate WPAN
LRU
Last Recently Used
LS
Location Server
LS
Link State
M-QoS
Mobile QoS
MAC
Medium Access Control
MACA
Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
MANET
Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork
MAP
Mobile Application Part
MATM
Mobile ATM
MBS
Mobile Broadband System
MBWA
Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
MCC
Mobile Country Code
MCI
Multiplex Configuration Information
MCM
MultiCarrier Modulation
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
MExE
Mobile Execution Environment
MF
Medium Frequency
MFi
Melody Format for i-mode
MH
Mobile Host
MHEG
Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Experts Group
MIB
Management Information Base
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIDP
Mobile Information Device Profile
MIMO
Multiple Input Multiple Output
MKK
Radio Equipment Inspection and Certification Institute (Japan)
ML
MSDU Lifetime
MM
Mobility Management
MMF
Mobility Management Function
MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service§
MN
Mobile Node
MNC
Mobile Network Code
MOC
Mobile Originated Call
MOT
Multimedia Object Transfer
MPEG
Moving Pictures Expert Group
MPLS
Multi Protocol Label Switching
MQ
Message Queuing
MS
Mobile Station
MS
Mobile Switch
MSAP
MAC SAP
MSC
Mobile (Services) Switching Centre
MSC
Mobile Switch Controller
MSC
Main Service Channel
MSDU
MAC SDU
MSIN
Mobile Subscriber Identification Number
MSISDN
Mobile [Station (International)|Subscriber] ISDN Number
MSK
Minimum Shift Keying
MSRN
Mobile [Station|Subscriber] Roaming Number
MSS
Mobile Satellite [Service|System]
MT
Mobile Terminal
MT
Mobile Termination
MTC
Mobile Terminated Call
M-TCP
Mobile TCP
MTSA
Mobile Terminal Security Agent
MUL
Mobile User Link
NA-TDMA
North American-TDMA
NAV
Net Allocation Vector
NAT
Network Address Translator
NDC
National Destination Code
NEMO
NEtwork MObility
NFS
Network File System
NIB
Neighbour Information Base
NIT
Network Information Table
NMAS
Network Mobility-supporting ATM Switch
NMT
Nordic Mobile Telephone
NNI
Network-to-Network Interface
NNI+M
NNI+Mobility
NRL
Normalized Residual HMPDU Lifetime
NSA
Network Security Agent
NSS
Network and Switching Subsystem
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee
OBEX
OBject EXchange
OFDM
Orthogonal FDM
OHG
Operators Harmonisation Group
OLSR
Optimized Link State Routing
OMC
Operation and Maintenance Centre
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
OSS
Operation Subsystem
OTA
Over The Air
OVSF
Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor
PACS
Personal Access Communications System
PACS-UB
PACS-Unlicensed Band
PAD
PADding
PAD
Program Associated Data
PAL
Phase Alternating Line
PAP
Push Access Protocol
PBCC
Packet Binary Convolutional coding
PC
Personal Computer
PCF
Point Coordination Function
PCH
Paging Channel
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PCS
Personal Cellular System
PCS
Personal Communications Service
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant
PDC
Pacific Digital Cellular
PDCP
Packet Data Convergence Protocol
PDF
Portable Document Format
PDN
Public Data Network
PDO
Packet Data Optimized
PDTCH
Packet Data TCH
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
PEP
Performance Enhancing Proxy
PHS
Personal Handyphone System
PHY
PHYsical layer
PI
Push Initiator
PIFS
PCF IFS
PIN
Personal Identity Number
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
PLCP
Physical Layer Convergence Protocol
PLI
Padding Length Indicator
PLL
Phase Lock Loop
PLMN
Public Land Mobile Network
PLW
PLCP-PDU Length Word
PM
Phase Modulation
PMA
Parked Member Address
PMD
Physical Medium Dependent
POS
Personal Operating Space
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
PPG
Push Proxy Gateway
PPM
Pulse Position Modulation
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
PRACH
Physical Random Access Channel
PRMA
Packet Reservation Multiple Access
PS
Power Saving
PSD
Packet Switched Domain
PSF
PLCP Signalling Field
PSK
Phase Shift Keying
PSM
Protocol/Service Multiplexor
PSN
PDU Sequence Number
PSPDN
Public Switched Packet Data Network
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
PT
Portable radio Termination
PTM
Point-to-Multipoint
PTP
Point-to-Point
PTP-CLNS
PTP-ConnectionLess Network Service
PTP-CONS
PTP-Connection Oriented Network Service
PUK
PIN Unblocking Key
QAM
Quadrature AM
QoS
Quality of Service
QPSK
[Quadrature | Quaternary] PSK
RA
Receiver Address
RACH
Random Access Channel
RAL
Radio Access Layer
RAND
Random number
RBCH
RLC Broadcast CHannel
RCH
Random CHannel
Req
Request
Res
Response
RF
Radio Frequency
RFCOMM
RF COMMunications
RFID
RF IDentification
RFC
Request For Comments
RFCH
Random access Feedback CHannel
RIB
Route Information Base
RIP
Routing Information Protocol
RL
Residual Lifetime
RLC
Radio Link Control
RLP
Radio Link Protocol
RM
Resource Management
RNC
Radio Network Controller
RNS
Radio Network Subsystem
ROM
Read Only Memory
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
RR
Radio Resource
RRC
Radio Resource Control
RRM
Radio Resource Management
RSA
Rivest, Shamir, Adleman
RSS
Radio SubSystem
RT
Radio Transceiver
RTR
Radio Transmission and Reception
RTS
Request To Send
RTT
Radio Transmission Technologies
RTT
Round Trip Time
