Abbreviations
APN Access
Point
Name
APP Application
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM
Auto Table Machine
AuC Authentication
Centre
BG Border
Gateway
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BSC
Base Station Controller
BSS
Base Station System
BSSGP
BSS GPRS Protocol
BTS
Base Transceiver System
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
CDR Call
Detail
Record
CGF
Charging Gateway Function
CLI Command
Line
Interface
CSD
Circuit Switch Data
DDN
Digital Data Network
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMZ DeMilitarized
Zone
DNS
Domain Name System
DSC Data
Service
Center
DTU
Data Terminal Unit
EDGE
Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution
EGP
External/Exterior Gateway Protocol
EIGRP
External/Exterior Internet Group Routing Protocol
EMC
Electro Magnetic Compatibility
ESP Electro
Static
Precautions
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
GGSN
Gateway GPRS Support Node
GMSC Gateway
MSC
GMSK
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
GSN
GPRS Support Node
GTP
GPRS Tunneling Protocol
GTP-id GTP
Identity
HLR
Home Location Register
HSCSD
High Speed Circuit Switch Data
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IGRP
Internet Gateway Routing Protocol
IN Intelligent
Network
IP
Internet Protocol
IPv4
IP version 4
IPv6
IP version 6
IPSEC
IP Secure Protocol
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP
Internet Service Provider
L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LA Location
Area
LLC
Logical Link Control
MAP Mobile
Application
Part
MDNS
Mobile Domain Name System
MDTU
Mobile Data Terminal Unit
MIB Management
Information
Base
MS Mobile
Station
MSC Mobile
Switching
Center
MT Mobile
Terminal
MTBF
Mean Time between Failures
MTTR
Mean Time to Recovery
N/A Not
Applicable
NAS Network
Access
Server
NAT Network
Address
Translation
NTP Network
Time
Protocol
O&M Operations
&
Maintenance
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
PDP Packet
Data
Protocol
PDN Packet
Data
Network
PDSN
Packet Data Serving Node
PLMN
Public Land Mobile Network
POS
Point of Sales
PTM-G
Point-to-Multipoint Group Call
PTM-M Point-to-Multipoint
Multicast
QoS
Quality of Service
RA Routing
Area
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RIP Routing
Information
Protocol
