List of Acronyms

1xRTT

Single-channel (1x) Radio

Transmission Technology

AMBR

Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

1xEV-DO

1xRTT EvolutionData Only

AMC

Adaptive Modulation and Coding

2G

2nd Generation

A-MPR

Additional Maximum Power

Reduction

3G

3rd Generation

AN

Access Network

3GPP

3rd Generation Partnership Project

ANR

Automatic Neighbour Relation

3GPP2

3rd Generation Partnership Project 2

AoA

Angle of Arrival

AoD

Angle of Departure

AP

Application Part

AAS

Active Antenna System

ABS

Almost Blank Subframe

ACK

Acknowledgement

ACK/NACK

Acknowledgement/Negative
Acknowledgement

ACLR

Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio

ACS

Adjacent Channel Selectivity

A/D

Analog to Digital

ADC

Analog-to-Digital Converter

ADS

Advanced Design System

AF

Authentication Framework

AGC

Automatic Gain Control

AGNSS

Assisted Global Navigation Satellite

System

AICH

Acquisition Indictor Channel

AIPN

All Internet Protocol Network

AKA

Authentication and Key Agreement

AM

Acknowledge Mode
Amplitude Modulation

Application Protocol
API

Application Programming Interface

APN

Access Point Name

APN-AMBR Access Point NameAggregate

Maximum Bit Rate
ARIB

Association of Radio Industries and

Businesses (Japan)

ARP

Allocation and Retention Priority

ARQ

Automatic Repeat Request

AS

Access Stratum
Application Server
Azimuth Spread

ASIC

Application Specific Integrated

Circuit

ASN.1

Abstract Syntax Notation number 1

ASSP

Application Specific Standard

Product

AT

Attention

ATC

Air Traffic Control

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ATIS

Alliance for Telecommunications

Industry Solutions (USA)

