Glosario de Acrnimos y siglas sobre los sistemas de comunicaciones mviles

Appendix - Acronyms
3GPP

Third Generation Partnership Project

APT

AP Transceiver

AAL

ATM Adaptation Layer

ARIB

Association of Radio Industries and Broadcasting

ABR

Available BitRate

ARQ

Automatic Repeat reQuest

ACF

Association Control Function

ARQN

ARQ sequence Number

ACH

Access feedback CHannel

ASA

Alias SA

ACID

Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability

ASCH

Association Control CHannel

ACK

ACKnowledgement

ASCI

Advanced Speech Call Items

ACL

Asynchronous Connectionless Link

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ACT

Ad-hoc Controller Terminal

ASK

Amplitude Shift Keying

ADA

Alias DA

ASP

Active Server Page

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Assoc

Association

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

AT

ATtention sequence

AESA

ATM End System Address

ATIM

Ad-hoc TIM

AFS

Andrew File System

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AGCH

Access Grant CHannel

ATMC

ATM Connection function

AIB

Alias Information Base

AuC

Authentication Centre

AID

Acknowledgement IDentifier

AUS

AUthentication Server

AIDCS

AID CheckSum

Auth

Authentication

AK-HCPDU

AcKnowledgement HCPDU

BCA

Borrowing Channel Allocation

AM

Amplitude Modulation

BCCH

Broadcast CCH

AMA

Active Member Address

BCH

Broadcast CHannel

AMES

ATM Mobility Extension Service

BCH

Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem

AMPS

Advanced Mobile Phone System

BER

Bit Error Rate

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

BFSK

Binary FSK

AODV

Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector

B-ISDN

Broadband ISDN

BLI

Block Length Indicator

AP

Access Point

APC

AP Controller

BLIR

Block Length Indicator Replica

APCF

AP Control Function

BLIRCS

BLIR CheckSum

APCM

AP Connection Management

BMP

BitMaP

APCP

AP Control Protocol

BNEP

Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol

BPSK

Binary PSK

CGI

Common Gateway Interface

BRAN

Broadband Radio Access Networks

CGSR

Clusterhead-Gateway Switch Routing

BSC

Base Station Controller

cHTML

compact HTML

BSS

Base Station (Sub)system

CID

Channel ID

BSS

Basic Service Set

CIDR

Classless InterDomain Routing

BSSAP

BSS Application Part

CIF

Common Interleaved Frame

BSSGP

BSS GPRS Protocol

CKSN

Ciphering Key Sequence Number

BTS

Base Transceiver Station

CL

BTSM

BTS Management

CLDC

Connected Limited Device Configuration

BW

BackWard

CLI

Common Language Infrastructure

CAC

Channel Access Control

CLMS

Connectionless Message Service

CAC

Connection Admission Control

CM

Call Management

CAC

Channel Access Code

CM

Centralized Mode

CAMEL

Customized Application for Mobile Enhanced Logic

CN

Core Network

CATV

Community Antenna Television

CN

Correspondent Node

CBR

Constant BitRate

Cnf

Confirmation

CC

Call Control

COA

Care-Of Address

CC

Country Code

Codec

Coder/decoder

CC/PP

Composite Capabilities/Preference Profiles

COFDM

Coded OFDM

CCA

Clear Channel Assessment

COMS

Connection Oriented Message Service

CCCH

Common CCH

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CCF

Call control and Connection Function

COS

Cross Over Switch

CCH

Control CHannel

CPM

Continuous Phase Modulation

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CCIR
Consultative Committee for International
Radiocommunication
CCK

