BS-Base Station
MSC-Mobile Switching Center
AMPS-Advanced Mobile Phone System
NMT-Nordic Mobile Telephony
DAMPS-Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System
CDMA-Code Division Multiple Access
CSD-Circuit Switched Data
GSM-Global System for Mobile Communication
SIM-Subscriber Identity Module
TIA-Telecommunications Industry Association
MAC-Media Access Control
RLP-Radio Link Protocol
PCS-Personal Communications Service
GPRS-General Packet Radio Service
WAP-Wireless Application Protocol
SMS-Short Message Service
MMS-Multimedia Messaging Service
TDMA-Time Division Multiple Access
ETSI-European Telecommunications Standards Institute
2G-Second Generation
3G-Third Generation
4G-Fourth Generation
3GPP-3rd Generation Partnership Project
EDGE-Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
EGPRS-Enhanced GPRS
ITU-International Telecommunication Union
WCDMA-Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
UMTS-Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
HSUPA-High Speed Uplink Packet Access
GeRAN-Generic Radio Access Network
IMT-International Mobile Telecommunications
WINNER-Wireless World Initiative New Radio
FRNs-Fixed Relay Networks
WiMAX-Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
CPEs-Customer Premise Equipment
MBWA-Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
FEC-Forward Error Correction
WiBro-Wireless Broadband
BSS-Base Station System
SS-Switching System
HLR-Home Location Resisters
VLR-Visitor Location Resisters
AUC-Authentication Center
EIR-Equipment Identity Resister
OMC-Operations and Maintenance Center
MSN=Mobile Service Node
CGI-Cell Global Identity
LAI-Location Area Identity
LPC-Linear Predictive Coding
DTMF-Dual Tone Multi Frequency
AoC-Advice of Charge
ISDN-Integrated Services Digital Network
CUGs-Closed User Groups
FM-Frequency Modulation
AM-Amplitude Modulation
MTSO-Mobile Telephone Switching Office
FDMA-Frequency Division Multiple Access
AWGN-Additive White Gaussian Noise
OSI-Open Systems Interconnection
TCP-Transmission Control Protocol
IP-Internet Protocol
HTTP-Hypertext Transfer Protocol
WWW-World Wide Wave
FTP-File Transfer Protocol
SMTP-Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SLIP-Serial Line Internet Protocol
PPP-Point to Point Protocol
UDP-User Datagram Protocol
ICMP-Internet Control Message Protocol
IGP-Interior Gateway Protocol
EGP-Exterior Gateway Protocol
BGP-Border Gateway Protocol
DCCP-Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
SCTP-Stream Control Transmission Protocol
ARQ-Automatic Repeat Request
IPv4-Version 4 of the Internet Protocol
ANSI-American National Standards Institute
LNP-Local Number Portability
PSTN-Public Switched Telephone Network
Kbps-Kilobit per second
MF-Multi Frequency
IN-Intelligent Network
SSP-Service Switching Point
STP-Signal Transfer Point
SCP-Service Control Point
IAM-Initial Address Message
MTP-Message Transfer Part
ACM-Address Complete Message
TUP-Telephone User Part
MAP-Mobile Application Part
DBMS-Database Management System
DDL-Database Definition Language
DML-Data Management Language
OPS-Oracle Parallel Server
IDS-Informix Dynamic Server
RDBMS-Relational Database Management System
OLTP-Online Transaction Processing
WML-Wireless Markup Language
J2ME-Java 2 Micro Edition
JCP-Java Community Process
MIDP-Mobile Information Device Profile
JAD-Java Application Descriptor
MCS-Modulation and Coding Schemes
WAP-Wireless Application Protocol
WDP-Wireless Datagram Protocol
WTLS-Wireless Transport Layer Security
WTP-Wireless Transaction Protocol
WSP-Wireless Session Protocol
TLS-Transport Layer Security
WTA-Wireless Telephony Application
EFI-External Functionality Interface
EMS-Enhanced Messaging Service
8PSK-Eight Phase Shift Keying
16QAM-16 Point Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
32QAM-32 Point Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
BSC-Base Station Controller
GGSN-Gateway GPRS Support Node
GMSK-Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
HLR-High Speed Packet Access
LTE-Long Term Evolution
PCU-Packet Control Unit
SGSN-Serving GPRS Support Node
TTI-Transmission Time Interval
VoIP-Voice over Internet Protocol
AMR-Adaptive Multi Rate
CDR-Call Detail Record
EFR-Enhanced Full Rate
GIF-Graphic Interchange Format
JPEG-Joint Photographic Experts Group
MIDI-Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MMSC-MMS Center
MMSE-MMS Environment
MP3-MPEG Layer-3
MPEG-Moving Picture Experts Group
MSISDN-Mobile Station ISDN Number
PDU-Protocol Data Unit
SMIL-Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
WAV-Windows Audio Volume
WBMP-Wireless Bitmap
WSP-Wireless Session Protocol
XML-Extensible Markup Language
VAS-Value Added Service
IVR-Interactive Voice Response
CRBT-Caller Ring Back Tone
MCA-Missed Call Alert
LBS-Location Based Services
UI-User Interface
GMSC-Home Location Resister
MC-Message Center
SDP-Service Data Point
SHS-Short Message Handling Subsystem
DTS-Data Transmission Subsystem
SMSCB-SMS Cell Broadcast
BTS-Base Transceiver Station
OMC-Operation and Maintenance Center
MS-Mobile Station
