S No. Appendix A.

Abbreviations
1 ACR
2 AG
3 AGC
4 ALMP
5 AM
6 AMR
7 AMR-WB
8 APM
9 AQM
10 ARFCN
11 AS
12 ASP
13 AT
14 BCC
15 BCCH
16 BCH
17 BEP
18 BER
19 BLEP
20 BLER
21 BOOTP
22 BSIC
23 BSN
24 C/A
25 C/I
26 C/N
27 CBCH
28 CDMA
29 CFO
30 CGI
31 CHAP
32 CI
33 CINR
34 CPI
35 CPICH
36 CQI
37 CRC
38 CS
39 CSD
40 CW
41 DCCH
42 DCD
43 DCH
44 DGPS
45 DL
46 DNS
47 DPCCH
48 DPCH
49 DR
50 DRC
51 DRX
52 DSC
53 DSC
54 DSCH
55 DTX
56 DVB-H
57 E-AGCH
58 EARFCN
59 ECP
60 E-DCH
61 EDGE
62 E-DPCCH
63 E-DPDCH
64 EFR
65 EGPRS
66 E-HICH
67 EIRP
68 E-RGCH
69 ESN
70 ESS
71 E-TFCI
72 EV-DO (1xEV-DO)
73 EVRC
74 FACCH
75 FACH
76 FCH
77 FER
78 FL
79 FPC
80 FR
81 FWT
82 GA-CSR
83 GAN
84 GANC
85 GA-RC
 86 GERAN
87 GGSN
88 GMM
89 GPRS
90 GPS
91 GRR
92 GSM
93 HARQ
94 HO
95 HR
96 H-RNTI
97 HSCSD
98 HSDPA
99 HS-DSCH
100 HSN
101 HSPA
102 HS-PDSCH
103 HS-SCCH
104 HSUPA
105 IE
106 IMEI
107 IP
108 IPCP
109 ISCP
110 JPEG
111 KML
112 KPI
113 LA
114 LAC
115 LAT
116 LCP
117 LLC
118 LON
119 LTE
120 LUT
121 M2M
122 MAC
123 MCC
124 MCS
125 MDM
126 MFER
127 MIMO
128 MIN
129 MM
130 MMS
131 MMSC
132 MN
133 MNC
134 MO
135 MOS
136 MRU
137 MS
138 MSM
139 MSTR
140 MT
141 MTR
142 MTU
143 MuxPDU
144 NBDS
145 NBNS
146 NCC
147 NDIS
148 NID
149 NMEA
150 NMO
151 NV
152 OFDM
153 OVHD
154 PA
155 PACA
156 PAP
157 PBCCH
158 PCCCH
159 P-CCPCH
160 PCH
161 PCI
162 PCIG
163 PCS
164 PDCH
165 PDP
166 PDU
167 PER
168 PESQ
169 PI
170 PID
171 PLMN
172 PN
173 POP3
174 PPCH
175 PPP
176 PPS
177 P-SCH
178 PSTN
179 QAM
180 QCELP
181 QOF
182 QPSK
183 RA
184 RAB
185 RAC
186 RACH
187 RAN
188 RAS
189 RAT
190 RATI
191 RB
192 RL
193 RLA
194 RLC
195 RLP
196 RNC
197 RP
198 RPC
199 RQ
200 RR
201 RRC
202 RRI
203 RS
204 RSCP
205 RSRP
206 RSRQ
207 RSSI
208 RTCP
209 RTP
210 RTSP
211 SACCH
212 SAN
213 SAPI
214 SC
215 SCC
216 SCH
217 SCH
218 SDCCH
219 SDP
220 SDU
221 SEGW
222 SF
223 SG
224 SGSN
225 SGW
226 SHO
227 SIB
228 SID
229 SID
230 SIM
231 SINR
232 SIR
233 SMS
234 SMTP
235 SMV
236 SNDCP
237 SNR
238 SPS
239 SQI
240 SS
241 S-SCH
242 SSID
243 TA
244 TAB
245 TB
246 TBS
247 TCA
248 TCH
249 TCP
250 TDD
251 TDMA
252 TFI
253 TI
254 TIF
255 TLLI
256 TM
257 TPC
258 TS
259 TSC
260 TTI
261 UARFCN
262 UATI
263 UCD
264 UCS
265 UDP
266 UE
267 UL
268 UM
269 UMA
270 UMTS
271 UpPCH
272 URA
273 URI
274 USB
275 UTF
276 UTM
277 UTRAN
278 VID
279 VMR-WB
280 VSQI
281 VTQI
282 WAP
283 WCDMA
284 WiMAX
285 WLAN
286 WSP
287 XML
 Full form
Absolute Category Rating
Absolute Grant
Automatic Gain Control
Air Link Management Protocol
Acknowledged Mode
Adaptive Multi Rate
Adaptive Multi Rate Wideband
Advanced Power Management
Audio Quality Measurement
Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
Active Set
Active Set Pilot
Access Terminal
Base Station Colour Code
Broadcast Control Channel
Broadcast Channel
Bit Error Probability
Bit Error Rate
Block Error Probability
Block Error Rate
Bootstrap Protocol
Base Station Identity Code
Block Sequence Number
Carrier-to-Adjacent (Ratio)
Carrier-to-Interference (Ratio)
Carrier-to-Noise (Ratio)
Cell Broadcast Channel
Code Division Multiple Access
Carrier Frequency Offset
Cell Global Identity
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Cell Identity
Carrier to Interference-plus-Noise Ratio
Cell Parameter Identity
Common Pilot Channel
Channel Quality Indicator
Cyclic Redundancy Check
