SigleRAN Abbreviations

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V1.0 2009-12-28 Li Xi

Abbreviations 2G 3G3GMS 3GPP

English 2nd Generation Mobile Communications System 3rd Generation Mobile Communications System 3rd Generation Partnership Project

Description

An international standardization organization founded in 1998. It consists of telecommunication standardization organizations in multiple countries and areas.

8PSK A A/D AC

8 Phase Shift Keying Analog/Digital Access Class Access Control Alternating Current

ACCH ACK

Associated Control Channel ACKnowledgement A Layer 2 response by the mobile station or the base station confirming that a signaling message was received correctly.

ACL ACS ADM AEC AEUa AFP AGCH AIS

Access Control List Additional Reselection Parameters Indication Add Drop Multiplexer Acoustic Echo Cancellation 32-port ATM over E1/T1/J1 interface Unit REV:a Automatic Frequency Planning Access Grant Channel Alarm Indication Signal Alarm indication signal (AIS) is a signal transmitted by a system that is part of a concatenated telecommunications system to let the receiver know that some remote part of the end-to-end link has failed at a logical or physical level, even if the system it is directly connected to is still working. ALC, also called automatic gain control (AGC), is a wellknown application in communication systems with a given input signal conditioned to produce an output signal as possible, while supporting a wide gain range and controlled gain-reduction and gain recovery characteristics. Access Link Control Application Part is a generic name for the transport signalling protocol used to setup and tear down transport bearers. In UMTS the main ALCAP protocol is the AAL2 signalling protocol. An RRC connected mode where neither DCCH nor DTCH is available. A codec offering a wide range of data rates. The philosophy behind AMR is to lower the codec rate as the interference increases and thus enabling more error correction to be applied. The AMR codec is also used to harmonize the codec standards amongst different cellular systems. ANR processes the uplink speech signals after decoding and filters the background noise. Automatic Frequency Planning that can shorten the planning period of the large-scale network A type of signal processing commonly used in teleconferencing.

ALC

Automatic Level Control

ALCAP

Access Link Control Application Part

ALL2 AM AMR

ATM Adaptive Layer 2 Acknowledged Mode Adaptive Multi-Rate

ANI ANR AOUa AOUc APC

Adjacent Node Identifier Automatic Noise Restrain 2-port ATM over channelized Optical STM-1/OC-3 interface Unit REV:a 4-port ATM over channelized Optical STM-1/OC-3 interface Unit REV:c Automatic Power Control 2

Abbreviations APDU API APL APM APS

English Application Protocol Data Unit Application Program Interface Advanced Phase Lock Advanced Power Module Automatic Protection Switching

Description A PDU carrying application layer control information and data. A set of routines, protocols, and tools used when building software applications.

Automatic Protection Switching (APS) is the capability of a transmission system to detect a failure on a working facility and to switch to a standby facility to recover the traffic. Within the spectrum allocated for cellular mobile communications, the radio channels are identified by ARFCN. If the system is operating in FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) mode then the channel number is associated with both the uplink and downlink radio channels. Within the GSM900 spectrum ARFCN 1 to 124 are used. In GSM1800, ARFCN 512 to 885 are used and in GSM1900 ARFCN 512 to 810 are used. Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is a simple Hello protocol, similar to the adjacent detection in the route protocol. Two systems periodically send BFD detection messages on the channel between the two systems. If one system does not receive the detection message from the other system for a long time, you can infer that the channel is faulty. Under some conditions, the TX and RX rates between systems need to be negotiated to reduce traffic load.

ARFCN

Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASIC ASU ATM ATT AUC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit Access network SDH transmission Unit Asynchronous Transfer Mode Attach-Detach allowed Authentication Center A GSM network component which stores information for authenticating mobiles, and encrypting their voice and data transmissions. An 18-bit output of the authentication algorithm. It is used, for example, to validate mobile station registrations, originations and terminations. Allocation of frequencies for BCCH transmissions in a cell. In the GSM system, this code is transmitted in the SB (Synchronization Burst) and is used in the MS (Mobile Station) to discriminate between cells using the same frequencies during the cell selection and camping on process. The BCC is also used to identify the TSC (Training Sequence Code) to be used when reading the BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel). Coded in the binary form used by computers and stored on a suitable medium such as magnetic tape.

AUTHR

Authentication Response

B BA BBU BCC BCCH Allocation Baseband Control Unit Base station Color Code

BCCH BCD BCF BCH BER BESP BFD BFH

Broadcast Control Channel Binary-Coded Data Base Station Control Function Broadcast Channel Bit Error Ratio BTS E1 Surge Protector Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Baseband Frequency Hopping In baseband frequency hopping, the carrier frequency assigned for the transmitter of the TRX does not participate in frequency hopping and remains unchanged. The transmit frequency hopping is achieved with the switching of baseband signals among different TRXs. The receiver of the TRX, however, must participate in frequency hopping. The carrier frequency assigned for the receiver changes with the carrier frequency used by an MS. The number of 3

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Description carrier frequencies assigned for frequency hopping in a cell cannot exceed the number of TRXs assigned for the cell.

BITS

Building Integrated Timing Supply System

In the situation of multiple synchronous nodes or communication devices, one can use a device to set up a clock system on the hinge of telecom network to connect the synchronous network as a whole, and provide satisfactory synchronous base signals to the building integrated device. This device is called BITS. BLER, or Block Error Rate, is the number of data blocks per second that contain detectable errors at the input of the C1 decoder. In the UMTS system, this protocol adapts broadcast and multicast services on the radio interface. Bootstrap Protocol is a TCP/IP protocol that enables a network device to discover certain startup information, such as its IP address.