CCDF

Complementary Cumulative
Distribution Function

ATS

Abstract Test Suite

CCE

Control Channel Element

AUTN

Authentication Token

CCF

CDMA Certification Forum

AWGN

Additive White Gaussian Noise

CCO

Cell Change Order

CCSA

China Communications Standards

Association

CDD

Cyclic Delay Diversity

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CFI

Control Format Indicator

CFO

Carrier Frequency Offset

CFR

Crest Factor Reduction

CI

Codebook Index

CINR

Carrier to Interference Plus Noise

Ratio

CIR

Channel Impulse Response

CK

Ciphering Key

CLI

Command Line Interface

CLR

Campaign Loader Files

CL-SM

Closed-loop Spatial Multiplexing

CM

Cubic Metric

CMAS

Commercial Mobile Alert System

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide

Semiconductor

CoMP

Coordinated Multi-Point

CP

Cyclic Prefix

BB

Baseband

BBIC

Baseband IC

BBIQ

Baseband IQ

BCCH

Broadcast Control Channel

BCH

Broadcast Channel

BER

Bit Error Ratio

BERT

Bit Error Ratio Tester

BLER

Block Error Ratio

BO

Buffer Occupancy

BP

Bandwidth Parts

BPSK

Binary Phase-Shift Keying

BS

Bearer Service

BSIC

Base Station Identity Code

BSC

Base Station Controller

BTS

Base Transceiver Station

BW

Bandwidth

BWRF

RF Bandwidth

Control Plane

CA

Carrier Aggregation

CPICH

Common Pilot Channel

CACLR

Cumulative ACLR

CPRI

Common Public Radio Interface

CAG

Common Agreement Group

CPT

Control PDU Type

CB

Code Block

CPU

Central Processing Unit

Cooperative Beamforming

CQI

Channel Quality Indicator

CBC

Cell Broadcast Center

CR

Change Request

CC

Call Control

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

Component Carrier

C-RNTI

Cell Radio Network Temporary

Identity

CRS

Cell Reference Symbol

CCCH
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CS

Circuit Switched
Coordinated Scheduling

DL-MIMO

Downlink Multiple Input Multiple

Output

CS/CB

Coordinated Scheduling and

Cooperative Beamforming

DL-SCH

Downlink Shared Channel

DMRS

Demodulation Reference Signal

CSFB

Circuit Switched Fall Back

DNS

Directory Name Service

CSG

Closed Subscriber Group

DPCCH

Downlink Physical Control Channel

CSI

Camera Serial Interface

DPD

Digital Predistortion

Channel State Information

D-PHY

D-Physical Layer

CSI-RS

Channel State Information

Reference Signal

DPS

Dynamic Point Selection

CSIT

Channel State Information at the

eNB Transmitter

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRB

Data Radio Bearer

CTIA

Cellular Telecommunications Industry

Association

DRX

Discontinuous Reception

DSI

Display Serial Interface

CW

Code Word

DSIM

Digital Signal Interface Module

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSP

Digital Signal Processing

DTCH

Dedicated Traffic Channel

DTX

Discontinuous Transmission

DUT

Device Under Test

DVB-T

Digital Video Broadcast-Terrestrial

DVM

Digital Volt Meter

DwPTS

Downlink Pilot Time Slot

Continuous Wave

D/A

Digital to Analog

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcast

DAC

Digital-to-Analog Converter

DAI

Downlink Assignment Index

DC

Direct Current

D/C

Data or Control

DCCH

Dedicated Control Channel

DCI

Downlink Control Information

DCS

Display Command Set

DeNB

Donor evolved Node B

DFT

Discrete Fourier Transform

DFT-S-OFDM Discrete Fourier Transform Spread

OFDM

E
E

Extension

E2E

End-to-End

E-ARFCN

E-UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency

Channel Number

ECGI

E-UTRAN Cell Global Id

ECM

EPS Connection Management

ECN

Explicit Congestion Notification

ECTEL

European Conference on
Technology-Enhanced Learning

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIP

Dominant Interferer Proportion

DL

Downlink (base station to subscriber

transmission)

