M900/M1800 Base Station Subsystem

Signaling Analysis Manual

Contents

Contents
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Glossary

A
ABIS

Abis Interface

AC

Access Control

ACCH

Associated Control CHannel

ACK

ACKnowledgement

ACS

Additional Reselection Parameters Indication

AGCH

Access Grant Channel

A-Interface

A Interface

AMR

Adaptive Multi-Rate

APDU

Application Protocol Data Unit

ARFCN

Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

ATT

Attach-Detach allowed

B
BA

BCCH Allocation

BCCH

Broadcast Control CHannel

BCD

Binary-Coded Data

BCF

Base Station Control Function

BS

Base Station

BSC

Base Station Controller

BSIC

Base Station Identity Code

BSS

Base Station Subsystem

BSSAP

Base Station Subsystem Application Part

BSSMAP

Base Station Subsystem Management Application Part

BTSM

Base Transceiver Station Management

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C
CA

Cell Allocation

CBA

Cell Bar Access

CBC

Cell Broadcast Center

CBCH

Cell Broadcast CHannel

CBQ

Cell Bar Qualify

CBS

Cell Broadcast Service

CC

Call Control

CCCH

Common Control Channel

CCH

Control channel

CCITT

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee

CCS

Common Channel Signaling

CGI

Cell Global Identification

CI

Cell Identity

CIC

Circuit Identification Code

CKSN

Circuit Identification Code

CM

Connection Management

CP
CR

Connection Request

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Code

CRO

Cell Reselect Offset

D
DCCH

Dedicated Control CHannel

DCS

Digital Cellular System

DLC

Data Link Connection

DLCEP

Data Link Connection End Point

DLCI

Data Link Connection Identifier

DM

Disconnected Mode

DPC

Destination Point Code

DRX

Discontinuous Reception

DTAP

Direct Transfer Application Part

DTMF

Dual-Tone Multi-frequency

DTX

Discontinuous Transmission

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E3M

E3 Sub-Multiplexer

EC

Emergency Call

ECSC

Early Classmark Sending Control

EFR

Enhanced full rate speech codec

eMLPP

Environment Monitoring

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

F
FACCH

Fast Associated Control Channel

FN

Frame Number

FR

Full Rate

FUC

Frame Unit Controller

G
GFBI

Fiber Interface board

GMC2

Inter-Module Communication board

GMCC

Module Communication and Control board

GOPT

Local Optical Interface Board

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global Position System

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

GSNT

GSM Signaling Switching Network Board

GT

Global Title

H
HLR

Home Location Register

HR

Half Rate

HSCSD

High Speed Circuit Switched Data

I
ID

IDentification/IDentity

IE

information element

IMEI

International Mobile Equipment Identity

IMSI

International Mobile Station Identity

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISUP

Integrated Services Digital Network User Part/ISDN User Part

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ITU-T

International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization

Sector

L
L2ML

Layer 2 Management Link

LAC

Location Area Code

LAI

Location Area Identity

LAPD

Link Access Procedure on the D channel

LAPDm

Link Access Procedure on the Dm channel

LCS

LoCation Service

LPN7

Common Channel Signaling Processing Board

LSA

Link State Advertisement

LSB

Least Significant Bit

M
MA

Mobile Allocation

MACS

Maximum number of AMR Codec ModeS

MAP

Mobile Application Part

MCC

Mobile Country Code

MDC

Message Discrimination

MDT

Message Distribution

ME

Mobile Equipment

MM

Mobility Management

MMCC

Mobility Management Call Control

MMSMS

Mobility Management Short Message Service

MMSS

Mobility Management Supplement Service

MNC

Mobile Network Code

MNS

Mobile Network Signaling

MOC

Mobile Originated Call

MRT

Message Routing

MS

Mobile Station

MSB.

Most Significant Bit

MSC

Mobile Switching Center, Mobile Service Switching Center

MSU

Message Signaling Unit

MT

Maintenance and Test console

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Message Transfer Part

N
NA

No Acknowledgment

NACK

Negative ACKnowledgement

NCC

Network Color Code

NECI

New Establishment Causes Indication

NI

Network Identity

NSS

Network SubSystem

O
OACSU

Off Air Call Set Up

OM

Operation & Maintenance

OMAP

Operation and Maintenance Application Part

OMC

Operation and Maintenance Center

OML

Operation & Maintenance Link

OPC

Originating Point Code

OSI

Open System(s) Interconnection

P
PCH

Open System(s) Interconnection

PCI

Protocol Control Information

PCM

Pulse Code Modulation

PCS

Personal Communications Services

PD

Discrimination

PHY

Physical Sublayer & Physical Layer

PI

cell reselection Parameter Indication

PLMN

Public Land Mobile Network

PT

Penalty Time

PWRC

Power Control

Q
QoS

Quality of Service

R
RA

Random Access

RACH

Random Access CHannel

RAND

RANDom number

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RF

Radio Frequency

RIL3

Radio Interface Layer 3

RLM

Radio Link Management

RR

Radio Resource

RSL

Radio Signaling Link

RXLEV

received signal level

RXQUAL

received Signal Quality

S
SABM

Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode

SACCH

Slow Associated Control CHannel

SAP

Service Access Point

SAPI

Service Access Point Identification

SCCP

Signaling Connection and Control Part

SCMG

SCCP Management

SCS

Set of AMR Codec modes Supported

SDCCH

Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel

SI

Service Indicator

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module

SLC

Signaling Link Code

SLM

Signaling Link Manager

SLS

Signaling Link Selection

SLT

Signaling Link Test

SM

Session Management

SMI

Subsequent Modification Indication

SMLC

Serving Mobile Location Center

SMS

Short Message Service

SNM

Signaling Network Management

SRES

Signed Response

SRM

Signaling Route Management

SS

Supplementary Service

SS7

Signaling System No.7

SSN

Sub-System Number

STM

Signaling Traffic Management

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TA

Timing Advance

TCAP

Transaction Capabilities Application Part

TCH

Traffic Channel

TCSM

Transcoder and Sub-Multiplexer

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access

TEI

Terminal Endpoint Identification

TFO

Tandem Free Operation

TI

Transaction Identifier

TMSI

Temp Mobile Subscriber Identifier

TN

Time slot Number

TRX

Transceiver

TS

technical specification(s)

TUP

Telephone User Part

U
UA

Unnumbered Acknowledge

UI

Unnumbered Information(frame)

V
VBS

Voice Broadcast Service

VGCS

Voice Group Call Service

VLR

Visitor Location Register

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