BLER

Block Error Rate

BMC BOOTP

Broadcast/Multicast Control Bootstrap Protocol

BPU BS ID BSBC BSC BSIC BSN BSS BSSAP

Baseband Processing Unit Base Station Identification Universal BBU Subrack Backplane type C(2U) Base Station Controller Base transceiver Station Identity Code Backward Sequence Number Base Station Subsystem Base Station Subsystem Application Part The protocol employed across the A interface in the GSM system. It is used to transport MM (Mobility Management) and CM (Connection Management) information to and from the MSC (Mobile Switching Centre).The BSS Application Part (BSSAP) is split into two sub application parts, these are: the BSS Management Application Part (BSSMAP) and the Direct Transfer Application Part (DTAP). The BSN is used to acknowledge the receipt of signal units by the remote signaling point.

BSSGP

Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol The Base Station System GPRS Protocol is supported across the Gb interface, its primary functions include: 1. the provision by an SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) to a BSS (Base Station Subsystem) of radio related information used by the RLC (Radio Link Control) and MAC (Medium Access Control) function. 2.the provision by a BSS to an SGSN of radio related information derived from the RLC/MAC function. 3.the provision of functionality to enable two physically distinct nodes, an SGSN and a BSS, to operate node management control functions. Base Station Subsystem Management Application Part This protocol is also used to convey general BSS (Base Station System) control information between the MSC (Mobile Switching Centre) and the BSS. An example is the allocation of traffic channels between the MSC and the BSS. The Base Transceiver Station Management (BTSM) is responsible for transferring the RR information (not provided for in the BTS by the RR' protocol) to the BSC. An end-to-end virtual communication path between remote Network Service user entities.

BSSMAP

BTS BTSM

Base Transceiver Station BTS Management

BVC C CA CB

BSSGP Virtual Connection

Cell Allocation Cell Broadcast The cell broadcast is a Teleservice which enables an Information Provider to submit short messages for broadcasting to a specified area within the PLMN.

CBA CBC CBCH CBQ

Cell Bar Access Cell Broadcast Center Cell Broadcast Channel Cell Bar Qualify 4

Abbreviations CBS CBT CC CCB CCCH CCP CCS

English Cell Broadcast System Cell Broadcast Terminal Call Control Call Control Block Common Control Channel Communication Control Port Common Channel Signaling

Description

The set of functions used to process a call

Common Channel Signalling (CCS) is a signalling method where one channel is reserved solely for network management. The CFU service enables the system to transfer incoming calls of a subscriber to the registered FTN or voice mailbox. The call history record (CHR) system is an effective system for quick fault location. It can record and store the faults during calls for each user in a CHR server. If needed you can query the call history records of a specific user on a CHR client to quickly locate the faults. The Circuit Identification Code (CIC) is responsible for assigning a signal to an ISDN or GSM payload channel. The CIC is a 12 bit field in the SS7 protocol. A function for the control, provision and maintenance of services offered by the network; for example SMS (Short Message Service), teleservices and location based services.

CES CFU CHR

Circuit Emulation Service Call forwarding unconditional Call History Record

CIC

Circuit Identity Code

CM

Connection Management

CN CORBA COSC

Core Network Common Object Request Broker Architecture Crystal oscillator An oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal. It is a programmable logic device with complexity between that of FPGAs and PALs, and architectural features from both. The building block of a CPLD is the macro cell, which contains logic implementing disjunctive normal form expressions and more specialized logic operations.

CP CPLD

Connection management Protocol Complex Programmable Logical Device

CPRI CPU CPUS CQT

Common Protocol Radio Interface Center Processing Unit CPU for Service Call Quality Test In this kind of test, customers' subjective evaluation is counted as the major factor, to judge the voice quality in the test channels. Initiate a request to establish a communication session with a remote system. A class of linear error detecting codes which generate parity check bits by finding the remainder of a polynomial division.

CR CRC

Connection Request Cyclic Redundancy Code

CRO CS CT

Cell Reselect Offset Circuit Switching Call Transfer Provides the ability to transfer calls from one cordless handset to another or between the base speakerphone and any other registered handset within the system.

D D-BUS DBS DDF DHCP Data-BUS Distribution Base Station Digital Distribution Frame Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a clientserver networking protocol. A DHCP server provides configuration parameters specific to the DHCP client host requesting, generally, information required by the host to 5

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Description participate on the Internet network. DHCP also provides a mechanism for allocation of IP addresses to hosts.

DiffServ

Differentiated Service

The DiffServ defines the DS field in the ToS byte. The DiffServ also defines a set of packet transfer processing database. The mark of the DS field in a packet and the processing of the DS field generates different service levels. Therefore, DiffServ is actually a strategy of relative priority. The Data Link Connection Identifier identifies an individual user's information stream as well as identifying the connections between terminal equipment and the user equipment. It is possible for multiple DLCI to be supported however; the actual number is implementation specific. Disconnected Mode(DM) is transmitted from a secondary station to indicate it is in disconnected mode(nonoperational mode.)

DL DLCI

Downlink Data Link Connection Identifier

DM

Disconnected Mode

DMCM DOPRA DPC DPUb DPUc DPUd DPUe DRFU DRX DSCP DSP DT DTMF

The Main Control Module for DDRM BTS (DMCM) Distributed Object-oriented Programmable Realtime Architecture Destination signalling Point Code Data Processing Unit REV: b Data Processing Unit REV: c Data Processing Unit REV: d Data Processing Unit REV:e Double Radio Filter Unit Discontinuous Reception Differentiated Services (DiffServ) Code Point Destination Signaling Point Drive Test Dual-Tone Multi-frequency In telephone systems, multifrequency signaling in which standard set combinations of two specific voice band frequencies, one from a group of four low frequencies and the other from a group of four higher frequencies, are used. Discontinuous transmission (DTX) is a method of momentarily powering-down, or muting, a mobile or portable wireless telephone set when there is no voice input to the set. This optimizes the overall efficiency of a wireless voice communications system. Multimode Data Processing Unit REV:b GSM TC Data Processing Unit REV:c GSM PCU Data Processing Unit REV:d Multimode Data Processing Unit REV:e

DTP DTX

Coverage Prediction by DT Data Discontinuous Transmission

DXC E ECSC E-DCH

Digital Cross-connect equipment Early Classmark Sending Control Enhanced Dedicated Channel The early classmark sending control (ECSC) indicates whether the MSs in a cell use early classmark sending. A new type of dedicated transport channel or an enhancement to an existing type of dedicated transport channel.

