NTS – National Testing Service/ Network Time Security

PLMN – Public Land Mobile Network

TA – Tracking Area

TAC – Tracking Area Code

TAI – Tracking Area Identity

SUPI – Subscription Permanent Identifier

GUTI – Globally Unique Temporary Identity

SUCI - Subscription Concealed Identifier

TMSI – Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

IMSI - International Mobile Subscriber Identity

HPLMN – Home Public Land Mobile Network

IMEI – International Mobile Equipment Identity

IMEISV - International Mobile Equipment Identity Software Version

USIM - Universal Subscriber Identity Module

UAC – Unified Access Control

AIC - Access Identities Configuration

ACC – Access Control Class

MPS – Multimedia Priority Service

MPSI - Multimedia Priority Service Indicator

MCS - Mission Critical Service

MCSI - Mission Critical Service Indicator

APN - Access Point Name

S-NSSAI - Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information

PSI – PDU Session ID

SFN - System Frame Number

PDU - Protocol Data Unit

PS Session – Packet Switched Session

AMBR - Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

RLS – Resource List Server/ Recursive Least Squares

NCI – NR Cell identity

SSC – Service and Session Continuity

DNN – Data Network Name

IMS - IP Multimedia Subsystem

5GC – 5G Core

MTU - Maximum Transmission Unit

AIS – Advanced Info Service

MO – Mobile Originated/ Management Object

UPF - User Plane Function

MCC - Mobile Country Code

MNC - Mobile Network Code

MSIN - Mobile Subscriber Identification Number

VoNR – Voice Over New Radio

N3GPP – Non 3G Partnership Project

RRC – Radio Resource Control

NGAP – Next Generation Application Protocol

NAS – Non Access Stratum

ASN – Autonomous System Number/Abstract Syntax Notation

EAP - Extensible Authentication Protocol

AKA - Authentication and Key Agreement

AuC - Center for Authentication

AV - Authentication Vector

DNS - Domain Name System

EIR - Equipment Identity Register

ePDG - Evolved Packet Data Gateway

E-UTRAN- evolved UTRAN

HSS - Home subscriber server

MAC - Medium Access Control/ MAC - Message Authentication Code

MM - Mobility Management

MME - Mobility Management Entity

NGMN - Next Generation Mobile Network

PCRF - Policy and Charging Rules Function

PDN - Packet Data Network

PDNGW - PDN Gateway

PUCI - Protection Against Unsolicited Communication In IMS

RAN - Radio Access Network

RLC - Radio Link Control

SGSN - Serving GRPS Support Node

SGW - Serving Gateway

UE - User Equipment

ME – Mobile Equipment

UP - User Plane

UTRAN - UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

AUSF - Authentication Server Function

SEAF - Security Anchor Function

XRES – Expected Response

RES* - Response

AUTN - AUthentication TokeN

CK – Ciphering Key

IK – Integrated Key

AK – Authentication Key

MK – Master Key

KDF – Key Distribution Function

SNN – Serving Network Name

KSI – Key Set Identifier

UDM - Unified Data Management

TSC - Time Sensitive Communication

ABBA - Anti-Bidding down Between Architectures

AMF - Access and Mobility Management Function/ AMF - Authentication Management Field

AUTS – Authentication Synchronisation

UICC - Universal Integrated Circuit Card

OP – Operator Code
OPC - Derived operator code unique for each SIM.

