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 Cont rol
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