EDGE EFR EIR

Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution EDGE allows higher data transmission speeds based on the GSM standard. Enhance Full Rate speech codec Equipment Identity Register An alternative voice codec that provides improved voice quality in a GSM network The EIR in the GSM system is the logical entity which is responsible for storing in the network the International Mobile Equipment Identities (IMEIs), used in the GSM system.

EIUa EMC

32-port E1/T1 circuit Interface Unit REV:a ElectroMagnetic Compatibility Electromagnetic compatibility is the condition which prevails when telecommunications equipment is performing its 6

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Description individually designed function in a common electromagnetic environment without causing or suffering unacceptable degradation due to unintentional electromagnetic interference to or from other equipment in the same environment.

EMI EMI filter EML eMLPP

External Machine Interface Electromagnetic interface filter Element Management Layer enhanced Multi-Level Precedence and Pre-emption service

The interface used between the SMSC System and other computer systems and applications. A device that suppresses or reduces the level of EMI/RFI emitted by electrical or electronic equipment. An abstraction of the functions provided by systems that manage each network element on an individual basis. This service has two parts - precedence and pre emption. Precedence involves assigning a priority level to a call in combination with fast call set-up. Pre-emption involves the seizing of resources, which are in use by a call of a lower precedence, by a higher level precedence call in the absence of idle resources. Pre-emption can also involve the disconnection of an on-going call of lower precedence to accept an incoming call of higher precedence.

EMS EMU EPLD ESL ETSI F FABS FACCH FACH FAI

Element Management System Environment Monitoring Unit Erasable Programmable Logic Device Extend Signalling Link European Telecommunications Standards Institute Flexible Abis Fast Associated Control Channel Forward Access Channel First Article Inspection A First Article Inspection Report is a requirement placed on the supplier by the customer. The report documents and certifies that each first article unit delivered to the buyer was produced and inspected in accordance with the buyers specifications. The report includes all physical, material, and chemical test data associated with the part. These reports are provided to the buyer and kept on file by the supplier for a minimum of seven years or as required by the buyer. A programmable logic array designed to perform a usererasable programmable function. The ESL is responsible for transmitting the Abis timeslot dynamic connection message. standards-setting body in Europe. Also the standards body responsible for GSM. Flexible Abis refers to the dynamic binding of transmission resources on the Abis interface and on the Um interface.

FAM FCCH FDD

Front Administration Module Frequency Correction Channel Frequency Division Duplex Frequency division duplex (FDD) is the application of frequency-division multiple access to separate outward and return signals. The uplink and downlink sub-bands are said to be separated by the "frequency offset". The port that provides a rate of 100 Mbit/s The number of frames in error divided by the total. These frames are usually discarded, in which case this can be called the Frame Erasure Rate.

FDMA FE FER

Frequency Division Multiple Access Fast Ethernet port Frame Error Rate

FFT FG2a FG2c FH

Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm 8-port FE or 2-port electronic GE interface unit REV:a 12-port FE or 4-port electronic GE interface unit REV:c Frequency Hopping The repeated switching of frequencies during radio transmission according to a specified algorithm, to minimize unauthorized interception or jamming of telecommunications. When baseband frequency hopping and antenna hopping 7

FH-BUS

Frequency Hopping Bus

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Description are enabled, a large amount of data exchange is performed between different TRXs in the cabinet. Frequency hopping bus is introduced to facilitate the data exchange. When the antenna hopping function is realized, each TRX sends the TX frequency, TX ID, and data of the current frame to the frequency hopping bus during timeslot interval. The TRX receives the corresponding frequency and data from the frequency hopping bus, and then configure the RF based on the frequency. Then, the RF sends the data to the MS over the Um interface.

FMUA FN FP FR

Fan Environment Monitor Frame Number Frame Protocol Frame Relay Frame relay, also found written as frame-relay, is an efficient data transmission technique used to send digital information quickly and cheaply to one or many destinations from one or many end-points. Commonly implemented for voice and data as an encapsulation technique, used between local area networks (LANs) over a wide area network (WAN). Each end-user gets a private line (or leased line) to a frame relay node. A Forced Switch is when the network operator forces the network to use the protection resources instead of the working resources, or vice-versa, regardless of the state of the resources. A field in a signal unit used to identify the transmitted message signal units. A client-server protocol which allows a user on one computer to transfer files to and from another computer over a TCP/IP network. Also the client program the user executes to transfer files.

FS

Force Switch

FSN FTP

Forward Sequence Number File Transfer Protocol

FUC G GCGa GCUa GERAN GOUa GOUc GPRS

Frame Unit Controller General Clock Unit with GPS REV:a General Clock Unit REV:a GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network 2-port packet over GE Optical interface Unit REV:a 4-port packet over GE Optical interface Unit REV:c General Packet Radio Service GPRS is defined by 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) and is employed to connect mobile cellular users to PDN (Public Data Network). Within the GSM network it shares the network databases and radio access network and employees functions known as the PCU (Packet Control Unit), SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) and GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node) to provide packet switching data services across the fixed and radio network. A satellite-based global navigation system that consists of a constellation of 24 satellites in orbit 11,000 nmi above the Earth, several on-station (i.e., in-orbit) spares, and a ground-based control segment.