5G-IA0 – Null Integrity Protection Algorithm

5G-EA0 – Ciphering Algorithm

5GS – 5G System

RPS - Radiowave Propagation Simulator/ Receive Packet Steering

NITZ - Network Identity and TimeZone

MICO – Mobile Initiated Connection Only

5U - 5GS Update

5U1: UPDATED

5U2: NOT UPDATED

5U3: ROAMING NOT ALLOWED

EAB - Extended Access Barring

GTP - GPRS Tunneling Protocol

GPRS - General Packet Radio Service

GTPv1-U - GPRS Tunneling Protocol User Plane

GTPv2-C - GPRS Tunneling Protocol control Plane

LADN - Local Area Data Network

NSC - NAS Security Context

SMC - Security Mode Command

EPD – Extended Protocol Discriminator

EPC - Evolved Packet Core

RAN – Radio Access Network

SMS – Short Message Service

SMSF - Short Message Service Function

GUAMI – Globally Unique AMF Id

5G-AN - 5G Access Network

AES - Advanced Encryption Standard

ALS - Application Layer Security

EMSK - Extended Master Session Key

HRES - Hash RESponse

IKE - Internet Key Exchange

MSK Master Session Key

NAI - Network Access Identifier

NDS - Network Domain Security

ng-eNB - Next Generation Evolved Node-B

SMF - Session Management Function/ Service Management Function

SN - Serving Network

TLS - Transport Layer Security

EMC - EMergency Call/ Emergency service support indicator for 3GPP access

EMS – Emergency Service

IWK N26 - Interworking without N26 interface indicator

EMCN3 - Emergency service support for non-3GPP access indicator

EMF - Emergency service fallback indicator for 3GPP access

PEI – Permanent Equipment Identifier

MS – Mobile Station/ Millisecond

TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

ESM - EPS Session Management

LPP - LTE Positioning Protocol

EMM - EPS Mobility Management

EPS - Evolved Packet System

ESM - EPS Session Management

TAU - Tracking Area Update

TAL - Tracking Area List

HDP – Horizontal Derivation Parameter

NIA - Integrity Algorithm for 5G

NEA - Encryption Algorithm for 5G

NSSAI - Network Slice Selection Assistance Information

QoS - Quality of Service

UEA - UMTS Encryption Algorithm

UDM - Unified Data Management

PCF – Policy Control Function

SNPN – Standalone Non-Public Network

NPN - Non-Public Network

TSF – Time Synchronisation Function

VN – Virtual Network

PTI - Procedure Transaction Identity

IPV4 – Internet Protocol Version 4

IPV6 – Internet Protocol Version 6

PCO – Protocol Configuration Option

LCP – Link Control Protocol

PAP - Password Authentication Protocol

CHAP – Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol

IPCP – Internet Protocol Control Protocol

P-CSCF - Proxy-Call Session Control Function

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

SIP - Session Initiation Protocol

SDP - Session Description Protocol

PCC - Policy and Charging Control

DSM IPv6 - Dual Stack-Mobile Internet Protocol version 6

IFOM - Internet Protocol Flow Mobility

NBIFOM - Network-Based Internet Protocol Flow Mobility

ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network

MSISDN - Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network

ACS - Adjacent Channel Selectivity

ATSSS - Access Traffic Steering, Switching & Splitting.

IM_CN – IP Multimedia Core Network

GSM - Global System for Mobile

MSISDN - Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network

TFT – Traffic Flow Template

IM - Identity Management

CSI-RS – Channel State Information Reference Signal

MIMO - Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output

MSP - Mobile Service Provider

NE - Network Element

NF - Network Function

NS - Network Slice

NSI - Network Service Information

NSO - Network Service Orchestration

OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

OFDMA - Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access

PHY - Physical layer

PNF - Physical Network Function

PRB - Physical Resource Block

RACH - Random Access Channel

RM - Resource Management

SCC - Security Control Class

RRM - Radio Resource Management

RRU - Radio Resource Unit

SAP - Solution Architecture and monetization Platform / Service Access Points (SAPs)

MAC SHA-256 - Message Authentication Codes(MAC) from Cryptographic hash functions(SHA-256)

DES - Data Encryption Standard

DCNI - Default configured NSSAI indication

indbitlen – Indicator Bit Length

TTL - Time-To-Live

dbm - Decibels Per Milliwatt

RLF – Radio Link Failure

PFCP - Packet Forwarding Control Protocol

PSA - PDU Session Anchor

SCTP - Stream Control Transport Protocol

UDP - User Datagram Protocol

POs - PUSCH Occasions

ROs - PRACH Occasions

PRU - PUSCH Resource Unit

TTI - Transmit Time Travel

Tx – Transmit

SCI - Sidelink Control Indicator

Rx – Receive

RMSI - Remaining Minimum System Information

RNTI - Radio Network Temporary Identity

ROHC - Robust Header Compression

PSSCH - Physical Sidelink Shared Channel

PTRS - Phase-Tracking Reference Signal

PUCCH - Physical Uplink Control Channel

PUSCH - Physical Uplink Shared Channel

PSCCH - Physical Shared Control Channel

PSFCH – Physical Sidelink Feedback Control Channel

PSBCH - Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel

PRACH - Physical Random-Access Channel

PDSCH - Physical Downlink Shared Channel

SLSCH – Sidelink Shared Channel

BCH - Broadcast Channel

BCCH - Broadcast Control Channel

PAPR - Peak-to-Average-Power Ratio

NSA - Non-Standalone

SA - Standalone

SAE - System Architecture Evolution (also called EPC)

DCI - Downlink Control Indicator

HB – Heartbeat

DL – Downlink
UL – Uplink

CCCH - Common Control Channel

DCCH - Dedicated Control Channel

Desc – Descriptor

SI – System Information(MIB + SIB1)