Complementary Code Keying

CD

Compact Disc

CDM

Code Division Multiplexing

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CDPD

Cellular Digital Packet Data

CDV

Cell Delay Variation

CEPT
European Conference for Posts and
Telecommunications

Convergence Layer

CS

CheckSum

CS

Coding Scheme

CSCW

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

CSD

Circuit Switched Domain

CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access

CSMA/CA

CSMA with Collision Avoidance

CSMA/CD

CSMA with Collision Detection

CT

Cordless Telephone

DPDCH

Dedicated Physical Data CHannel

CTS

Clear To Send

DQPSK

Differential QPSK

CU

Capacity Unit

DRNC

Drift RNC

CVSD

Continuous Variable Slope Delta

DS

CW

Contention Window

DSDV

Destination Sequence Distance Vector

DA

Destination Address

DSL

Digital Subscriber Loop

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcasting

DSMA

Digital Sense Multiple Access

DAC

Device Access Code

DSR

Dynamic Source Routing

DAMA

Demand Assigned Multiple Access

DSSS

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

D-AMPS

Digital-AMPS

DT-HCPDU

DaTa-HCPDU

DBPSK

Differential Binary PSK

DTIM

Delivery TIM

DC

Direct Current

DTMF

Dual Tone Multiple Frequency

DCA

Dynamic Channel Allocation

DUCC

DLC User Connection Control

DCC

DLC user Connection Control

DV

Distance Vector

DCCH

Dedicated CCH

DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting

DCF

Distributed Coordination Function

DVB-C

DVB-Cable

DCS

Digital Cellular System

DVB-S

DVB-Satellite

DCS

Dynamic Channel Selection

DVB-T

DVB-Terrestrial

DDIB

Duplicate Detection Information Base

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk

DECT

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications

DVTR

Digital Video Tape Recorder

DES

Data Encryption Standard

ECDH

Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman

DFS

Dynamic Frequency Selection

ECMA
ECMA International - European association for
standardizing information and communication systems (was: European
Computer Manufacturers Association until 1994)

DFWMAC

Distributed Foundation Wireless MAC

Distribution System

DH

Diffie, Hellman

ECN

Explicit Congestion Notification

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

EDGE

Enhanced Data rates for [Global|GSM] Evolution

DIFS

DCF IFS

EDTV

Enhanced Definition TV

Disassoc

Disassociation

EFI

External Functionality Interface

DLC

Data Link Control

EFR

Enhanced Full Rate

DM

Direct Mode

EHF

Extremely High Frequency

DNS

Domain Name System

EIR

Equipment Identity Register

DPCCH

Dedicated Physical Control CHannel

EIRP

Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power

DPCH

Dedicated Physical CHannel

EIT

Event Information Table

EMAS

End-user Mobility-supporting ATM Switch

FT

Fixed Radio Termination

EMAS-E

EMAS-Edge

FW

ForWard

EMAS-N

EMAS-Network

GEO

Geostationary (or Geosynchronous) Earth Orbit

EMF

ElectroMagnetic Fields

GFSK

Gaussian FSK

EMS

Enhanced Message Service

GGSN

Gateway GSN

ESS

Extended Service Set

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

GIPS

Giga Instructions Per Second

EY-NPMA
Access

Elimination-Yield Non-preemptive Priority Multiple

GMM

Global Multimedia Mobility

GMSC

Gateway MSC

GMSK

Gaussian MSK

FA

Foreign Agent

FACCH

Fast Associated Dedicated CCH

FCA

Fixed Channel Allocation

FCC

Federal Communications Commission (USA)

FCCH

Frame CCH

FCCH

Frequency Correction CHannel

FCH

Frame CHannel

FDD

Frequency Division Duplex

FDM

Frequency Division Multiplexing

GSM
Groupe Spciale Mobile, Global System for Mobile
communications

FDMA

Frequency Division Multiple Access

GSN

GPRS Support Node

FEC

Forward Error Correction

GTP

GPRS Tunnelling Protocol

FFT

Fast Fourier Transform

GWL

GateWay Link

FHSS

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

HA

Home Agent

FIB

Fast Information Block

HAP

High-Altitude Platform

FIC

Fast Information Channel

HBR

High Bit-Rate

FM

Frequency Modulation

HC

HIPERLAN CAC

FOMA

Freedom Of Mobile multimedia Access

HCPDU

HIPERLAN CAC PDU

FPLMTS
System

Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication

HCQoS

HIPERLAN CAC QoS

HCSAP

HIPERLAN CAC SAP

HCSDU

HIPERLAN CAC SDU

HDA

Hashed Destination HCSAP Address

HDACS

HDA CheckSum

HDB

Home Data Base

HDLC

High level Data Link Control

GP

FR

Frame Relay

FR

Full Rate

FSK

Frequency Shift Keying

FSLS

Fuzzy Sighted Link State

FSR

Fisheye State Routing

Guard Period

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPSR

Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing

GR

GPRS Register

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation

HDML

Handheld Device Markup Language

ILR

Interworking Location Register

HDTP

Handheld Device Transport Protocol

IMEI

International Mobile Equipment Identity

HDTV

High Definition TV

IMF

Identity Management Function

HEC

Header Error [Control | Check]