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSM GSM CPUS

Global System for Mobile communications GSM Control Plane Service Processing Subsystem GSM control plane service processing subsystem. It consists of the subsystems whose logical function is GCP or MCP on the SPUa, SPUb, XPUa, and XPUb boards and the non-zero subsystems whose logical function is RGCP on the SPUa, SPUb, XPUa, and XPUb boards. GSM control plane service processing board. It consists of the SPUa, SPUb, XPUa, and XPUb boards which are logically configured as the GCP, RGCP, or MCP. GTP is the defining IP protocol of the GPRS core network. Primarily it is the protocol which allows end users of a GSM 8

GSM XPU

GSM Control Plane Service Processing Board User plane part of GPRS tunnelling protocol

GTP-U

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Description or WCDMA network to move from place to place while continuing to connect to the Internet as if from one location at the Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN). It does this by carrying the subscriber's data from the subscriber's current Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) to the GGSN which is handling the subscriber's session.

H HCS Hierarchical Cell Structure A term typically used in GSM to describe the priority of cells within a mixed environment. That is when Macro, Micro, and Pico cells may be viewed as candidates for cell reselection the priority described by the HCS will be used in the associated calculations. A Link-Level protocol used to facilitate reliable point-to-point transmission of a data packet.

HD HDLC HDSL HLR HSCSD

Hard Disk High level Data Link Control High speed Digital Subscriber Line Home Location Register High Speed Circuit Switched Data High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD) is circuitswitched wireless data transmission for mobile users at data rates up to 38.4 Kbps. A modulating-demodulating algorithm put forward in 3GPP R5 to meet the requirement for asymmetric uplink and downlink transmission of data services. It enables the maximum downlink data service rate to reach 14.4 Mbit/s without changing the WCDMA network topology.

HS-DSCH HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Shared Channel High Speed Downlink Packet Access

HSN Hub BTS I IASU IBBS ICC

Hopping Sequence Number Hub Base Transceiver Station Isite Access SDH Unit Integrated Backup Battery System Interference Rejection Combining Interference Rejection Combining (ICC) is an improved RF algorithm. It helps increase the anti-interference capability and the speech quality. An Information Element is a group of information which may be included within a signaling message or data flow which is sent across an interface.

ID IE

Identification/Identity Information Element

IEC IEEE IFFT IMA

International Electrotechnical Commission Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inverse Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm Inverse Multiplexing over ATM Inverse Multiplexing over ATM. With this function, the transmisstion end inversely multiplexes the ATM cells on a high speed transport link to multiple low speed ATM circuits, and the reception end combines the low speed ATM circuits back into a high speed logical path.

IMEI IMS IMSI IP IPoA IP PM

International Mobile Equipment Identity IP Multimedia Subsystem International Mobile Subscriber Identity Internet Protocol IP over ATM IP Performance Monitor IP performance monitor effectively monitors the transport network by timely and quickly monitoring the QoS of the bearer network. IP performance monitor requires the support of the BSC and the BTS.

ISDN ISUP

Integrated Services Digital Network Integrated Services Digital Network User The ISDN User Part (ISUP), a key protocol in the SS7/C7 Part/ISDN User Part signalling system, defines the protocol and procedures 9

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Description used to set-up, manage, and release trunk circuits that carry voice and data calls over the public switched telephone network (PSTN) between different switches.

ITU

International Telecommunications Union The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is the most authoritative committee in recommending worldwide standards of transmission for communications. Eestablished on May 17, 1965 and became a dedicated organization in the United Nations on Oct. 15, 1947, the ITU has its headerquarter in Geneva, Switzerland. International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector JAVA Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment Joint Test Action Group "JTAG" stands for "Joint Test Action Group" which is a standard that defines a set of design rules for facilitating the testing, programming, and debugging of a semiconductor device at the chip, board, and systems level.

ITU-T

J JRE JTAG

K kbps Kc kilo-bits per second Ciphering key It is generated by the GSM authentication center and stored in the MSC/VLR. The Kc is sent to the BTS before the ciphering procedure begins. The IMSI and Ki are generated and stored in the authentication center and SIM card when a user registers in the GSM network.

Ki

Individual subscriber authentication key

L L2ML LA LAC LAI Layer 2 Management Link Location Area Location Area Code Location Area Identity The Location Area Identity uniquely identifies a LA (Location Area) within any PLMN (Public Land Mobile Network). It is comprised of the MCC (Mobile Country Code), MNC (Mobile Network Code) and the LAC (Location Area Code). A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a local area, like a home, office or small group of buildings such as a college. The location Area is defined as an area in which a mobile station may move freely without updating the VLR.

LAN

Local Area Network

LAPB LAPD LAPDm LBS LCS

Link Access Procedure Balanced Link Access Protocol on the D channel Link Access Protocol on the Dm channel Location Based Service Location Service The LCS, also known as the location based service, is a value-added service used to obtain the location information of a mobile subscriber through the wireless network, and to provide services with the support of the e-map. The admission control, such as CS preference TCHH and Adaptive Multi-Rate Control (AMRC), is performed on the load of the newly accessed subscriber. The load reshuffling, such as CS TCHH/TCHF handover and PS downspeeding, is performed on the accessed subscriber. The performance management console provided by the LMT belongs to the LEML and facilitates general analysis of the data in local network. A six-bit field that defines message length and that is used to differentiate between message signal units, link status signal units, and fill-in signal units. A special type of electronic amplifier or amplifier used in communication systems to amplify very weak signals 10

LDR

Load Reshuffling

LEML

Local Element Management Layer

LFE LI

Longest Consecutive Frame Error Length Indicator

LNA

Low Noise Amplifier

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Description captured by an antenna. It is often located very close to the antenna.