ED

Error Detecting

DLA

Direct Language Architecture

EDA

Electronic Design Automation

E-DCH

Enhanced Dedicated Channel

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EDGE

Enhanced Data rates for GSM

Evolution

FDD

Frequency Division Duplex

EDL-MIMO

Enhanced Downlink-MIMO

FDMA

Frequency Division Multiple Access

eHRPD

Enhanced High Rate Packet Data

FEC

Forward Error Correction

eICIC

Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference

Coordination

FeICIC

Further enhanced Inter-Cell

Interference Coordination

EIR

Equipment Identity Register

FFT

Fast Fourier Transform

EM

Electromagnetic

FI

Framing Indicator

EMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility

FM

Frequency Modulation

EMM

EPS Mobility Management

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Array

eNB

Evolved Node B

FRC

Fixed Reference Channel

EPA

Extended Pedestrian A

FS1

Frame Structure type 1

EPC

Evolved Packet Core

FS2

Frame Structure type 2

EPDCCH

Enhanced Physical Downlink Control

Channel

FSS

Frequency Selective Scheduling

FTAG

Field Trial Agreement Group

ePDG

Evolved Packet Data Gateway

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

EPS

Evolved Packet System

E-RAB

Evolved Radio Access Bearer

ESL

Electronic System Level

ESM

EPS Session Management

ETC

Extreme Temperature Conditions

E-TM

E-UTRA Test Model

ETSI
ETU
ETWS
E-UTRA

GAN

Generic Access Network

Gbps

Gigabit per second

GBR

Guaranteed Bit Rate

GCF

Global Certification Forum

European Telecommunications
Standards Institute

GERAN

GSM Enhanced Radio Access

Network

Extended Typical Urban

GG

Golden Gate

Earthquake and Tsunami Warning

System

GGSN

Gateway GPRS Support Node

GLONASS

GLObal naya NAvigatsionnaya

Sputnikovaya Sistema

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GP

Guard Period

G-PDU

GTP-U non-signaling PDU

GPIB

General Purpose Interface Bus

GPP

General Purpose Processor

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSM

Global System for Mobile

Communication

GSMA

GSM Association

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio

Access

E-UTRAN

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio

Access Network

EVA

Extended Vehicular A

EVM

Error Vector Magnitude

FACH

Forward Access Channel

FCC

Federal Communications
Commission

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In-Channel Selectivity

GTP

GPRS Tunneling Protocol

GTP-C

GTP Control

Id

Identity

GTP-U

GTP User

IDC

In-Device Coexistence

GUI

Graphical User Interface

IDFT

Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform

GUMMEI

Globally Unique MME Identity

IDLA

Indirect Learning Architecture

GUTI

Globally Unique Temporary Identity

IF

Intermediate Frequency

GW

Gateway

IFFT

Inverse FFT

GWCN

Gateway Core Network

IFOM

IP Flow Mobility

IFT

Interactive Functional Test

IK

Integrity Key

IMCS

Index Modulation and Coding

Scheme

IMEI

International Mobile Equipment

Identity

IMS

IP Multimedia Subsystem

IMN CN SS

IMS Core Network Subsystem

IMSI

International Mobile Subscriber

Identity

IMT

International Mobile
Telecommunications

HARQ

Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request

HATS

Hand and Torso Simulator

HDL

Hardware Description Language

HeNB

Home eNB

HF

High Frequency

HFN

Hyper Frame Number

HI

HARQ Indicator

HII

High Interference Indicator

HLR

Home Location Register

HPLMN

Home Public Land Mobile Network

Inter-RAT

Inter-Radio Access Technology

HPUE

High Power User Equipment

I/O

Input/Output

HRPD

High Rate Packet Data

IODT

Interoperability Development Testing

HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access

IOT

Interoperability Testing

HSPA

High Speed Packet Access

IP

Internet Protocol

HSS

Home Subscriber Server

IPv4

Internet Protocol version 4

HST

High Speed Train

IPv6

Internet Protocol version 6

HSUPA

High Speed Uplink Packet Access

IQ

In-phase Quadrature

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

IQoIP

IQ over lnternet Protocol

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

ISD

Inter-Site Distance

ISI

Inter Symbol Interference

ITU

International Telecommunications
Union

ITU-R

International Telecommunications
Union Radiocommunication
Sector

IWS

Interworking Solution

IC

Integrated Circuit

ICI

Inter-Carrier Interference

ICIC

Inter-Cell Interference Coordination

ICS

Implementation Conformance
Statement

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J
JP

Joint Processing

JR

Joint Reception

JT

Joint Transmission

LPP

LTE Positioning Protocol

LS

Large Scale

LSF

Last Segment Field

LSTI

LTE/SAE Trial Initiative

LTE

Long Term Evolution

LUT

Lookup Table

KASME

Key Access Security Management

Entity

KeNB

eNB Key

M2M

Machine to Machine

KNASenc

Non-Access Stratum Encryption Key

MAC

Medium Access Control

KNASiint

Non-Access Stratum Integrity

Protection Key

MAC-I

Message Authentication Code

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

MBMS

Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast

Service

KRRCenc

Radio Resource Control Encryption

Key

MBMS-RNTI MBMS-Radio Network Temporary

Identity (also, M-RNTI)

KRRCint

Radio Resource Control Integrity

Protection Key

Mbps

Megabits per second

KUPenc

Uplink User Data Encryption Key

MBR

Maximum Bit Rate

KSI

Key Set Identifier

MBSFN

KSIASME

Key Set Identifier for Access Security

Management Entity

Multimedia Broadcast Multicast

Service Single Frequency Network

MCC

Mobile Country Code

MCCH

Multicast Control Channel

MCE

MAC Control Element

MCH

Multicast Channel

Mcps

Mega-chips per second

MCS

Modulation and Coding Scheme

MDT

Minimization of Drive Test

MIB

Master Information Block

MIMO

Multiple Input Multiple Output

MIPI

Mobile Industry Processor Interface

MISO

Multiple Input Single Output

MM

Mobility Management

MME

Mobility Management Entity

MMIC

Monolithic Microwave Integrated

Circuit

Level

L1

Layer 1 (physical layer)