IMS

IP-based Multimedia Services

HEO

Highly Elliptical Orbit

IMSI

International Mobile Subscriber Identity

IMT

International Mobile Telecommunications

HF

High Frequency

HI

HBR-part Indicator

IN

Intelligent Network

HIB

Hello Information Base

IOT

Isolation Only Transactions

HID

HIPERLAN IDentifier

IP

Internet Protocol

HIPERLAN

High-PERformance LAN

IR

InfraRed

HLR

Home Location Register

IrDA

Infrared Data Association

HM

HIPERLAN MAC

IS

Interim Standard

HMPDU

HIPERLAN MAC PDU

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

HMQoS

HIPERLAN MAC QoS

ISI

HO

HandOver

ISL

Inter Satellite Link

HO-HMPDU

HellO-HMPDU

ISM

Industrial, Scientific, Medical

ISMA

Inhibit Sense Multiple Access

HP

HIPERLAN PHY

InterSymbol Interference

HR

Half Rate

ISO

International Organization for Standardization[1]

HSCSD

High Speed Circuit Switched Data

I-TCP

Indirect TCP

HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

HSR

Hierarchical State Routing

ITU-R

ITU Radiocommunication sector

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

ITU-T

ITU Telecommunication sector

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

IV

Initialization Vector

IAC

Inquiry Access Code

IWF

InterWorking Function

IAPP

Inter Access Point Protocol

JCT

Japanese Cordless Telephone

IBSS

Independent BSS

JDC

Japanese Digital Cellular

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

ICO

Intermediate Circular Orbit

KID

Key IDentifier

ID

IDentifier

L2CAP

Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

LA

Location Area

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

LAI

Location Area Identification

IFS

Inter Frame Spacing

LAN

Local Area Network

LAP

Lower Address Part

MCM

MultiCarrier Modulation

LAPC

Link Access Procedure for the C-Plane

MEO

Medium Earth Orbit

LAPD

Link Access Procedure for the D-channel

MExE

Mobile Execution Environment

LAPDm

LAPD for mobile

MF

Medium Frequency

LBR

Low Bit-Rate

MFi

Melody Format for i-mode

MH

Mobile Host

MHEG
Experts Group

Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding

MIB

Management Information Base

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIDP

Mobile Information Device Profile

MIMO

Multiple Input Multiple Output

LC

Link Controller

LCCH

Link Control CHannel

LCH

Long transport CHannel

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

LF

Low Frequency

LI

Length Indicator

LIR

Least Interference Routing

MKK
Radio Equipment Inspection and Certification
Institute (Japan)

LLC

Logical Link Control

ML

MSDU Lifetime

LM

Link Manager

MM

Mobility Management

LMP

Link Manager Protocol

MMF

Mobility Management Function

Loc

Location

MMS

Multimedia Messaging Service

LOS

Line-Of-Sight

MN

Mobile Node

MNC

Mobile Network Code

LR-WPAN

Low-Rate WPAN

LRU

Last Recently Used

MOC

Mobile Originated Call

LS

Location Server

MOT

Multimedia Object Transfer

LS

Link State

MPEG

Moving Pictures Expert Group

M-QoS

Mobile QoS

MPLS

Multi Protocol Label Switching

MAC

Medium Access Control

MQ

Message Queuing

MACA

Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance

MS

Mobile Station

MANET

Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork

MS

Mobile Switch

MAP

Mobile Application Part

MSAP

MAC SAP

MATM

Mobile ATM

MSC

Mobile (Services) Switching Centre

MBS

Mobile Broadband System

MSC

Mobile Switch Controller

MBWA

Mobile Broadband Wireless Access

MSC

Main Service Channel

MCC

Mobile Country Code

MSDU

MAC SDU

MCI

Multiplex Configuration Information

MSIN

Mobile Subscriber Identification Number

MSISDN
Number

Mobile [Station (International)|Subscriber] ISDN

MSK

Minimum Shift Keying

MSRN

Mobile [Station|Subscriber] Roaming Number

MSS

Mobile Satellite [Service|System]