LOF

Loss Of Frame

A condition at the receiver or a maintenance signal transmitted in the PHY overhead indicating that the receiving equipment has lost frame delineation. This is used to monitor the performance of the PHY layer. Loss of signal (LOS) indicates that there are no transitions occurring in the received signal. The link in LSA is any type of connection between OSPF routers, while the state is the condition of the link. LSA In computing, the least significant bit (lsb) is the bit position in a binary integer giving the units value, that is, determining whether the number is even or odd. Low Voltage Differential signalling is a low noise, low power, low amplitude method for high-speed (gigabits per second) data transmission over copper wire. The MTP3 User Adaptation Layer provides the equivalent set of primitives at its upper layer to the MTP3 users as provided by the MTP Level 3. In this way, the ISUP (ISDN User Part) and/or SCCP (Signalling Connection Control Part) layer is unaware that the expected MTP3 services are offered remotely and not by a local MTP3 layer. In effect, the M3UA extends access to the MTP3 layer services to a remote IP based application. The M3UA does not itself provide the MTP3 services. Media Access Control is the lower of the two sublayers of the Data Link Layer. In general terms, MAC handles access to a shared medium, and can be found within many different technologies. For example, MAC methodologies are employed within Ethernet, GPRS, and UMTS etc.

LOS LSA LSB

Loss Of Signal Link State Advertisement Least Significant Bit

LVDS

Low Voltage Differential Signal

M M3UA MTP3 User Adaption Layer

MA MAC

Mobile Allocation Media Access Control

MACS MAIO

Maximum number of AMR Codec ModeS Mobile Allocation Index Offset A time delay separating traffic channels. When a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) mobile phone is served by a cell that is hopping over a set of frequencies, the separate traffic channels hop over the allocated frequencies according to a hopping sequence number (HSN). The traffic channels with the same HSN hop over the same frequencies in the same order but are separated in time by a mobile allocation index offset (MAIO). Multiband Report is the information about six neighbor cells of different bands reported by the MS to the network.

MAP MBR MBSC MBMS MCC MCK MCU MDC

Mobile Application Part Multiband Report Merged BSC Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service Mobile Country Code Main Clock board Main Control Unit Message Discrimination Used to specify the messages that are written to the syslog file.E.g,Critical=0, major=1, minor=2, warning=3, informational=4

MDMC MDT ME MGW

Distribution Monitor and Communication board Message Distribution Mobile Equipment Media Gateway A media gateway is any device that converts data from the format required for one type of network to the format required for another. As defined in the Internet Engineering Task Force RFC 3015, a media gateway might terminate 11 Message distribution refers to the delivery of messages to the proper recipient, which conform a work session.

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Description channels from a circuit-switched network as well as streaming media from a packet-switched network such as RTP streams in an IP network. Data input could be audio, video, or T.120 (real-time multi-point communications), which the media gateway would handle simultaneously.

MIMO

Multiple Input Multiple Output

MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) is an antenna technology for wireless communications in which multiple antennas are used at both the source (transmitter) and the destination (receiver).

MM MMCC MMI MML MLPPP MMSMS

Mobility Management Mobility Management Call Control Man Machine Interface Man-Machine Language Multi-link PPP Mobility Management Short Message Service Mobility Management Supplement Service Mobile Network Code Mobile Network Signaling Mobile Originated Call Mean Opinion Scores In voice communications, particularly Internet telephony, the mean opinion score (MOS) provides a numerical measure of the quality of human speech at the destination end of the circuit. A protocol used in ISDN connections. MLPPP lets two B channels act as a single line, doubling connection rates to 128Kbps.

MMSS MNC MNS MOC MOS

MPM MPU MR MRP MRT MS MS-AIS

Multiuser Project Manager Main Processing Unit Measurement Report Multiple Reuse Pattern Message Routing Mobile Station Multiplex Section Alarm Indication signal AIS is an all-ONES characteristic or adapted information signal. Its generated to replace the normal traffic signal when it signal contains a defect condition in order to prevent consequential downstream failures being declared or alarms being raised.AIS can be identified as. Most Significant Bit Mobile Switching Center Mobile Station International ISDN Number Multiplex Section Protection The function performed to provide capability for switching a signal between and including two MST functions, from a "working" to a "protection" channel. Most Significant Bit (MSB). The highest order bit in the binary representation of a numerical value. Sent from that computer with a request for message route tracking.

MSB MSC MSISDN MSP

MSU MT MTBF MTP3

Message Signaling Unit Maintenance and Test console Mean Time Between Failures Message Transfer Part Level 3 The average time between consecutive failures of a piece of equipment. It is a measure of the reliability of the system. The Message Transfer Part (MTP) is part of the Signalling System 7 (SS7) used for communication in Public Switched Telephone Networks. MTP Level 3 provides routing functionality to transport signaling messages through the SS7 network to the requested endpoint. Message Transfer Part level 3 broadband provides message routing, discrimination and distribution (for point to point link only). It also provides signalling link management, load sharing and changeover between links within one linkset. The protocol is a broadband ISDN based protocol used typically in ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) . 12

MTP3B

Message Transfer Part level 3 broadband

Abbreviations N NA NACC

English No Acknowledgment Network Assisted Cell Change

Description No acknowledgement is the claim that the issue about which we are concerned has no validity. Network Assisted Cell Change (NACC) accelerates the cell reselection. This feature minimizes the service interruption time due to the cell reselection. The opposite of the ACK signal.It indicates a message was not received correctly, or that the terminal is not ready to send.

