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Abbreviations

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  • F

    FA                   Full Allocation

                            Fax Adaptor

    FAC                 Final Assembly Code

    FACCH             Fast Associated Control CHannel

    FACCH/F         Fast Associated Control Channel/Full rate

    FACCH/H         Fast Associated Control Channel/Half rate

    FACH               Forward Access Channel

    FAUSCH           Fast Uplink Signalling Channel

    FAX                 Facsimile

    FB                   Frequency correction Burst

    FBI                   Feedback Information

    FCC                 Federal Communications Commission

    FCCH               Frequency Correction CHannel

    FCI                   File Control Information

    FCP                 File Control Parameter

    FCS                 Frame Check Sequence

    FDD                 Frequency Division Duplex

    FDM                 Frequency Division Multiplex

    FDMA              Frequency Division Multiple Access

    FDN                 Fixed Dialling Number

    FDR                 False transmit format Detection Ratio

    FEC                 Forward Error Correction

    FER                  Frame Erasure Rate, Frame Error Rate

    FFS                  For Further Study

    FFT                 Fast Fourier Transformation

    FH                   Frequency Hopping

    FLO                 Flexible Layer One

    FM                   Fault Management

    FMC                 Fixed Mobile Convergence

    FN                   Frame Number

    FNUR               Fixed Network User Rate

    FP                    Frame Protocol

    FPLMN             Forbidden PLMN

    FR                    Full Rate

    FRC                 Fixed Reference Channel

    FTAM              File Transfer Access and Management

    ftn                    forwarded-to number

  • G

    G-RNTI            GERAN Radio Network Temporary Identity

    GAGAN            GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation

    GBR                 Guaranteed Bit Rate

    GC                   General Control (SAP)

    GCR                 Group Call Register

    GERAN             GSM EDGE Radio Access Network

    GGSN              Gateway GPRS Support Node

    GID1                Group Identifier (level 1)

    GID2                Group Identifier (level 2)

    GLONASS        GLObal'naya NAvigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (Engl.: Global Navigation Satellite System)

    GMLC              Gateway Mobile Location Centre

    GMM                GPRS Mobility Management

    GMSC              Gateway MSC

    GMSK              Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying

    GNSS               Global Navigation Satellite System

    GP                   Guard Period

    GPA                 GSM PLMN Area

    GPRS               General Packet Radio Service

    GPS                 Global Positioning System

    GRA                 GERAN Registration Area

    GSA                 GSM System Area

    GSIM                GSM Service Identity Module

    GSM                Global System for Mobile communications

    GSN                 GPRS Support Nodes

    GT                   Global Title

    GTP                 GPRS Tunneling Protocol

    GTP-U             GPRS Tunnelling Protocol for User Plane

    GTT                 Global Text Telephony

    GUMMEI           Globally Unique MME Identifier

    GUP                 3GPP Generic User Profile

  • H

    H-CSCF           Home CSCF

    HANDO            Handover

    HARQ               Hybrid ARQ, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request

    HCS                 Hierarchical Cell Structure

    HDLC               High Level Data Link Control

    HE                   Home Environment

    HE-VASP         Home Environment Value Added Service Provider

    HF                   Human Factors

    HFN                 HyperFrame Number

    HHO                 Hard Handover

    HLC                 High Layer Compatibility

    HLR                 Home Location Register

    HN                   Home Network

    HO                   Handover

    HOLD               Call hold

    HPLMN            Home Public Land Mobile Network

    HPS                 Handover Path Switching

    HPU                 Hand Portable Unit

    HR                   Half Rate

    HRPD               CDMA2000 High Rate Packet Data

    HRR                 Handover Resource Reservation

    HSCSD             High Speed Circuit Switched Data

    HSDPA             High Speed Downlink Packet Access

    HSN                 Hopping Sequence Number

    HSPA               High Speed Packet Access

    HSS                 Home Subscriber Server

    HSUPA             High Speed Uplink Packet Access

    HTTP               Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

    HTTPS             Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (https is http/1.1 over SSL, i.e. port 443)

