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A A/DC ACS AGCH ARFCN ASCI AUC Analog to Digital Converter Additional Cell Selection parameters (indicates in which SYS INFO the phase 2 (re)selection parameters are transmitted Access Grant CHannel Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number Advanced Speech Call Items AUthentication Center

B BA BCC BCCH BCH BER BFI BOP BSC BSIC BSS BTS BCCH Allocation (list of the beacon frequencies of the neighboring cells declared) Base ColorCode (3 bits) Broadcast Control CHannel Broadcast CHannel Bit Error Rate Bad Frame Indicator Bit Oriented Protocol Base Station Controller Base Station Identity Code = NCC (3 bits) + BCC (3 bits) Base Station Subsystem Base Transceiver Station

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C C/I CBCH CCCH CCITT CCU CDMA COP CS Carrier received level/ Interference received level Cell Broadcast CHannel Common Control CHannel Comit Consultatif International des Tlphones et Tlgraphes Channel Codec Unit Code Division Multiple Access Character Oriented Protocol Coding Scheme

D DCCH DL DRX DTMF DTX Dedicated Control CHannel DownLink Discontinuous Reception Dual Tone Multiple-Frequency Discontinuous Transmission

E EDGE EFR EGPRS EIAP EIRP ESCSD Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution Enhanced Full Rate Enhanced GPRS (GPRS + EDGE) Equivalent Isotropic Available Power Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power Enhanced HSCSD (HSCSD + EDGE)

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F FACCH FCCH FDD FDMA FER FH FN FR Fast Associated Control CHannel Frequency Correction CHannel Frequency Division Duplex Frequency Division Multiple Access Frame Erasure Rate Frequency Hopping Frame Number Full Rate

G GGSN GMSC GMSK GPP GPRS GSM Gateway GPRS Support Node Gateway MSC Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying GSM PassPort General Packet Radio Service Global Service for Mobile Communications

H HDLC HLR HPLMN HR HSCSD High level Data Link Control protocol Home Location Register Home Public Land Mobile Net Half Rate High Speed Circuit Switched Data

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I IMSI ISDN ISI IWF International Mobile Subscriber Identity Integrated Services Data Network Inter Symbols Interference InterWorking Function

L L1H L1M L2R LAC LAI LAPD LAPDm LTP Layer 1 Header Layer 1 Management Layer 2 Relay Location Area Code (2 bytes) Location Area Identity = LAC + MNC + MCC Link Access Protocol on D channel Link Access Protocol on D channel modified Long Term Prediction

M MCC MNC MS MSC MSK Mobile Country Code (3 digits) Mobile Network Code (2 digits) Mobile Station Mobile Switching Center Minimum Shift Keying

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N NCC NSS NTmode Network ColorCode (3 bits) Network and Switching SubSystem Non Transparent transmission mode for data (use of RLP)

O OMC Operation and Maintenance Center

P PAGCH PBCCH PCCCH PCH PCU PDCH PDTCH PLMN PNCH PPCH PRACH PSTN PTM-M Packet Access Grant CHannel Packet Broadcast Control CHannel Packet Common Control CHannel Paging CHannel Packet Control Unit Packet Data CHannel Packet Data Traffic CHannel Public Land Mobile Net Packet Notification CHannel Packet Paging CHannel Packet Random Access CHannel Public Switched Telephone Network Point To Multipoint-Multicast

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R RA RACH RF RFN RLP RPE RR RXLEV RXQUAL Rate Adapter Random Access CHannel Radio Frequency Reduced Frame Number Radio Link Protocol Regular Pulse Excitation Radio Ressource Management Received LEVel (field strength) Received QUAlity

S SABM SACCH SCH SDCCH SGSN SI SID SMS-CB SMS-PP SNR Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Slow Associated Control CHannel Synchronization CHannel Standalone Dedicated Control CHannel Service GPRS Support Node System Information SIlence Descriptor Short Message Service Cell Broadcast Short Message Service Point to Point Signal to Noise Ratio

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T TA TC TCB TCH TCH/FR TCH/HR TCU TDMA TFO Tmode TMSI TRAU TS TSC Timing Advance Transmission Cycle TransCoder Board Traffic CHannel Traffic CHannel/ Full Rate Traffic CHannel/ Half Rate TransCoder Unit Time Division Multiple Access Tandem Free Operation Transparent transmission mode for data (no use of RLP) Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity Transcoder and Rate Adaptor Unit Time Slot Training Sequence Code

U UA UL Um UMTS Unumbered Acknowledge UpLink radio or air interface Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

V VAD VLR Voice Activity Detector Visitor Location Register

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