NACK

Negative ACKnowledgement

NAS NBAP NC2

Non Access Stratum NodeB Application Part Network Control Mode 2 This describes network controlled cell reselection, which is also referred to as network control mode 2 (NC2). In NC2 mode, the network requests measurement reports from the MS and controls the cell reselection. The group of the three most significant bits of the BSIC is called the Network Colour Code (NCC).

NCC NCP NECI NEL

Network Color Code NodeB Control Port New Establishment Causes Indication Network Element Layer

In the BSC6000 system, the performance management module configured in the OMU board and the performance management module configured in the service processing board belong to the NEL and facilitate collection and preprocessing of data. The network management equipment belongs to the NML that is the upper layer with the M2000. The equipment helps to browse and analyze performance analysis results. NRI indicates the CN node of the MSC Pool.

NML

Network Management Layer

NodeB NRI NS NSE NSS NSVC NULL_NRI

WCDMA Base Station Network Resource Identifier Network System Network Service Entity Network Subsystem Network Service Virtual Connection A special NRI It is coded following the same priciples as the common NRIs:If an MSC pool with a single operator, the NULL_NRI is unique.When the MOCN is supported, operators have different NULL_NRIs in the MSC pool. Each CN operator has its own unique NULL_NRI.

O ODF OIUa OML OMU OSI Optical Distribution Frame 1-port channelized Optical STM-1 Interface Unit REV:a Operation Maintenance Link Operation and Maintenance Unit Open System Interconnection A standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any two points in a telecommunication network. Orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) is an implementation of Code division multiple access (CDMA) where before each signal is transmitted, the spectrum is spread through the use of a user's code. Used as a shorter, more private, mobile identifier. Identifies the system that assigned it, and not directly the MS.PacketTMSI is allocated by the SGSN and used for GPRS access only. It transfers operation and maintenance information between the BSC and the Base station.

OSS OVSF

Operating Support System Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor

P P-TMSI Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

PACCH PARC

Packet Associated Control Channel Platform of Advanced Radio Controller 13

Abbreviations PAMU PBCCH PBGT PBSL PBT PCCCH PCH PCI PCIC PCM

English Power Allocation Monitoring Unit Packet Broadcast Control Channel Power Budget PCU-BSC Interface Signaling Link Power Boost Technology Packet Common Control Channel Paging Channel Preemption Capability Indicator Packet Circuit Identity Code Pulse Coded Modulation

Description

PBT can be used to expand the radio coverage of BTSs.

PCM is a Time-Domain Waveform coding method and is defined within CCITT G.711, and ATT 43801. Basically, an analog signal is sampled at a rate of 8000 times per second. In each sample, the amplitude of the signal is assigned (quantized) a digital value.

PCU PDCH PDCP

Packet Control Unit Packet Data Channel Packet Data Convergence Protocol Packet Data Convergence Protocol is used in UMTS to format the data into a suitable structure prior to transfer over the air interface. Power Distribution Frame. It is a high-current power supply in the equipment room. The Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH) is a technology used in the telecommunications network. It is used to transmit a large amount of data over such digital transmission equipment in the radio network as optical cable. Packet Data Protocol is a network protocol used by packet switching external networks to communicate with GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) networks. The power distribution unit performs AC or DC power distribution.

PDF PDH

Power Distribution Frame Pleisochronous Digital Hierarchy

PDP

Packet Data Protocol

PDU PEUa PFCB PFCU PFPU PGND PH PHB PIE PIN PLMN

Power Distribution Unit 32-port Packet over E1/T1/J1 interface Unit REV:a Fan Control Board Fan Control Unit Fan Power Unit Protection Ground Physical (layer) Per-Hop Behavior Priority Information Element Personal Identity Number PLMN Public Land Mobile Network

Common names for CHV1 and CHV2, respectively. A public land mobile network may be defined as a number of mobile services switching centre areas within a common numbering plan and a common routing plan. Compared with the services provided by commonly used mobile phones, the PoC enables a single person to talk to several persons one to one.

PoC

Push-to-talk over Cellular

POUa POUc PPP

2-port IP over channelized Optical STM1/OC-3 interface Unit REV:a 4-port IP over channelized Optical STM1/OC-3 interface Unit REV:c point-to-point protocol A protocol on the data link layer, provides point-to-point transmission and encapsulates data packets on the network layer. PPP, located in layer 2 of the IP protocol stack, supports point-to-point data transmission on fullduplex synchronous and asynchronous links.

PQ PREC PS

Priority Queue Preemption Recommendation Packet Switched 14

Abbreviations PSTN PSU PTCCH

English Public Switched Telephone Network Power Supply Unit packet timing advanced control channel

Description

PTCCH stands for Packet Timing advanced Control Channel. The PTCCH/U is used by an MS to send an access burst in the uplink and the BSS sets the correct timing advance for this MS in packet transfer mode. The PTCCH/D is used to send a refresh message to the MS in the downlink, requesting the MS to refresh the timing advance information. One PTCCH/D can correspond to several PTCCH/Us.

PTPBVC PVC PVI PWM Q QA QoS QRI R RA

Point to Point BSSGP Virtual Connection Permanent Virtual Connection Preemption Vulnerability Indicator Pulse-Width Modulation Queuing Allowed indicator Quality of Service Queuing Recommendation Indicator Routing Area The SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) in a GPRS system will control one or more RA (Routing Area). It is the responsibility of the mobile to keep the SGSN informed as to its current RA. Routing Areas can be made up on one or more cells. Each Routing Area is given a RAI (Routing Area Identification).

RAB RACH RAI

Radio Access Bearer Random Access Channel Routing Area Identity The Routing Area Identification is composed of the LAC (Location Area Code) and the RAC (Routing Area Code). It is used for paging and registration purposes.

