UMTS Networks Course

List of Abbreviations
Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Michael Soellner
26 November 2007
16QAM
2G
3G
3GPP
3GPP2
64QAM
8PSK
A-DPCH
AAL
AC
ACK
ALCAP
AM
AMC
AMR
APN
ARIB
ARQ
ASN.l
ATIS
ATM
AWGN
BCCH
BCH
BER
BLEP
BLER
BMC
BPSK
BS
BSC
BSS
BTS
C/I
CC
CCSA
CDMA
CN
CP
CPICH
CQI
CRC
CRNC

16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

Second Generation
Third Generation
3rd Generation Partnership Project
3rd Generation Partnership Project 2
64 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
8 Phase Shift Keying
Associated DPCH
ATM Adaptation Layer
Admission Control
ACKnowledgement
Access Link Control Application Part
Acknowledged Mode
Adaptive Modulation and Coding
Adaptive Multi-Rate
Access Point Name
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan)
Automatic Repeat reQuest
Abstract Syntax Notation 1
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (US)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Additive White Gaussian Noise
Broadcast Control CHannel (logical channel)
Broadcast CHannel (transport channel)
Bit Error Rate
BLock Error Probability
BLock Error Rate
Broadcast/Multicast Control protocol
Binary Phase Shift Keying
Base Station
Base Station Controller
Base Station Subsystem
Base Transceiver Station
Carrier-to-interference ratio
Congestion Control
China Communications Standards Association
Code Division Multiple Access
Core Network
Cyclic Prefix
Common Pilot CHannel
Channel Quality Information
Cyclic Redundancy Check
Controlling RNC

CS
DAB
DCCH
DCH
DL
DRNC
DRX
DS-CDMA
DSCH
DSL
DTX
DVB
E-DCH
EDGE
EDGE
EGPRS
EGPRS
ETSI
FACH
FCC
FCS
FDD
FDMA
FER
FER
FFT
FP
FTP
G-factor
GB
GERAN
GGSN
GPRS
GSM
HARQ
HLR
HSDPA
HSPA
HSUPA
HTTP
IEEE
IFFT
IMEI
IMS
IMSI
IP
IR
IS-95
ITU
LAU
LMMSE

Circuit Switched
Digital Audio Broadcasting
Dedicated Control CHannel (logical channel)
Dedicated CHannel (transport channel)
DownLink
Drift RNC
Discontinuous Reception
Direct Spread Code Division Multiple Access
Downlink Shared CHannel
Digital Subscriber Line
Discontinuous Transmission
Digital Video Broadcasting
Enhanced uplink Dedicated CHannel
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
Enhanced Data Rate for Global Evolution
Enhanced GPRS
Extended GPRS
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Forward Access CHannel
Federal Communications Commission
Fast Cell Selection
Frequency Division Duplex
Frequency Division Multiple Access
Frame Error Ratio
Frame Erasure Rate
Fast Fourier Transform
Frame Protocol
File Transfer Protocol
Geometry factor
GigaByte
GSM/EDGE RAN
Gateway GPRS Support Node
General Packet Radio Service
Global System for Mobile Communications
Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest
Home Location Register
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
High-Speed Packet Access
High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
International Mobile Equipment Identity
IP Multimedia Subsystem
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
Internet Protocol
Incremental Redundancy
Interim Standard 95
International Telecommunication Union
Location Area Update
Linear Minimum Mean Square Error

LTE
MAC
MAI
MB
MBMS
MIMO
MRC
MS
MSC
MSC/VLR
MUD
MUX
NBAP
NF
NodeB
O&M
OFDM
OFDMA
OLPC
OMA
OSS
OTDOA
OVSF
PA
PAR
PC
PCH
PCMCIA
PCS
PDCP
PDP
PDU
POC
PS
QAM
QoS
QPSK
RAB
RACH
RAN
RANAP
RAU
RB
RF
RLC
RLL
RM
RNC
RNTI
ROHC
RRC

Long-Term Evolution
Medium Access Control
Multiple Access Interference
MegaByte
Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service
Multiple Input Multiple Output
Maximal Ratio Combining
Mobile Station
Mobile Switching Centre
Mobile services Switching Centre/Visitor Location Register
Multiuser Detection
Multiplexing
Node B Application Part
Noise Figure
Base station
Operation & Maintenance
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
Outer Loop Power Control
Open Mobile Alliance
Operations Support System
Observed Time Difference Of Arrival
Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor
Power Amplifier
Peak-to-Average Ratio
Power Control
Paging CHannel
Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association
Personal Communication System
Packet Data Convergence Protocol
Packet Data Protocol
Protocol Data Unit
Push-to-talk Over Cellular
Packet Switched
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
Quality of Service
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
Radio Access Bearer
Random Access CHannel
Radio Access Network
Radio Access Network Application Part
Routing Area Update
Radio Bearer
Radio Frequency
Radio Link Control
Radio Link Layer
Resource Manager
Radio Network Controller
Radio Network Temporary Identifier
RObust Header Compression
Radio Resource Control

RRM
RSN
RSSI
RTCP
RTO
RTP
RTT
SC-FDMA
SCCP
SDU
SF
SGSN
SIM
SINR
SIR
SNR
SRB
SRNC
SRNS
STTD
TCP
TD-SCDMA
TDD
TF
TFCI
TMSI
TPC
TR
TS
TSG
TTA
TTC
TTI
UDP
UE
UL
UM
UM-RLC
UMTS
URA
UTRA
UTRA
UTRAN
VoIP
VPN
WAP
WCDMA
WG
Wimax
WLAN
WWW

Radio Resource Management

Retransmission Sequence Number
Received Signal Strength Indicator
Real Time Control Protocol
Retransmission TimeOut
Real Time Protocol
Round Trip Time
Single Carrier FDMA
Signalling Connection Control Part
Service Data Unit
Spreading Factor
Serving GPRS Support Node
Subscriber Identity Module
Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio
Signal to Interference Ratio
Signal to Noise Ratio
Signalling Radio Bearer
Serving RNC
Serving Radio Network System
Space Time Transmit Diversity
Transmission Control Protocol
Time division synchronous CDMA
Time Division Duplex
Transport Format
Transport Format Combination Indicator
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
Transmission Power Control
Technical Report
Technical Specification
Technical Specification Group
Telecommunications Technology Association (Korea)
Telecommunication Technology Committee (Japan)
Transmission Time Interval
User Datagram Protocol
User Equipment
UpLink
Unacknowledged Mode
Unacknowledged Mode RLC
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UTRAN Registration Area
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (ETSI)
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (3GPP)
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
Voice over IP
Virtual Private Network
Wireless Application Protocol
Wideband CDMA
Working Group
Worldwide Interoperability for microwave access
Wireless Local Area Network
World Wide Web