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Technical Description and User Guide C3607w
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SIM card Subscriber Identity Module card – a card that must be
inserted in any GSM-based mobile terminal. It contains
subscriber details, security information and memory for a
personal directory of numbers. The card can be a small plug-
in type or credit card-sized, but both types have the same
functions.
SMS Short Message Service. Allows messages of up to 160
characters to be sent and received via the network operator's
message center to a mobile phone.
TBD To be defined.
TBF Temporary Block Flow.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TCP/IPv4 TCP/IP Version 4. Most widely implemented form of TCP/IP
today having a 4 byte address format such as
212.161.127.136.
TE Terminal Equipment. Generic term for GSM terminals such as
phones and Mobile Broadband Modules.
TLS Transport Layer Security. Used, for example, by Web
browsers
Tx Transmit.
UICC UMTS Integrated Circuit Card.
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. 3G network
technology using WCDMA methods.
USIM UMTS Subscriber Identity Module.
VPN Virtual Private Network.
WAP Wireless Application Protocol. A global standard
specified in order to make Internet services available for
mobile users.
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access. A modulation
technique using a wide bandwidth (5MHz in the case of
UMTS). All terminals transmit in the entire bandwidth and the
signals from each are differentiated via the use of unique
codes assigned to each transmission.
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
WWW World Wide Web.