Appendix A: LTE acronyms and abbreviations

Numbers
1X CDMA2000 1X
1X RNC 1X Radio Network Controller
2G 2nd Generation (GSM, TDMA, IS95A)
3G 3rd Generation (CDMA2000, UMTS)
3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
3GPP2 Third Generation Partnership Project 2
4G 4th Generation

A
AAA Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
AAT Average Aggregate Throughput
ACK Acknowledgement
ACL Access Control List
ACLR Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio
ADMF Administrative Function
AF Assured Forwarding
AF Application Function
AGW Access Gateway
aIMS Advances to IP Multimedia Services
AKA Authentication and Key Agreement
ALU Alcatel-Lucent
AM Acknowledge Mode
AMBR Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate
AM Access Manager
AM Accounting Management
AMC Advanced Mezzanine Card
AN Access Network
AN Access Node
ANDSF Access Network Discovery and Selection Function

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ANR Automatic Neighbor Relationship
AP Application Processor
AP Application Protocol
APB Active Phone Book
APN Access Point Name
AR Access Router
AR Aggregation Router
ARP Allocation and Retention Priority
ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
AS Access Stratum
AS Application Server
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation 1
ASN-GW Access Service Network Gateway
AT Access Terminal
ATCA Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture
ATCA-LCP Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture –
Liquid Cooling Package
AVP Attribute Value Pair
AWS Advanced Wireless Services

B
BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
BCH Broadcast Channel
BE Best Effort
BHCA Busy Hour Call Attempts
BHL Back Haul
BM Bearer Manager
BM-SC Broadcast-Multicast Service Center
B-PCF 1X RNC Blade PCF
BRC Baseband Resources Controller
BS (BTS) Base Station
BSR Base Station Router
BSC Base Station Controller
BTS (BS) Base Transceiver Station

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C
CAC Call Admission Control
CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
CAZAC Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation
CB Controler Board
CBC Cell Broadcasting Center
CC Content of Communication
CC Cumulative Counter
CCCH Common Control Channel
CCM Common Chassis Management
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CER Capabilities Exchange Request (Diameter Setup)
CFC Call Final Class
CFCQ Call Final Class Qualifier
C/I Carrier-to-Interference Power Ratio
CIM Circuit Interface Module
CLI Command Line Interface
CM Configuration Management
CMAS Commercial Mobile Alert System
CMC Connection Mobility Control
CMIP Client Mobile IP
CN Core Network
CNFG Configuration
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CP Cyclic Prefix
C-plane Control Plane
CPRI Common Public Radio Interface
CPU Central Processing Unit
CQI Channel Quality Indicator
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
C-RNTI Cell RNTI
CS Circuit Switched

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CTM-HSSPC Controller Turbo Mode - High Speed Serial Protocol
Controller (Xilinx IP)
CU Controller Unit

D
d2U Digital 2 Unit
d4U Digital 4 Unit
DCCH Dedicated Control Channel
DCI Downlink Control Information
DER Discrete Event Registration
DF Delivery Function
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DL Downlink
DL-SCH Downlink Shared channel
DO CDMA Data Only
DNS Domain Name Server
DPH Data Protocol Handler
DPI Deep Packet Inspection
DRA&PS Dynamic Resource Allocation & Packet Scheduling
DRB Data Radio Bearer carrying user plane data
DRX Discontinuous Reception
DS1 Digital Signal level 1 (1.544 Mbit/s)
DSC Dynamic Service Controller
DSCH Downlink Shared Channel
DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point
DTCH Dedicated Traffic Channel
DTR Dual Transceiver
DTX Discontinuous Transmission
DWR Device Watchdog Request (heartbeat)

E
E1 Standard European PCM link (2.048 Mbit/s)
eAT Evolved Access Terminal
EBI EPS Bearer ID
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eBTS Enhanced Base Transceiver Station
ECM EPS Connection Management
E-DCH Enhanced Dedicated Channel
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
EF Expedited Forwarding
eHRPD Evolved High Rate Packet Data
EIR Equipment Identity Register
ELP ECP Location Services Protocol
EML Element Management Level
EMM EPS Mobility Management
EMS Element Management System
eNodeB (eNB) Evolved NodeB
EPC Evolved Packet Core
ePDSN Evolved Packet Data Serving Node
EPS Evolved Packet System
eRNC Evolved Radio Network Controller
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ESM Evolved Session Management
E-SMLC EPS Serving Mobile Location Center
eUTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
EVDO Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data Only