MT

Mobile Terminal

MT

Mobile Termination

MTC

Mobile Terminated Call

M-TCP

Mobile TCP

MTSA

Mobile Terminal Security Agent

MUL

Mobile User Link

NA-TDMA

North American-TDMA

NAV

Net Allocation Vector

NAT

Network Address Translator

NDC

National Destination Code

NEMO

NEtwork MObility

NFS

Network File System

NIB

Neighbour Information Base

NIT

Network Information Table

NMAS

Network Mobility-supporting ATM Switch

NMT

Nordic Mobile Telephone

NNI

Network-to-Network Interface

NNI+M

NNI+Mobility

NRL

Normalized Residual HMPDU Lifetime

NSA

Network Security Agent

NSS

Network and Switching Subsystem

NTSC

National Television Standards Committee

OBEX

OBject EXchange

OFDM

Orthogonal FDM

OHG

Operators Harmonisation Group

OLSR

Optimized Link State Routing

OMC

Operation and Maintenance Centre

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

OSS

Operation Subsystem

OTA

Over The Air

OVSF

Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor

PACS

Personal Access Communications System

PACS-UB

PACS-Unlicensed Band

PAD

PADding

PAD

Program Associated Data

PAL

Phase Alternating Line

PAP

Push Access Protocol

PBCC

Packet Binary Convolutional coding

PC

Personal Computer

PCF

Point Coordination Function

PCH

Paging Channel

PCM

Pulse Code Modulation

PCS

Personal Cellular System

PCS

Personal Communications Service

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

PDC

Pacific Digital Cellular

PDCP

Packet Data Convergence Protocol

PDF

Portable Document Format

PDN

Public Data Network

PDO

Packet Data Optimized

PDTCH

Packet Data TCH

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PEP

Performance Enhancing Proxy

PHS

Personal Handyphone System

PHY

PHYsical layer

PI

Push Initiator

PIFS

PCF IFS

PIN

Personal Identity Number

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

PLCP

Physical Layer Convergence Protocol

PLI

Padding Length Indicator

RACH

Random Access Channel

PLL

Phase Lock Loop

RAL

Radio Access Layer

PLMN

Public Land Mobile Network

RAND

Random number

PLW

PLCP-PDU Length Word

RBCH

RLC Broadcast CHannel

PM

Phase Modulation

RCH

Random CHannel

PMA

Parked Member Address

Req

Request

PMD

Physical Medium Dependent

Res

Response

POS

Personal Operating Space

RF

POTS

Plain Old Telephone Service

RFCOMM

PPG

Push Proxy Gateway

RFID

RF IDentification

PPM

Pulse Position Modulation

RFC

Request For Comments

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol

RFCH

Random access Feedback CHannel

PRACH

Physical Random Access Channel

RIB

Route Information Base

PRMA

Packet Reservation Multiple Access

RIP

Routing Information Protocol

PS

Power Saving

RL

PSD

Packet Switched Domain

RLC

Radio Link Control

PSF

PLCP Signalling Field

RLP

Radio Link Protocol

PSK

Phase Shift Keying

RM

Resource Management

PSM

Protocol/Service Multiplexor

RNC

Radio Network Controller

PSN

PDU Sequence Number

RNS

Radio Network Subsystem

PSPDN

Public Switched Packet Data Network

ROM

Read Only Memory

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

RR

Radio Resource

PT

Portable radio Termination

Radio Frequency
RF COMMunications

Residual Lifetime

PTM

Point-to-Multipoint

RRC

Radio Resource Control

PTP

Point-to-Point

RRM

Radio Resource Management

PTP-CLNS

PTP-ConnectionLess Network Service

RSA

Rivest, Shamir, Adleman

PTP-CONS

PTP-Connection Oriented Network Service

RSS

Radio SubSystem

PUK

PIN Unblocking Key

RT

QAM

Quadrature AM

RTR

Radio Transmission and Reception

QoS

Quality of Service

RTS

Request To Send

QPSK

[Quadrature | Quaternary] PSK

RTT

Radio Transmission Technologies

RA

Receiver Address

RTT

Round Trip Time

Radio Transceiver

S-DMB
SA

Satellite-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting

Source Address

SIFS

Short IFS

SIG

Signalling

SAAL

Signalling AAL

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module

SACCH

Slow Associated Dedicated CCH

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol

SAMA

Spread Aloha Multiple Access

SL

Service Loading

SAP

Service Access Point

SMF

Standard MIDI File

SAT

SIM Application Toolkit

SMRIB

Source Multipoint Relay Information Base

SATM

Satellite ATM Services

SMS

Short Message Service

SC

Sanity Check

SN

Subscriber Number

SC

Synchronization Channel

SNACK

Selective Negative ACKnowledgement

SCF

Service Control Function

SNAP

Sub-Network Access Protocol

SCH

Short transport CHannel

SNDCP

Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol

SCH

Synchronization Channel

SRES

Signed Response

SCO

Synchronous Connection-Oriented link

