5G Abbreviations (Top 300)

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3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
5G Fifth Generation Mobile Networks
5GC Fifth Generation Core
5G EIR 5G Equipment Indentity Register
5QI 5G QoS Indentifier
AAA Authentication, Authorization & Account
AAS Active Antenna Systems
ACDC Application Specific Congestion Control for Data Communication
ACS Adjacent Channel Selectivity
ADC Application Detection and Control
AESE Architecture Enhancements for Service Capability Exposure
AF Application Function
AKA Authentication & Key Agreement
AMF Access and Mobility Management Function
ANR Automatic Neighbor Relation
API Application Program Interface
APN Access Point Name
APs Access Points
ARP Allocation Retention & Priority
ARPF Authentication Credential Repository & Processing Function
AUSF Authentication Server Function
BBU BaseBand Unit
BF Beamforming
BL Bandwidth Reduced Low Complexity
BM-SC Broadcast Multicast Service Center
BPF Beamforming Processing Function
BSR Buffer Status Report
BSSID Basic Service Set Identification
CA Carrier Aggregation
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
CAPEX Capital Expenses
CCA Clear Channel Assessments
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CELL_PCH Cell Paging Channel
CELL_FACH Cell Forward Access Channel
CHF Charging Function
CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIOT Cellular IoT
CM Configuration Management
CM Cubic Metric
CMS Communication and Media Solutions
cMTC Critical Machine Type Communications
CN Core Network
CoMP Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission and Reception
CRI CSI-RS Resource Indicator
CS Circuit Switched
CSI Channel State Information
CSI-RS Channel-State Information Reference Symbol
CTIA Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association
CU Control/ User Plane OR Central Unit
CUPS Control and User Plane Separation
CP Control Plane
D2D Device-to-Device
DAI Downlink Assignment Index
DASH Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP
DB Database/ Dual Band
DB-DC Dual Band Dual Cell
DC Dual Connectivity
DC-HSPA Dual Cell High Speed Packet Access
DCN Dedicated Core Network
DDN Downlink Data Notification
DCF Distributed Coordination Function
DCI Downlink Control Indicator
DC-HSPA Dual Carrier-High Speed Packet Access
DCN Dedicated Core Network
DÉCOR Dedicated Core Networks
DFS Dynamic Frequency Selection
DL Downlink
DM Domain Manager
DMRS Demodulation Reference Signal
DN Data Network
DPDK Data Plane Development Kit
DRB Data Radio Bearer
DRB Data Resource Bearer
DRS Discovery Reference Signals
DSCP Differentiated Services Code point
DRX Discontinuous Reception
DSM IPv6 Dual Stack-Mobile Internet Protocol version 6
DTLS Datagram Transport Layer Security
DTX Discontinuous Transmissions
DU Distributed Unit
EAP Extensive Authentication Protocol
EBF Elevation Beam Forming
EC Enhanced Coverage
ECGI E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier
ECM-IDLE EPS Connection Management IDLE
ED Energy Detection
eDEC Enhanced Dedicated Core
eDECOR Enhanced Dedicated Core Network
eLAA Enhanced LAA
eLWA Enhanced LWA
EIRP Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
EIS Equivalent Isotropic Sensitivity
EM Element Manager
eMBB Enhanced Mobile Broadband
eMBMS Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service
EMTC Enhanced Machine Type Communication
EN-DC E-UTRAN New Radio Dual Connectivity
EPC Evolved Packet Core also known as System Architecture Evolution (SAE)
EPC/SAE Evolved Packet Core/System Architecture Evolutions
ePDG Evolved Packet Data Gateway
EPDCCH Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel
EPS Evolved Packet System
E-RNTI E-DCH Radio Network Transaction Identifier
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (based on OFDMA)
EVS Enhanced Voice Services
EVR Error Vector Magnitude
eV2X Enhanced V2X FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security
F-DPCH Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel
Fe Further Enhancements
FeICIC Further Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
FFS Further Study FM Fault Management
FNPRM Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making
FOMA Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access
FTA Free-To-Air
FTL Frequency Tracking Loop
FTV Free-to-View
GBR Guaranteed Bit Rate
GCS AS Group Communication System Application Server
GGSNs Gateway
GPRS Support Nodes
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GROUPE Group Based Enhancement
GTP General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol
GTP-C GPRS Tunneling Protocol – Control
GTP-U GPRS Tunneling Protocol User Plane
GUMMEI Globally Unique Mobility Management Entity Identifier
GUTI Globally Unique Temporary Identify
GW GateWay
GWCN GateWay Core Network
HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
HESSID Homogeneous Extended Service Set IDentification
HLCom High Latency Communications
HLR Home Location Register
HO Handover
HPLMNs Home Public Land Mobile Networks
H-RNTI HS-DSCH Radio Network Transaction Identifier
HN Home Network
HSS Home Subscriber Server
IC Interference Cancellation
ICIC Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
ICS IMS Centralized Services
ICSCF Interrogating Cell Session Control Function
IE Information Element
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFOM Internet Protocol Flow Mobility and seamless
WLAN Offload
IMPI IP Multimedia Private Identity
IMPU IP Multimedia Public User identity
IMS Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMT International Mobile Telecommunications
InH Indoor Hotspot
Inter-RAT Inter- Radio Access Technology
IoT Internet of Things
ISD Inter-Site Distance
ISG Information Services Group ISO International Standards Organization
ILPC Inner Loop Power Control
IP Internet Protocol
IRC Interference Rejection Combining
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ITU-T ITU-Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
KPIs Key Performance Indicators
LAA Licensed Assisted Access
LBT Listen-Before-Talk
L-CWIC Linear – CodeWord level successive – Interference Cancellation
LCM Life Cycle Management
LI Lawful Intercept
LIR Location Information Request
LSA Licensed Shared Access
LPWA Low Power Wide Area
LWA LTE Wireless Local Area Network Aggregation
LWIP LTE-WLAN Radio Level Integration with IPsec Tunnel
LWIPEP LWIP Encapsulation Protocol
M2M Machine-to-Machine
MA Multiple Access
MANO Management Nodes
MBMS Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services
MBMS-GW Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services – Gateway
MBR Maximum Bit Rate
MBS Metropolitan Beacon System
MBSFN Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Networks
MCE Multi-cell/Multicast Coordination Entity MCG MeNB Cell Group
MCCH Multicast Control Channel
MCL Maximum Coupling Loss
MCPTT Mission Critical Push-to-Talk
MCOT Maximum Channel Occupancy Times
MDT Mobile Data Terminal
MGCF Media Gateway Control Function
MEC Mobile Edge Computing
MMEGI MME Group Identity
MeNB Macro Evolved NodeB
MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MIOT Massive Internet of Things
MLB Mobility Load Balancing
MME Mobility Management Entity
MMSE Minimum Mean Square Error
mMTC Massive Machine Type Communications
mmWave Millimeter Wave
MNO Mobile Network Operator
MO Mobile Originated
MOCN Multi-Operator Core Network
MOI Management Object Instance
MONTE Monitoring Enhancement
MPDCCH MTC Physical Downlink Control Channel
MPS Multimedia Priority Service
MRO Mobility Robustness Optimization
MSCS/MGW Mobile Switching Center – Server/Media Getaway
MT Mobile Terminated
MTC Machine Type Communications
MTC-M2M Machine Type Communications/Machineto-Machine
MTC_SIB Machine Type Communication System Information Block
MU-MIMO Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MUST Multi-User Superposition Transmission
MWC Mobile World Congress
NAIC Network Assisted Interference Cancellation
NAS Non-Access Stratum NAS Network Access Sever
NBIFOM Network-Based Internet Protocol Flow Mobility
NB-IoT Narrowband IoT
NE-DC NR E-UTRA Dual Connectivity
NFC Near Field Communications
NG Next Generation
NGAP NG Application Protocol
NGC Next Generation Core
NGMN Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance
NG– RAN Next Generation Radio Access Network
NGS Next Generation System
NFV Network Function Virtualization
NM Network Management
NPBCH Narrowband Physical Broadcast Channel
NPDCCH Narrowband Physical Downlink Control Channel
NPDSCH Narrowband Physical Downlink Shared Channel
NPRACH Narrowband Physical Random-Access Channel
NPUSCH Narrowband Physical Uplink Shared Channell
NSA Non-Standalone
NSD Network Service Descriptors
NRS Narrowband Reference Signal
NR New Radio
NSWO Non-Seamless WLAN Offload
NWDAF Network Data Analytics Function
OAM Operations, Administration and Maintenance
OCC Optical Communication Channel
OCS Online Charging System
OFCS Offline Charging System
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OEMs Original Equipment Manufacturers
OMA Open Mobile Alliance
OoBTC Out-of-Band Transcoder Control
OPEX Operating Expenses