F
FA Foreign Agent
FBC Flow Based Charging
FCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing
FFS For Future Study
FM Fault Management
FRS Feature Requirements Specification
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name
FS Frame Selection
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FTP File Transfer Protocol

G
GBR Guaranteed Bit Rate
GERAN GSM EDGE Radio Access Network
GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
GMLC Gateway Mobile Location Center
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation
GSM Global System for Mobile
GTP GPRS Tunneling Protocol
GTP-C GPRS Tunneling Protocol - Control
GTP-U GPRS Tunneling Protocol - User
GUI Graphical User Interface
GUMMEI Globally Unique MME Identifier
GUTI Globally Unique Temporary Identity

H
HA Home Agent
HARQ Hybrid ARQ
HO Handover
H-PCRF Home PCRF
H-PLMN Home PLMN
HRPD High Rate Packet Data
HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSGW HRPD Serving Gateway
HSPD High Speed Packet Data
HSPP High Speed Packet Processor
HSRP Hot Standby Router Protocol
HSS Home Subscriber Server
HSSL High Speed Serial Link
HSSPC High Speed Serial Protocol Controller

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HW Hardware

I
ICIC Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
IE Information element
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IM Instant Messaging
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identifier
IMS IP Multimedia Subsystems
IMSI International Mobile Station Identifier
IP Internet Protocol
IPBH Internet Protocol Back Haul
IPM IP Manager
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
IPSec Internet Protocol Security
I-RAT Inter-Radio Access Technology
IRI Intercept Related Information
ITU International Telecommunication Union

J
JMS Java Message Service

K
KPI Key Performance Indicator

L
L1 Layer 1
L2 Layer 2
L3 Layer 3
LA Location Area
LAI Location Area Identity
LB Load Balancing
LVI LVI Application Function

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LBI Linked EPS Bearer Identity
LBO Local Break Out
LBS Location Based Service
LCID Logical Channel Identifier
LCP Linux Control Platform
LCR Low Chip Rate
LCS Location Services
LDAC Load Distribution and Access Control
LEA Law Enforcement Agency
LED Light-emitting Diode
LEMF Law Enforcement Monitoring Function
LI Lawful Interception
LIF LVI Interface Function
LMA Local Mobility Anchor
LMT Local Maintenance Terminal
LPP LTE Positioning Protocol
LR Location Request
LRF Location Retrieval Function
LSN Local Secure Network
LTE Long Term Evolution
LVI LTE Voice Interworking

M
MAC Medium Access Control
MAF MME Application Function
MAG Mobility Access Gateway
MBMS Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service
Mbps Megabits per second
MBR Maximum Bit Rate
MCC Mobile Country Code
MCCH Multicast Control Channel
MCE Multicast Control Entity
MCM Media Conversion Module
MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
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MEI Mobile Equipment Identifier
META Mobile Evolution Transport Architecture
MGW Media Gateway
MI Management Interface
MIB Management Information Base
MIF MME Interface Function
MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output
MIP Mobile Internet Protocol
MLS Multi-Layer Switch
MM Mobility Management
MME Mobility Management Entity
MMEC MME Code
MMEGI MME Group Id
MMEI MME Identifier
MNC Mobile Network Code
MO Mobile Origination
MO Managed Object
MPLS Multi-Protocol Label Switching
MSC Mobile Switching Center
MSIN Mobile Subscriber Identification Number
MT Mobile Termination
MTCH MBMS Traffic Channel
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
MU Modem Unit

N
NACK Non-Acknowledgement
NAPTR Name Authority Pointer
NAS Non-Access Stratum
NBI Northbound Interface
NE Network Element (AGW or ENB)
NEL Network Element Level
NEM Network Element Manager
NML Network Management Level
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NMS Network Management System
NSA National Security Agreement
NTP Network Time Protocol

O
OA&M (OAM) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
OCAN Offline Configuration of Access Networks
OCS Online Charging System
OFCS Offline Charging System
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
OMC Operations Management Centre
OMC-RAN Operations and Maintenance Center – Radio Access Network
OMP Operations and Management Platform
OOS Out of Service
OS Operating System
OSS Operations Support System

P
PA Power Amplifier
PAPR Peak-to-Average Power Ratio
PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
PBR Prioritized Bit Rate
PCC Policy and Charging Control/Policy Control and Charging
PCCH Paging Control Channel
PCEF Policy and Charging Enforcement Function
PCFICH Physical Control Format Indicator Channel
PCI Physical Cell Identifier
PCMD Per Call Measurement Data
PCRF Policy and Charging Rules Function
PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
PDCP Packet Data Context Protocol
PDN Packet Data Network