SRNC

Serving RNC

SCPS

Space Communications Protocol Standards

SS

Supplementary Service

SCPS-TP

SCPS-Transport Protocol

SS7

Signalling System No. 7

SDCCH

Stand-alone Dedicated CCH

S-SAP

Session-SAP

SDM

Space Division Multiplexing

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

SDMA

Space Division Multiple Access

STA

STAtion

SDP

Service Discovery Protocol

SUMR

Satellite User Mapping Register

SDR

Software Defined Radio

SW

Short Wave

SDT

Service Description Table

SwMI

Switching and Management Infrastructure

SDTV

Standard Definition TV

Terminal

SDU

Service Data Unit

TA

Transmitter Address

SEC-SAP

Security SAP

TBRPF
Forwarding

Topology Broadcast based on Reverse Path

SEQN

SEQuence Number
TCH

Traffic CHannel

TCH/F

TCH Full rate

TCH/FS

TCH/F Speech

TCH/H

TCH Half rate

TCH/HS

TCH/H Speech

TC-HMPDU

Topology Control-HMPDU

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

SFD
SFN
SGSN
SH

Start Frame Delimiter

Single Frequency Network
Serving GSN
Supervisory Host

SHF

Super High Frequency

SI

Service Indication

TCS BIN

Telephony Control protocol Specification - BINary

UBR

Unspecified BitRate

TD-CDMA

Time Division-CDMA

UD

User Data

TDD

Time Division Duplex

UDCH

User Data CHannel

TDM

Time Division Multiplexing

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access

UE

User Equipment

TDT

Time and Data Table

UHF

Ultra High Frequency

UIM

User Identification Module

TE

Terminal

TEDDI

TErms and Definitions Database Interactive

UMCH

User Multicast CHannel

TETRA

Terrestrial Trunked Radio

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

TFI

Transport Format Identifier

UN

United Nations

TFO

Tandem Free Operation

UNI

User-to-Network Interface

TFTS

Terrestrial Flight Telephone System

UNI+M

UNI+Mobility

TI

Type Indicator

UP

TIB

Topology Information Base

UPT

Universal Personal Telecommunications

TIM

Traffic Indication Map

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier

TINA
Architecture

Telecommunication Information Networking

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

USAT

UMTS SAT

TLLI

Temporary Logical Link Identity

UTRA

Universal Terrestrial Radio Access

TLS

Transport Layer Security

UTRAN

UTRA Network

TM

Traffic Management
UUID

Universally Unique ID

TMN

Telecommunication Management Network

UWB

Ultra WideBand

TMSI

Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

UWC

Universal Wireless Communications

TOS

Type Of Service
V+D

Voice and Data

TPC

Transmit Power Control

VAD

Voice Activity Detection

TR-SAP

Transaction SAP
VBR

Variable BitRate

T-SAP

Transport SAP
VBR-nrt

VBR non real-time

TSF

Timing Synchronization Function

VBR-rt

VBR real-time

T-TCP

Transaction TCP
VC

Virtual Circuit

TTC

Telecommunications Technology Council

VCC

Visitor Country Code

TTL

Time To Live
VDB

Visitor Data Base

TV

TeleVision
VHE

Virtual Home Environment

U-NII

Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure

VHF

Very High Frequency

UBCH

User Broadcast CHannel

User Priority

VLF

Very Low Frequency

WDP

Wireless Datagram Protocol

VLR

Visitor Location Register

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy

VNDC

Visitor National Destination Code

WHO

World Health Organization

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WIM

Wireless Identity Module

WAE

Wireless Application Environment

WLAN

Wireless LAN

WAN

Wide Area Network

WLL

Wireless Local Loop

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

WML

Wireless Markup Language

WATM

Wireless ATM

WMLScript

Wireless Markup Language Script

WCAC

Wireless Connection Admission Control

WMT

Wireless Mobile Terminal

W-CDMA

Wideband-CDMA

WPAN

Wireless Personal Area Network

WCMP

Wireless Control Message Protocol

WP-CDMA

Wideband Packet-CDMA

W-CTRL
WRC

Wireless ConTRoL
World Radio Conference

WSP

Wireless Session Protocol

WSP/B

Wireless Session Protocol/Browsing

WTA

Wireless Telephony Application

WTAI

Wireless Telephony Application Interface

WTLS

Wireless Transport Layer Security

WTP

Wireless Transaction Protocol

WWAN

Wireless WAN

WWRF

Wireless World Research Forum

WWW

World Wide Web

XHTML

eXtensible HTML

XHTMLMP

XHTML Mobile Profile

XML

eXtensible Markup Language

XOR

eXclusive OR

ZRP

Zone Routing Protocol

[1] This is not the International Standards Organization or the International Standardization Organization or whatever some authors write . ISO
is not an acronym, but is derived from the Greek word isos which means equal as used (as prefix) in isometric, isomorphic etc.
(http://www.iso.ch/).