OTA Over-The-Air
OTDOA Observed Time Difference of Arrival
OTT Over-the-Top PAP Password Authentication Protocol
PAPR Peak-to-Average-Power Ratio
PAR Packet Arrival Rate
PCC Policy and Charging Control
PCEF Policy and Charging Enforcement Function
PCF Policy Control Function
PCell Primary Cell
PCF Policy Control Function
PCRF Policy Control and Charging Rules Function
PC-SCF Proxy Call Session Control Function
PCO Protocol Configuration Options
PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
PDN Public Data Network
PDR Packet Drop Rate
PDN-GW Packet Data Network Gateway
PDU Packet Data Unit/ Protocol Data Unit
P-GW Public Data Network Gateway
PHR Power Head Room
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PM Performance Management
PMCH Physical Multicast Channel
PPF Packet Processing Function
PS Packet Switched
PSCell Primary SCell
PSID Public Service ID
PSM Power Saving Mode
P-TMSI Packet Temporary Subscriber Identity Mode PO Paging Occasions
ProSe Proximity Services
ProSe/D2D Proximity Services / Device to Device
PSD Power Spectral Density PSM Power Saving Mode
PTT Push-to-Talk
QCI QoS Class Identifier
QFI QoS Flow ID
QoE Quality of Experience
QoS Quality of Service
RACH Random Access Channel
RADIUS AAA Remote Authentication Dial In User Service for Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting management for computers to connect and use a network service
RAN Radio Access Network
RATG Radio Access Technique Group
RAU Routing Area Update
RCF Radio Control Function RE Resource Element REST Representation State Transfer
RESTful Representation State Transfer based
RMa Rural Macro
R-ML Reduced Complexity ML
ROHC Robust Header Compression
RNTP Relative Narrowband Tx Power
RPF Repetition Factor
RRC Radio Resource Control
RRH/RRU/ RU Remote Radio Head/Remote Radio Unit/ Radio Unit
RRM Radio Resource Management
RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
RSU Road Side Unit
RTP Real-time Transport Protocol
RV Redundancy Version
RXU Receiver Units
SA System Architecture/ Stand Alone
SAND Server and Network Assisted DASH
SBI Service Based Interface
SC Service Continuity
SC-FDMA Synchronization Channel-Frequency Division Multiple Access
SCG SeNB Cell Group
SCG Secondary Cell Group
SCM Security Context Management
SCEF Service Capability Exposure Function SD Interface between PCRF and TDF
SDN Software-Defined Networking
SDOs Standards Development Organization
SDS Short Data Service
SDU Service Data Unit SEA Security Anchor Function
SEM Spectrum Emissions Mask
SEPP Security Edge Protection Proxy
SeGW Security Gateway SFN Single Frequency Network
SGSNs Serving GPRS Support Nodes
SGW Serving Gateway
SIPTO Selected Internet Protocol Traffic Offload
SLIC Symbol Level – Interference Cancellation
SM Spatial Multiplexing
SMi Suburban Micro
SMARTER Services and Markets Technology Enablers
SMF Session Management Control Function
SMSF Short Message Service Function
SN Sequence Number
SON Self-Optimizing or Self-Organizing Network
SRB Signaling Resource Bearer
SRS Sounding Reference Signal
SRVCC Single Radio Voice Call Continuity
SSID Service Set Identification
STA Station
TA Tracking Area
TAB Transceiver Array Boundary
TAS Telephony Application Server
TAU Tracking Area Update
TBS Transport Block Size/Terrestrial Beacon System
TC Traffic Class
TCCE TETRA and Critical Communications Evolution TDD Time Division Duplex
TDF Traffic Detection Function
TETRA Terrestrial Trunked Radio
ToS Type of Service
TPC Transmit Power Control
TPR Technical Performance Requirement
TrFO Transcoder Free Operation
TRP Transmission Reception Point
TLS Transport Layer Security
TSN Time Sensitive Networking
TTI Transmit Time Travel
TXU Transmitter Unit
UDM Unified Data Management
UDR United Data Repository
UIC International Union of Railways
Uma Urban Macro
UMi Urban Micro
UPCON User Plane Congestion Management
UPGW User Plane Gateway
UPF User-Plane Function
UPT User Perceived Throughput
URLLC Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications
USIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module
UTDOA Uplink Time Difference of Arrival
V2X Vehicle-to-Everything
VCC Voice Call Continuity
VNF Virtualization of Network Functions
VoLTE Voice-over-LTE
VoNR Voice-over-New Radio
ViLTE Video over LTE
WI Work Item
WID Work Item Description
WebRTC Web Real-Time Communication
wIMPU wildcard IMS Public Identity
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WT WLAN Termination
XnAP Xn Application Protocol
Xw-C Xw Control Plane Interface
Xw-AP Xw Application Protocol
Xw-U Xw User Plane Interface