ACK Acknowledgement
AG Absolute Grant
AICH Acquisition Indicator CHannel
AM Acknowledged Mode
AS Access Stratum
ASC Access Service Class
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BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
BCFE Broadcast Control Functional Entity
BER Bit Error Rate
BLER BLock Error Rate
BSS Base Station Sub-system
CCCH Common Control Channel
CCPCH Common Control Physical CHannel
CH Conditional on history
CM Connection Management
CN Core Network
C-RNTI Cell RNTI
CTCH Common Traffic CHannel
CTFC Calculated Transport Format Combination
CV Conditional on value
DCA Dynamic Channel Allocation
DCCH Dedicated Control Channel
DCFE Dedicated Control Functional Entity
DCH Dedicated Channel
DC-SAP Dedicated Control SAP
DDI Data Description Indicator
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
DL Downlink
DSCH Downlink Shared Channel
DTCH Dedicated Traffic Channel
DTM Dual Transfer Mode
E-AGCH E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel
E-DCH Enhanced uplink DCH
E-DPCCH E-DCH Dedicated Physical Control Channel (FDD Only)
E-DPDCH E-DCH Dedicated Physical Data Channel (FDD Only)
E-HICH E-DCH HARQ Acknowledgement Indicator Channel
E-PUCH Enhanced Uplink Physical Channel (TDD only)
E-RGCH E-DCH Relative Grant Channel (FDD only)
E-RNTI E-DCH RNTI
E-RUCCH E-DCH Random Access Uplink Control Channel (TDD only)
E-TFCI E-DCH Transport Format Combination Indicator
E-UCCH E-DCH Uplink Control Channel (TDD only)
FACH Forward Access Channel
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
F-DPCH Fractional DPCH
GANSS Galileo and Additional Navigation Satellite Systems
GC-SAP General Control SAP
GERAN GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GRA GERAN Registration Area
G-RNTI GERAN Radio Network Temporary Identity
HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
HCS Hierarchical Cell Structure
HFN Hyper Frame Number
H-RNTI HS-DSCH RNTI
HS-DSCH High Speed Downlink Shared Channel
ID Identifier
IDNNS Intra Domain NAS Node Selector
IE Information element
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IP Internet Protocol
ISCP Interference on Signal Code Power
L1 Layer 1
L2 Layer 2
L3 Layer 3
LAI Location Area Identity
MAC Media Access Control
MBMS Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service
MBSFN MBMS over a Single Frequency Network
MCC Mobile Country Code
MCCH MBMS point-to-multipoint Control Channel
MD Mandatory default
MICH MBMS notification Indicator Channel
MM Mobility Management
MNC Mobile Network Code
MP Mandatory present
MTCH MBMS point-to-multipoint Traffic Channel
MSCH MBMS point-to-multipoint Scheduling Channel
NACC Network Assisted Cell Change
NAS Non Access Stratum
Nt-SAP Notification SAP
NW Network
OP Optional
PCCH Paging Control Channel
PCH Paging Channel
PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PNFE Paging and Notification Control Functional Entity
PRACH Physical Random Access CHannel
PSI Packet System Information
p-t-m Point-to-Multipoint
P-TMSI Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
p-t-p Point-to-Point
PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
QoS Quality of Service
RAB Radio access bearer
RACH Random Access CHannel
RAI Routing Area Identity
RAT Radio Access Technology
RB Radio Bearer
RFE Routing Functional Entity
RG Relative Grant
RL Radio Link
RLC Radio Link Control
RLS Radio Link Set
RNC Radio Network Controller
RNTI Radio Network Temporary Identifier
RRC Radio Resource Control
RSCP Received Signal Code Power
RSN Retransmission Sequence Number
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
SAP Service Access Point
SCFE Shared Control Function Entity
SCTD Space Code Transmit Diversity
SCTO Soft Combining Timing Offset (MBMS)
SF Spreading Factor
SG Serving grant
SHCCH Shared Control Channel
SI System Information
SIR Signal to Interference Ratio
S-RNTI SRNC - RNTI
TDD Time Division Duplex
TF Transport Format
TFCS Transport Format Combination Set
TFS Transport Format Set
TM Transparent Mode
TME Transfer Mode Entity
TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
Tr Transparent
TSN Transmission Sequence Number
Tx Transmission
UE User Equipment
UL Uplink
UM Unacknowledged Mode
URA UTRAN Registration Area
U-RNTI UTRAN-RNTI
USCH Uplink Shared Channel
UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network