RAN RANAP RB RCU RF RFN RF PLL

Radio Access Network Radio Access Network Application Part Radio Bearer Remote Control Unit Radio Frequency Reduced TDMA Frame Number RF Phase-Lock Loop Phase Lock Loop is a mechanism whereby timing information is transferred within a data stream and the receiver derives the signal element timing by locking its local clock source to the received timing information. Relative humidity may be defined as the ratio of the water vapor density (mass per unit volume) to the saturation water vapor density, usually expressed in percent. Radio Link Control (RLC) is a link-layer protocol that is responsible for error recovery and flow control. The management performed for the radio links and radio interfaces. This equipment in the RNS is in charge of controlling the use and the integrity of the radio resources.

RH

Relative Humidity

RLC RLM RNC RND RNSAP RQI RR RRC RRM

Radio Link Control Radio Link Management Radio Network Controller Radio Network Dimension Radio Network System Application Part Radio Quality Indication Reverse Request Radio Resource Control Radio Resource Management

A receiving end issues a request to a sender after receiving a request from the sender. The Radio Resource Management (RRM) sublayer provides a service to the Mobility Management entity (MM). The RR services are used for: establishing control channel 15

Abbreviations

English

Description connections; releasing control channel connections; and control-data transfer.

RRU

Remote Radio Unit

The RRU module is an RF module in the RRU3004 subrack. An RRU module carries two TRXs. The RRU3004 combines two RRU modules to support four TRXs. The received power on one code after despreading, defined on the pilot symbols.

RSCP RSL RTN RTP

Received Signal Code Power Radio Signaling Link DC Return Real-time Transfer Protocol

a protocol for end-to-end real-time transmission, provides the RX end with timing and packet serial number for recovering real-time data, and provides communications quality test.

RUS RX RXLEV RXQUAL S SA

Remote Upgrade Service Reception Received signal level Received signal Quality Service Area A Service Area consists of one or more cells within a given LA (Location Area) and may be used to assist in the delivery of location based services. In ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), the "SAAL (ATM Adaptation Layer for Signalling)" provides reliable transport of signalling messages between peer entities. These signalling messages are carried over a PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit). The Service Area Identifier is used to identify an area consisting of one or more cells belonging to the same LA (Location Area). Such an area is called a Service Area and can be used for indicating the location of a UE (User Equipment) to the CN (Core Network). The SAC (Service Area Code) together with the PLMN-Id (Public Land Mobile Network Identifier) and the LAC (Location Area Code) will constitute the Service Area Identifier. SAI = PLMN-Id + LAC + SAC The primary function of Signaling Connection Control Part is to provide a means for the transfer of messages between any two signaling points in the same or different SS7 networks. SCTP, an end-to-end and connection-oriented protocol for signaling transmission, provides a reliable transmission of user messages between equivalent SCTP users. A physical entity in the intelligent network that implements a service control function.

SAAL

Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer

SACCH SAI

Slow Associated Control Channel Service Area Identifier

SBT SCCP

Smart Bias-Tee Signaling Connection Control Part

SCTP

Streaming Control Transmission Protocol Synchronization Channel Service Control Point Streaming Control Transmission Protocol GE Switching network and Control Unit REV:a Signal Degrade

SCH SCP SCTP SCUa SD

SD is a signal indicating the associated data has degraded in the sense that a degraded defect (e.g., dDEG) condition is active. The European counterpart to SONET. SONET is an intelligent system that provides advanced network management and a standard optical interface. Specified in the Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) standard, SONET backbones are widely used to aggregate T1 and T3 lines. The European counterpart to SONET is the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, and the term "SONET/SDH" is widely 16

SDCCH SDH

Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

Abbreviations SF Signal Fail

English

Description used when referring to SONET. SF is a signal indicating the associated data has failed in the sense that a near-end defect condition (not being the degraded defect) is active. A hopping method in which the radios keep synchronized with the transmission frequency of the TDMA frame. In this method a voice call remains associated with one transmitter.

SFH

Synthesized Frequency Hopping

SFP SGSN SHO SI SIGTRAN

Small Form-Factor Pluggable Serving GPRS Support Node Soft Handoff System Information Signaling Transport Signaling Transport (SIGTRAN) refers to a protocol stack for the transport of Switched Circuit Network (SCN) signaling protocols (SS7/C7) over an IP network. SIGTRAN is applied to IP network to support the IP interworking between the traditional narrowband telecommunication network PSTN and wideband network. A field with certain signaling network management messages, which indicates the particular signaling link to which the message refers among those interconnecting the two involved signaling points. A service that enables mobile phones to send/receive and enables service providers to send text messages whose length is up to 140 bytes. To allow SMS (Short Message Service) messages to be sent from your mobile phone you will require a SMSC number. This will instruct your mobile phone to send all SMS messages to this centre. The SMSC forwards the short message to the indicated destination The SNR or S/N (Signal to Noise Ratio) of the amplitude of the desired signal to the amplitude of noise signals at a given point in time. SNR is expressed as 10 times the logarithm of the power ratio and is usually expressed in dB (Decibel). SONET defines interface standards at the physical layer of the OSI seven-layer model. The standard defines a hierarchy of interface rates that A handoff occurring while the mobile station is in the Mobile Station Control State.

