UMTS (terminology- acronyms) ATM & MSN (terminology- acronyms)

GSM Global System for Mobile ( communications) ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
GPRS General Packet Radio Service VPI Virtual Path Identifiers
EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution VCI Virtual Circuit(channel) Identifiers
IMT International Mobile Telecommunications GFC Generic Flow Control
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access AAL ATM adaptation layer (AAL)
3G 3rd Generation Wireless Mobile Communication Technology CBR Constraint Based Routing
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System SONET Synchronous optical networking
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
W-CDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access VBR Variable Bit Rate
TD-CDMA an acronym for Time-division - CDMA VBR-RT Variable Bit Rate- real time
TD-SCDMA Time Division Synchronous CDMA VBR-NRT Variable Bit Rate- non real time
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network UBR Unspecified Bit Rate
UE User Equipment PCR Peak Cell Rate
NodeB Node B is a term used in UMTS to denote base transceiver station SCR Sustained Cell Rate
RNC Radio Network Controller MBS Maximum Burst Size
IuB This interface is found between the RNC and the Node B SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service
IuR This interface is found between two RNC’ LANE LAN Emulation
MGW Media Gateway SEAL Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer
IuCS Interface (Circuit Switched) is found between MGW CS-PDU Convergence Sublayer - Protocol Data Unit
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node SAR-PDU Segmentation And Reassembly Protocol Data Unit
IuPS Interface (Packet Switched) is found between SGSN VoATM Voice over ATMB
UNI User Network Interface CDVT Cell Delay Variation Tolerance
NNI Network to Network Interface CLR Cell Loss Ratio
CTD Cell Transfer Delay
MCR Minimum Cell Rate
MSR 8860 (MSN 8860) Multi Service Routing (Model 8860)
SCC Switch Control Card
ULC Universal Line Card
PLM Physical Line Module
APS Automatic Protection Switching
MSP Multiplex Section Protection (same as APS but in SDH
specification)
PG Protection Group
ES Extensive Sub rack
LSP Label Switched Parts