    HU                   Home Units

  • I

    I-Block            Information Block

    I-ETS               Interim European Telecommunications Standard

    I/O                   Input/Output

    I                       Information frames (RLP)

    IA                     Incoming Access (closed user group SS)

    IAM                  Initial Address Message

    IC                     Integrated Circuit

                            Interlock Code (CUG SS)

    IC(pref)            Interlock Code of the preferential CUG

    ICB                  Incoming Calls Barred (within the CUG)

    ICC                  Integrated Circuit Card

    ICCID               Integrated Circuit Card Identification

    ICD                  Interface Control Document

    ICGW               Incoming Call Gateway

    ICI                    Incoming Call Information

    ICIC                  Inter-Cell Interference Coordination

    ICM                  In-Call Modification

    ICMP                Internet Control Message Protocol

    ICS                   In-Channel Selectivity

    ICT                  Incoming Call Timer

    ID                     Identifier

    IDFT                Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform

    IDL                   Interface Definition Language

    IDN                  Integrated Digital Network

    IDNNS              Intra Domain NAS Node Selector

    IE                     Information Element

    IEC                   International Electrotechnical Commission

    IED                   Information Element Data

    IEEE                 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

    IEI                    Information Element Identifier

    IEIDL                Information Element Identifier Data Length

    IETF                 Internet Engineering Task Force

    IF                     Infrastructure

    IFD                   Interface Device

    IFOM                IP FlOw Mobility

    IFS                   Information Field Sizes

    IFSC                 Information Field Size for the UICC

    IFSD                 Information Field Size for the Terminal

    IHOSS              Internet Hosted Octet Stream Service

    IIOP                  Internet Inter-ORB Protocol

    IK                     Integrity key

    IM                    Intermodulation

                            IP Multimedia

    IMA                  Inverse Multiplexing on ATM

    IMC                  IMS Credentials

    IMEI                 International Mobile Equipment Identity

    IMGI                 International mobile group identity

    IMPI                 IP Multimedia Private Identity

    IMPU                IP Multimedia PUblic identity

    IMS                  IP Multimedia Subsystem

    IMSI                 International Mobile Subscriber Identity

    IMT-2000         International Mobile Telecommunications 2000

    IMUN                International Mobile User Number

    IN                     Intelligent Network

                            Interrogating Node

    INAP                Intelligent Network Application Part

    INF                   INFormation field

    IoT                   Internet of Things

    IP                     Internet Protocol

    IP-CAN            IP-Connectivity Access Network

    IP-M                IP Multicast

    IPv4                 Internet Protocol Version 4

    IPv6                 Internet Protocol Version 6

    IR                     Infrared

    IRP                   Integration Reference Point

    IS                     Interface Specification

    ISC                   International Switching Centre

    ISCP                 Interference Signal Code Power

    ISDN                Integrated Services Digital Network

    ISIM                 IM Services Identity Module

    ISO                  International Organisation for Standardisation

    ISP                   Internet Service Provider

    ISUP                 ISDN User Part

    IT                     Information Technology

    ITC                  Information Transfer Capability

    ITU                  International Telecommunication Union

    ITU-R               Radiocommunication Sector of the ITU

    IUI                    International USIM Identifier

    IUT                  Implementation Under Test

    IWF                  InterWorking Function

    I-WLAN            Interworking WLAN

    IWMSC             InterWorking MSC

    IWU                  Inter Working Unit

  • J

    JAR file             Java Archive File

    JCRE                Java Card™ Run Time Environment

    JD                    Joint Detection

    JNDI                 Java Naming Directory Interface

    JP                    Joint Predistortion

    JPEG                Joint Photographic Experts Group

    JTAPI               Java Telephony Application Programming Interface

    JVM                 Java™ Virtual Machine