L2

Layer 2

L3

Layer 3

LAN

Local Access Network

LBI

Linked EPS Bearer Identity

LCR

Low Chip Rate

LCS

Location Service

LI

Length Indicator

LIPA

Local IP Access

LLI

Low Latency Interface

LMMSE

Linear Minimum Mean Square Error

MMS

Multimedia Service

LO

Local Oscillator

MNC

Mobile Network Code

LOS

Line of Sight

MO

Mobile Originated

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OFDMA

Orthogonal Frequency Division

Multiple Access

OI

Overload Indicator

OMC

Operation and Maintenance Center

OSG

Open Subscriber Group

OTA

Over The Air

OTDOA

Observed Time Difference of Arrival

MOCN

Multi-Operator Core Network

MOP

Maximum Output Power

M-PHY

M-Physical Layer

MPR

Maximum Power Reduction

MPS

Multimedia Priority Service

MRC

Maximum Ratio Combining

M-RNTI

MBMS-RNTI

MSC

Mobile Switching Center

Msps

Mega-samples per second

MSR

Multi-Standard Radio

Polling

MTC

Machine-Type Communication

PA

Power Amplifier

MTCH

Multicast Traffic Channel

PAG

Performance Agreement Group

MU-MIMO

Multi-User MIMO

PAPR

Peak-to-Average Power Ratio

PAS

Power Azimuth Spectrum

PBCH

Physical Broadcast Channel

PBR

Prioritized Bit Rate

PCCC

Parallel Concatenated Convolutional

Code

PCCH

Paging Control Channel

P-CCPCH

Primary Common Control Physical

Channel

PCEF

Policy and Charging Enforcement

Function

PCell

Primary Cell

PCFICH

Physical Control Format Indicator

Channel

PCH

Paging Channel

PCI

Physical Cell Identity

Operations and Maintenance

PCRF

Policy and Charging Rules Function

Open Base Station Architecture

Interface

PCS

Personal Communication System

PDCCH

Physical Downlink Control Channel

OBW

Occupied Bandwidth

PDCP

Packet Data Convergence Protocol

OCNG

OFDMA Channel Noise Generator

PDN

Packet Data Network

OFCS

Offline Charging System

PDN-GW

OFDM

Orthogonal Frequency Division

Multiplexing

Packet Data Network Gateway (also,

P-GW)

PDSCH

Physical Downlink Shared Channel

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

NACK

Negative Acknowledgement

NAS

Non-Access Stratum

NB

Node B

NCT

New Carrier Type

NDI

New Data Indication

NDS

Network Domain Security

NLOS

Non-Line of Sight

NS

Network Signaling

NW

Network

NRT

Non-Real Time

O&M
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PECF

Policy Enforcement and Charging

Function

PESQ

Perceptual Evaluation of Speech

Quality

P-GW

Packet Data Network Gateway (also,

PDN-GW)

PHICH

PVT

Power Versus Time

PWS

Public Warning System

QAM

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator

Channel

QCI

QoS Class Identifier

QoE

Quality of Experience

PHY

Physical layer

QoS

Quality of Service

PI

Paging Information

QPSK

Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying

PICS

Protocol Implementation
Conformance Standard

PIM

Passive Intermodulation

PIXIT

Protocol Implementation Extra

Information for Test

PLMN

Public Land Mobile Network

PMCH

Physical Multicast Channel

PM

Phase Modulation

PMCH

Physical Multicast Channel

PMI

Precoding Matrix Indicator

PMIP
P-MPR

R&TTE

Radio and Telecommunications

Terminal Equipment

RAB

Radio Access Bearer

RACH

Random Access Channel

RAN

Radio Access Network

RAND

Random Number

RA-RNTI

Random Access Radio Network

Temporary Identity

Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol

RAT

Radio Access Technology

Power Management MPR

RB

Resource Block

PRACH

Physical Random Access Channel

RBW

Resolution Bandwidth

PRAT

Rated Output Power (base station)