S-DMB
Satellite-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
SA
Source Address
SAAL
Signalling AAL
SACCH
Slow Associated Dedicated CCH
SAMA
Spread Aloha Multiple Access
SAP
Service Access Point
SAT
SIM Application Toolkit
SATM
Satellite ATM Services
SC
Sanity Check
SC
Synchronization Channel
SCF
Service Control Function
SCH
Short transport CHannel
SCH
Synchronization Channel
SCO
Synchronous Connection-Oriented link
SCPS
Space Communications Protocol Standards
SCPS-TP
SCPS-Transport Protocol
SDCCH
Stand-alone Dedicated CCH
SDM
Space Division Multiplexing
SDMA
Space Division Multiple Access
SDP
Service Discovery Protocol
SDR
Software Defined Radio
SDT
Service Description Table
SDTV
Standard Definition TV
SDU
Service Data Unit
SEC-SAP
Security SAP
SEQN
SEQuence Number
SFD
Start Frame Delimiter
SFN
Single Frequency Network
SGSN
Serving GSN
SH
Supervisory Host
SHF
Super High Frequency
SI
Service Indication
SIFS
Short IFS
SIG
Signalling
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
SL
Service Loading
SMF
Standard MIDI File
SMRIB
Source Multipoint Relay Information Base
SMS
Short Message Service
SN
Subscriber Number
SNACK
Selective Negative ACKnowledgement
SNAP
Sub-Network Access Protocol
SNDCP
Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol
SRES
Signed Response
SRNC
Serving RNC
SS
Supplementary Service
SS7
Signalling System No. 7
S-SAP
Session-SAP
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
STA
STAtion
SUMR
Satellite User Mapping Register
SW
Short Wave
SwMI
Switching and Management Infrastructure
T
Terminal
TA
Transmitter Address
TBRPF
Topology Broadcast based on Reverse Path Forwarding
TCH
Traffic CHannel
TCH/F
TCH Full rate
TCH/FS
TCH/F Speech
TCH/H
TCH Half rate
TCH/HS
TCH/H Speech
TC-HMPDU
Topology Control-HMPDU
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCS BIN
Telephony Control protocol Specification - BINary
TD-CDMA
Time Division-CDMA
TDD
Time Division Duplex
TDM
Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access
TDT
Time and Data Table
TE
Terminal
TEDDI
TErms and Definitions Database Interactive
TETRA
Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TFI
Transport Format Identifier
TFO
Tandem Free Operation
TFTS
Terrestrial Flight Telephone System
TI
Type Indicator
TIB
Topology Information Base
TIM
Traffic Indication Map
TINA
Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture
TLLI
Temporary Logical Link Identity
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TM
Traffic Management
TMN
Telecommunication Management Network
TMSI
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
TOS
Type Of Service
TPC
Transmit Power Control
TR-SAP
Transaction SAP
T-SAP
Transport SAP
TSF
Timing Synchronization Function
T-TCP
Transaction TCP
TTC
Telecommunications Technology Council
TTL
Time To Live
TV
TeleVision
U-NII
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
UBCH
User Broadcast CHannel
UBR
Unspecified BitRate
UD
User Data
UDCH
User Data CHannel
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UE
User Equipment
UHF
Ultra High Frequency
UIM
User Identification Module
UMCH
User Multicast CHannel
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UN
United Nations
UNI
User-to-Network Interface
UNI+M
UNI+Mobility
UP
User Priority
UPT
Universal Personal Telecommunications
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
USAT
UMTS SAT
UTRA
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
UTRAN
UTRA Network
UUID
Universally Unique ID
UWB
Ultra WideBand
UWC
Universal Wireless Communications
V+D
Voice and Data
VAD
Voice Activity Detection
VBR
Variable BitRate
VBR-nrt
VBR non real-time
VBR-rt
VBR real-time
VC
Virtual Circuit
VCC
Visitor Country Code
VDB
Visitor Data Base
VHE
Virtual Home Environment
VHF
Very High Frequency
VLF
Very Low Frequency
VLR
Visitor Location Register
VNDC
Visitor National Destination Code
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAE
Wireless Application Environment
WAN
Wide Area Network
WAP
Wireless Application Protocol
WATM
Wireless ATM
WCAC
Wireless Connection Admission Control
W-CDMA
Wideband-CDMA
WCMP
Wireless Control Message Protocol
W-CTRL
Wireless ConTRoL
WDP
Wireless Datagram Protocol
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
WHO
World Health Organization
WIM
Wireless Identity Module
WLAN
Wireless LAN
WLL
Wireless Local Loop
WML
Wireless Markup Language
WMLScript
Wireless Markup Language Script
WMT
Wireless Mobile Terminal
WPAN
Wireless Personal Area Network
WP-CDMA
Wideband Packet-CDMA
WRC
World Radio Conference
WSP
Wireless Session Protocol
WSP/B
Wireless Session Protocol/Browsing
WTA
Wireless Telephony Application
WTAI
Wireless Telephony Application Interface
WTLS
Wireless Transport Layer Security
WTP
Wireless Transaction Protocol
WWAN
Wireless WAN
WWRF
Wireless World Research Forum
WWW
World Wide Web
XHTML
eXtensible HTML
XHTMLMP
XHTML Mobile Profile
XML
eXtensible Markup Language
XOR
eXclusive OR
ZRP
Zone Routing Protocol
[1] This is not the International Standards Organization or the International
Standardization Organization or whatever some authors write. ISO is not an acronym,
but is derived from the Greek word isos which means equal as used (as prefix) in
isometric, isomorphic etc. (http://www.iso.ch/).