| Term |
Description |
| 3GPP |
3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 3GPP2 |
3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 |
| ARIB |
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses |
| ATIS |
Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions |
| AWS |
Advanced Wireless Services |
| CAPEX |
Capital Expenditure |
| CCSA |
China Communications Standards Association |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDMA2000 |
Code Division Multiple Access 2000 |
| DAB |
Digital Audio Broadcast |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DVB |
Digital Video Broadcast |
| eHSPA |
evolved High Speed Packet Access |
| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| FDD |
Frequency Division Duplex |
| FWT |
Fixed Wireless Terminal |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile communication |
| HSPA |
High Speed Packet Access |
| HSS |
Home Subscriber Server |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IPTV |
Internet Protocol Television |
| LTE |
Long Term Evolution |
| MBMS |
Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service |
| MIMO |
Multiple Input Multiple Output |
| MME |
Mobility Management Entity |
| NGMN |
Next Generation Mobile Networks |
| OFDM |
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| OPEX |
Operational Expenditure |
| PAPR |
Peak to Average Power Ratio |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PCRF |
Policing and Charging Rules Function |
| PDSN |
Packet Data Serving Node |
| PS |
Packet Switched |
| QoS |
Quality of Service |
| RAN |
Radio Access Network |
| SAE |
System Architecture Evolution |
| SC-FDMA |
Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| SGSN |
Serving GPRS Support Node |
| TDD |
Time Division Duplex |
| TTA |
Telecommunications Technology Association |
| TTC |
Telecommunication Technology Committee |
| TTI |
Transmission Time Interval |
| UTRA |
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access |
| UTRAN |
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network |
| WCDMA |
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access |
| WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