SingleRAN(SRAN) Single Radio Access Network

SIM SLC

Subscriber Identity Module Signaling Link Code

SMS

Short Message Service

SMSC

Short Message Service Centre

SMU SNR

Service Management Unit Signal Noise Ratio

SNTP SONET SPC SPU SPUa SS STM-1 STP SWM T TA

Simple Network Time Protocol Synchronous Optical Network Signaling Point Code Signaling Processing Unit Signaling Processing Unit REV:b Supplementary Service Synchronous Transport Module Signaling Transfer Point SoftWare Management Timing Advance A signal sent by the BTS to the MS which the MS uses to advance its timings of transmissions to the BTS so as to compensate for propagation delay. A TBF is a physical connection used by the two RR peer entities to support the unidirectional transfer of LLC PDUs on packet data physical channels. Optical Carrier (OC) levels from 51.8 Mbps (OC-1) to 9.95 Gbps (OC-192). allow data streams at different rates to be multiplexed. SONET establishes

TBF

Temporary Block Flow

TBUS TC

Time BUS Transcoder 17

Abbreviations TCH TCP Traffic Channel

English Transfer Control Protocol

Description The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the core protocols of the Internet protocol suite. Using TCP, applications on networked hosts can create connections to one another, over which they can exchange data. The protocol guarantees reliable and

TCU TDM TDMA TEI

Temperature Control Unit Time Division Multiplex Time Division Multiple Access Terminal Equipment Identifier The Terminal Endpoint Identification value used to select an entity for which protocol activity will be monitored or retrieved. This parameter is used only to specify a TEI value at layer 2 for the capture entity. The TEID unambiguously identifies a tunnel endpoint in the receiving GTP-U (GPRS Tunnelling Protocol - User) or GTP-C (GPRS Tunnelling Protocol - Control) protocol entity. The receiving side of a GTP tunnel locally assigns the TEID value for the transmitting side to use. The TEID values are exchanged between tunnel endpoints using GTP-C messages (or RANAP) in the UTRAN. (1) Avoidance of tandeming speech codecs in mobile to mobile speech calls.(2) Tandem Free Operation is the configuration of a connection with two transcoders that support the TFO protocol and whose external coding schemes are compatible, thus enabling compressed speech to pass between them. Temporary identify of the logical link between the MS and the SGSN. Terminal Multiplexer. The path terminating element (PTE) that acts as a concentrator of E1s as well as other tributary signals. A Tower Mounted Amplifier (TMA) is a lower noise amplifier installed close to the antenna, for example, on a tower. It amplifies weak signals from the antenna, thus improving UMTS coverage, enhancing receiver sensitivity and reducing the transmit power of the UE. The entity which provides the means used to transport and process information related to management functions for the telecommunications network.

TEID

Tunnel Endpoint ID

TFO

Tandem Free Operation

TLLI TM

Temporary Logical Link Identity Terminal Multiplexer

TMA

Tower Mount Amplifier

TMN

Telecommunication Management Network Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identifier TDM switching Network Unit REV:a Transmit Power Control

TMSI TNUa TPC

Transmit Power Control is a technical mechanism used within some networking devices in order to prevent too much unwanted interference between different wireless networks (e.g. the owner's network and the neighbour's network). Tributary Protect Switch (TPS) is a protection function on the board level. Based on this function, services carried on the electrical ports, such as the 2 Mbit/s electrical port, 34 Mbit/s electrical port, and 155 Mbit/s electrical port, are protected. The TPS function implements the 1:N protection of the tributary service. In this way, the network security is improved. This is an entity that performs a transcoding function for speech channels and RA (Rate Adaptation) for data channels. Used mainly in TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) systems the training sequence is used to maintain timing and equalize the channel. This helps reduce the impact of ISI (Inter Symbol Interference) and multipath effects.

TPS

Tributary Protect Switch

TRA TRAU

TCH Rate Adjust Transcoding and Rate Adaptation Unit

TSC

Training Sequence Code

TX U UAP

Transmit United Analysis and Precision Check 18

Abbreviations UBFA UDP

English Universal BBU Fan unit type A(2U) user datagram protocol

Description UDP is a simple data-oriented end-to-end transmission protocol without reliability. The UDP sends the data from one end to another through the IP layer regardless of whether the data can arrive at destinations.

UE UL UMTS

User Equipment Uplink Universal Mobile Telecommunications System A 3G mobile technology that will deliver broadband information at speeds up to 2Mbit s/sec.Besides voice and data, UMTS will deliver audio and video to wireless devices anywhere in the world through fixed, wireless and satellite systems. ATM Forum specification that defines an interoperability standard for the interface between ATM-based products (a router or an ATM switch) located in a private network and the ATM switches located within the public carrier networks. Also used to describe similar connections in Frame Relay networks.

UNI

User-Network Interface

UOIa

4-port ATM/Packet over Unchannelized Optical STM-1/OC-3c Interface unit REV:a 8-port ATM/Packet over Unchannelized Optical STM-1/OC-3c Interface unit REV:c User Registration Area Universal Serial Bus UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network Virtual Channel Identifier The identifier in the ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) cell header that identifies to which virtual channel the cell belongs. VC Trunk refers to the logical path formed by some cascaded VCs.

UOIc

URA USB UTRAN V VCI

VC Trunk VLAN VLR VoIP VOS VPI

Virtual Container Trunk Virtual Local Area Network Visitor Location Register Voice over IP Virtual Operating System Virtual Path Identifier

The field in the ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) cell header that identifies to which VP (Virtual Path) the cell belongs.

VPP VQI VRRP VSAT VSWR

Versatile Protocol Platform Voice Quality Index Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Very satellite communications terminal Voltage Standing Wave Ratio The ratio of the maximum/minimum values of standing wave pattern along a transmission line to which a load is connected. VSWR value ranges from 1 (matched load) to infinity for a short or an open load. For most base station antennas the maximum acceptable An Internet protocol, provides one or more than one backup route when static routing is used in local area network.

W WCDMA WOPB WRED WRR WS WTR Wideband CDMA Overvoltage Protection Board Weighted Random Early Detection Weighted Round Robin Work Station Wait To Restore A transitional state which waits for a predetermined time after a failure has been resolved prior to entering a no request (IDLE) state.

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Abbreviations XPUa XPUb

English eXtensible Processing Unit REV:a eXtensible Processing Unit REV:b

Description

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