RCLP

Relative Carrier Leakage Power

PRB

Physical Resource Block

RDN

Radio Distribution Network

P-RNTI

Paging Radio Network Temporary

Identity

RDX

Radio Digital Cross Domain

PRS

Positioning Reference Signal

RE

Resource Element

PRBS

Pseudo Random Binary Signal

REFSENS

Reference Sensitivity

PS

Packet Switched

RES

Response

PSHD

Packet Switched Handover

RF

Radio Frequency

P-SS

Packet Switched Service

Primary Synchronization Signal

PTCRB

PCS Type Certification Review Board

PTI

Precoding Type Indicator

PUCCH

Physical Uplink Control Channel

PUSCH

Physical Uplink Shared Channel

608

Re-segmentation Flag
RFFE

RF Front End

RFIC

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit

RFSP

RAT/Frequency Selection Priority

RI

Rank Indication

RLC

Radio Link Control

RMC

Reference Measurement Channel

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SC-FDMA

Single Carrier Frequency Division

Multiple Access

SCH

Synchronization Channel

Radio Network Temporary Identifier

SCME

Spatial Channel Model Extended

RNTP

Relative Narrowband Transmit

Power

SCTP

S Common Transport Protocol

SDF

Service Data Flow

RoHC

Robust Header Compression

SDMA

Space Division Multiple Access

RR

Radio Resource

SDO

Standards Development Organization

RRC

Radio Resource Control

SDU

Service Data Unit

Root Raised Cosine

SE-BER

Single-Ended Bit Error Ratio

RRH

Remote Radio Head

SEM

Spectrum Emission Mask

RRM

Radio Resource Management

SFBC

Space-Frequency Block Coding

RS

Reference Signal

SFN

Single Frequency Network

RSCP

Received Signal Code Power

SFO

Sampling Frequency Offset

RSRP

Reference Signal Received Power

SGSN

Serving GPRS Support Node

RSRQ

Reference Signal Received Quality

S-GW

Serving Gateway

RSS

Root Sum Square

SI

System Information

RSSI

Received Signal Strength Indicator

SIB

System Information Block

RSTD

Reference Signal Time Difference

SIGCOMP

Signaling Compression Protocol

RT

Real Time

SIMO

Single Input Multiple Output

RTT

Radio Transmission Technology

SINR

RV

Redundancy Version

Signal to Interference plus Noise

Ratio

RX

Receiver

SiP

System in Package

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol

SIPTO

Selected IP Traffic Control

SI-RNTI

System Information Radio Network

Temporary Identity

SISO

Single Input Single Output

SMS

Short Message Service

SN

Sequence Number

rms

Root Mean Square

RN

Relay Node

RNC

Radio Network Controller

RNTI

S
S

Subband

SACM

Single Acquisition Combined

Measurement

SAE

System Architecture Evolution

SAM

Specific Anthropomorphic
Mannequin

SAMM

Single Acquisition Multiple

Measurement

SNid

Serving Network Identity

SNR

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

SAP

Service Access Point

SO

Segment Offset

SAW

Surface Acoustic Wave

SoC

System on Chip

SBAS

Space Based Augmentation System

SON

Self Optimizing Network

SCell

Secondary Cell

SPID

Subscriber Profile ID

Serving Network

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SPMI

System Power Management

Interface

TP

Transmit Power

SPS

Semi-Persistent Scheduling

TPC

Transmit Power Control

SR

Scheduling Request

TR

Technical Report

SRB

Signalling Radio Bearer

TRP

Total Radiated Power

SRS

Sounding Reference Signal

TrCH

Transport Channel

SRVCC

Single Radio Voice Call Continuity

TRS

Total Radiated Sensitivity

SS

Subsystem

TS

Technical Specification

TSG

Technical Specification Group

TTA

Telecommunications Technology
Association (Korea)

TTC

Telecommunications Technology
Committee (Japan)

TTCN-2

Tree and Tabular Combined Notation 2

TTCN-3

Testing and Test Control Notation 3

TTI

Transmission Time Interval

TTL

Transistor to Transistor Logic

TX

Transmitter

Small Scale
System Simulator
S-SS

Secondary Synchronization Signal

SSPS

Semi-Static Point Selection

STBC

Space Time Block Coding

SU-MIMO

Single User MIMO

TA

Timing Adjustment
Timing Advance (also, TADV)
Tracking Area

TAI

Tracking Area Identity

TAS

Time Accurate Strobe

TAU

Tracking Area Update

TB

Transport Block

TBS

Transport Block Size

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TDD

Time Division Duplex

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access

TD-SCDMA

Time Division Synchronous Code

Division Multiple Access

TEI

Terminal Endpoint Identifier

TEID

Tunnel Endpoint Identifier

TF

Transport Format

TFT

Traffic Flow Template

TIS

Total Isotropic Sensitivity

TM

Transmission Mode
Transparent Mode

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UCI

Uplink Control Information

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

UE

User Equipment

UE-AMBR

UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

UL

Uplink (subscriber to base station

transmission)

ULA

Uniform Linear Array

UL-MIMO

Uplink Multiple Input Multiple Output

UL-SCH

Uplink Shared Channel

UM

Unacknowledged Mode

UMB

Ultra-Mobile Broadband

UMTS

Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System

UniPro

Unified Protocol

UPE

User Plane Entity

UpPTS

Uplink Pilot Time Slot

URA

UTRAN Registration Area

USIM

Universal Subscriber Identity Module

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UTRA

Universal Terrestrial Radio Access

UTRAN

Universal Terrestrial Radio Access

Network

VHDL

VHSIC Hardware Description

Language

VHSIC

Very High Speed Integrated Circuit

VLR

Visitor Location Register

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol

VoLGA

Voice over LTE Generic Access

VoLTE

Voice over LTE

VRB

Virtual Resource Block

VRC

Variable Reference Channel

VSA

Vector Signal Analyzer

VSG

Vector Signal Generator

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

W-CDMA

Wideband Code Division Multiple

Access

WCS

Wireless Communication Service

WG

Working Group

WI

Work Item

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WRC

World Radio Conference

X2-AP

X2Application Part

X2-C

X2Control

XML

Extensible Markup Language

XOR

Exclusive Or

XPR

Cross Polarization Ratio

XRES

Expected User Response

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