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PDP Packet Data Protocol
PDSN Packet Data Serving Node
PDU Packet Data Unit
PEF Policy Enforcement Function
PEM Power Entry Module
PGW (P-GW) Packet Gateway (Packet Data Network Gateway)
PHICH Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel
PHY Physical layer
PIM Packet Interface Module
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PM Performance Management
PM Performance Measurements
PMC Performance Measurement Counter
PMIP Proxy Mobile IP
PO Processor Occupancy
PPP Point to Point Protocol
PRB Physical Resource Block
PS Packet Switched
PSAP Public Safety Answering Point
PSC Packet Scheduling
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PTM-MC Point-to-Multipoint, Multi-Cell
PTM-SC Point-to-Multipoint, Single-Cell

Q
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QCI QoS Class Identifier
QoS Quality of Service
QRM Quality and Reliability Measurements

R
RA Routing Area
RAC Radio Admission Control

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RACH Random Access Channel
RA-RNTI Random Access RNTI
RAN Radio Access Network
RAT Radio Access Technology
RAU Routing Area Update
RB Radio Bearer
RBAC Role-Based Access Control
RBC Radio Bearer Control
RBP Rack Back Plane
RCC Reliable Cluster Computing
ReM Redundancy Manager
RF Radio Frequency
RFC Request For Comments
RLC Radio Link Control
RMT Remote Maintenance Terminal
RNC Radio Network Controller
RNL Radio Network Layer
RNTI Radio Network Temporary Identifier
R-OCM Reverse - Optical Control Module
ROHC Robust Header Compression
RQMS Reliability and Quality Measurements for
Telecommunications Systems
RRC Radio Resource Control
RRH Remote Radio Head
RRM Radio Resource Management
RTM Rear Transmission Module
RTT Radio Transmission Technology
RU Resource Unit
RUC Rack User Commissioning
RX Receive

S
S1-MME S1 for the control plane
S1-U S1 for the user plane

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SACK SCTP Acknowledgement
SAE System Architecture Evolution
SAM Service Aware Manager
SAP Service Access Point
SAR Service Aggregation Router
SC-FDMA Single Carrier - Frequency Division Multiple Access
SCH Synchronization Channel
SCM System Control Module
SCP Secure Copy
SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
SDF Service Data Flow
SDM Subscriber DB Manager
SDMA Spatial Division Multiple Access
SDU Service Data Unit
SFM Switch Fabric Module
SFN Single Frequency Network
sFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
SGW (S-GW) Serving Gateway
SGW Signaling Gateway
ShMC Shelf Management Controller
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
SLOAM Slave Operation and Administration
SM Security Management
SM Session Management
SMC Security Mode Command
SMS Short Message Service
S-NAPTR Straightforward Name Authority Pointer
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNS Shared Network Services
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
SOL Serial Over LAN
SON Self-Organizing Network
SPR Subscription Profile Repository
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SR Service Router
SRNS Serving Radio Network Subsystem
SRS Sounding Reference Signal
SRV DNS Service Record
SRVCC Single Radio Voice Call Continuity
SSH Secure Shell
S-TMSI S-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
SU Scheduling Unit
SU Software Update
SW Software

T
TA Tracking Area
TAC Tracking Area Code
TAI Tracking Area Identity
TAS Telephony Application Server
TAU Tracking Area Update
TB Transport Block
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TDD Time Division Duplex
TEID Tunnel Endpoint Identifier
TFT Traffic Flow Template
TIPC Transparent Inter Process Communication
TM Transparent Mode
TMN Telecommunication Management Network
TMSI Temporary Mobile Station Identity
TNL Transport Network Layer
TRDU Transmit Receive Duplex Unit
TTI Transmission Time Interval
TX Transmit

U
UDP User Datagram Protocol

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UE User Equipment
UL Uplink
ULBO Uplink Buffer Occupancy
ULR Update Locate Request
UM Un-acknowledge Mode
UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UPA User plane Application
U-plane User plane
USIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

V
VCC Voice Call Continuity
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VLR Visitor Location Register
VoIMS Voice over IMS
VoIP Voice over IP
V-PCRF Visited PCRF
V-PLMN Visited PLMN
VRB Virtual Resource Block
VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

W
WAP Wireless Access Protocol
W-CDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

X
X2-C X2-Control plane
X2-U X2-User plane
xCCM-U Extended Core Controller Module Unit

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xCEM-U Extended Channel Element Module Unit
XML Extensible Markup Language
XMS Extended Management System

Y
Z

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