IPR - Intellectual Property Rights

RB – Radio Bearer/Resource Block

RS – Resource Set

PCI – Physical Cell Id

SUL – Supplementary Uplink

p-Max - Maximum Permitted Transmit Power

Q-RxLevMin - Minimum Received RSRP Level

RSRP - Reference Signal Received Power

Q-QualMin - Minimum received RSRQ Level

RSRQ - Reference Signal Received Quality

RSSI - Received Signal Strength Indicator

SMTC – SS/PBCH Block Measurement Time Configuration

MTC - Machine Type Communication

SINR - Signal-To-Noise and Interference Ratio

SF – Scaling Factor

PR – Present

SC – Single Cell

DC – Dual Connectivity

CA – Carrier Aggregation

RNA – RAN based Notification Area

RNAU - RAN based Notification Area Update

ICIC - Inter-Cell Interference Coordination

SRB - Signaling Radio Bearers

DRB - Data Radio Bearers

RAU – Routing Area Update

CU – centralised Unit
DU – Distributed Unit

IAB – Integrated Access and Backhaul

5G-XR – 5G eXtended Reality

CS – Critical Section

MUTEX – Mutual Exclusion

Exec – Execution

IFNAMSIZ – Interface Name Size

O_RDWR – Open for Reading and Writing

RT - Round Table

WEXITSTATUS – Wait EXIT STATUS

ifr – Interface Receive

SAI – Socket Address Interface

SOCK DGRAM - Socket Datagram

SOCK RAW – Raw Socket

SOCK RDM – Socket Reliably Delivered Message

SOCK CONN DGRAM – Socket Connection Datagram

AF_INET – Address Family - Internet Protocol v4 addresses

Sockfd – Socket Family Datagram

Sin – Socket Interface

SIOCSIFADDR - Socket Input Output Control Set Interface

SIOCGIFFLAGS - Socket Input Output Control Get Interface Flags

ioctl – Input Output Control

SIOCSIFMTU - Socket Input Output Control Set Interface Maximum Transmission Unit

IFF - Interface Flag

FIB - Forwarding Information Base

NDN - Named Data Networking

SRv6 - Segment Routing IPv6

PPID – Payload Protocol ID

MT – Mobile Termination

ALR/ALA - Alert-Service-Centre-Request/Answer

SMS-IWMSC - Interworking MSC for SMS

SMSMI - SMS without MSISDN in IMS

MSISDN - Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network

IP-SM-GW - IP Short Message Gateway

TFR/TFA - MT-Forward-Short-Message-Request/Answer

MWD - Message Waiting Data

RP - Relay layer Protocol

PRI - Primary Rate Interface

HO – HandOver

DSS – Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

TXnRELOCoverall - Specifies the maximum time for the protection of the overall handover procedure
in the source NG - RAN node

TXnRELOCprep - Specifies the maximum time for the Handover Preparation procedure in the source
NG - RAN node.

SNP - Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

QMP - QoS Monitoring Packet

RQI - Reflective QoS Indicator

PPI - Paging Policy Indicator

PPP - Purchasing Power Parity

QFI - QoS Flow Identifier

TS – Time Stamp

TEID - Tunnel Endpoint Identifier

RAI - Routeing Area Identity

TLLI - Temporary Logical Link Identity

P-TMSI - Packet TMSI

SNDCP - Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol

MAP - Mobile Application Part

LLC - Logical Link Control

BSS - Base Station System

NDS - Network Domain Security

MBMS - Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service

NSAPI - Network Service Access Point Identifier

PDP - Packet Data Protocol

T-PDU - Tunnelled Packet Data Unit

DTI - Direct Tunnel Indication

GMLC - Gateway Mobile Location Centre

IGMP - Internet Group Management Protocol

LGW - Local Gateway

LIPA - Local IP Access

NACC - Network Assisted Cell Change

NRSN - Network Requested Support Network

RANAP - Radio Access Network Application Part

RIM - RAN Information Management

RNC - Radio Network Controller

SessionResInd – Session Resource Indicator/Index

DLL – DownLink Limit

ULL – Uplink Limit

FDD - Frequency Division Duplex

TDD - Time Division Duplex

FFS - For Further Study

PCell - Primary Cell

TNL – Transport Network Layer

ATS - Automated Test Tools and Scripts

PER - Packed Encoding Rules/ Packet Error Rate

XER - XML Encoding Rules

CXER - Canonical XER

ASN1XERShdMemHpEncBuf – ASN.1 XER Shared Memory Heap Encode Buffer

GFBR - QoS Flow-level Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate

PDB - Packet Delay Budget

MDBV - Maximum Data Burst Volume

NRPPa - NR Positioning Protocol A

XnAP - Xn Application Protocol

LMF - Location Management Function

NB-IoT - Narrow Band Internet of Things

PSCell - Primary SCG Cell

RIM - Remote Interference Management

RSN - Redundancy Sequence Number

ACL - Access Control List

5QI - 5G QoS Identifier

SST - Slice/Service Type

SD - Slice Differentiator