Coding Scheme
Circuit-Switched Data
Continuous Wave
Digital Control Channel
Downlink Channel Descriptor
 Dedicated Channel
Differential GPS
Downlink
Domain Name System (Service, Server)
Dedicated Physical Control Channel
Dedicated Physical Channel
Dead Reckoning
Data Rate Control
Discontinuous Reception
Data Source Control (CDMA)
Downlink Signalling Counter (GSM)
Downlink Shared Channel
Discontinuous Transmission
Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld
E- (Enhanced) Absolute Grant Channel
E-UTRA ARFCN
Extended Cyclic Prefix
E- (Enhanced) Enhanced Dedicated Channel
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (= EGPRS)
E- (Enhanced) Dedicated Physical Control Channel
E- (Enhanced) Dedicated Physical Data Channel
Enhanced Full Rate
Enhanced GPRS (= EDGE)
E- (Enhanced) HARQ Acknowledgement Indicator Channel
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
E- (Enhanced) Relative Grant Channel
Electronic Serial Number
Extended Service Set
E- (Enhanced) Transport Format Combination Indicator
1x Evolution-Data Optimized
Enhanced Variable Rate Codec
Fast Associated Control Channel
Forward Access Channel
Fundamental Channel
Frame Erasure Rate
Forward Link
Forward Power Control
Full Rate
Fixed Wireless Terminal
Generic Access Circuit Switched Resources
Generic Access Network
Generic Access Network Controller
Generic Access Resource Control
 GSM EDGE Radio Access Network
Gateway GPRS Support Node
GPRS Mobility Management
General Packet Radio Service
Global Positioning System
GPRS Radio Resource
Global System for Mobile Communication
Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
Handover
Half Rate
HS-DSCH Radio Network Temporary Identity
High Speed Circuit-Switched Data
High Speed Downlink Packet Access
High Speed Downlink Shared Channel
Hopping Sequence Number
High Speed Packet Access
High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel
High Speed Shared Control Channel
High Speed Uplink Packet Access
Information Element
International Mobile Equipment Identity
Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol Control Protocol
Interference Signal Code Power
Joint Photographic Expert Group
Keyhole Markup Language
Key Performance Indicator
Location Area
Location Area Code
Latitude
Link Control Protocol
Logical Link Control
Longitude
Long Term Evolution
Location Update Type
Mobile To Mobile
Medium Access Control
Mobile Country Code
Modulation Coding Scheme
Mobile Diagnostic Monitor
Frame Error Rate after MPE-FEC decoding
Multiple Input Multiple Output
Mobile Identity Number
 Mobility Management
Multimedia Messaging Service
MMS Center
Monitored Neighbor
Mobile Network Code
Mobile-originated
Mean Opinion Score
Mobile Receiving Unit
Mobile Station (may represent phone or scanner)
Mobile Station Modem
Mobile Station Time Reference
Mobile-terminated
Mobile Traffic Recording
Mobile Test Unit
Multiplex Sublayer Protocol Data Unit
NetBIOS Datagram Service
NetBIOS Name Service
Network Colour Code
Network Driver Interface Specification
Network Identification
National Marine Electronics Association
Network Mode of Operation
Non Volatile
Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing
Overhead
Power Amplifier
Priority Access and Channel Assignment
Password Authentication Protocol
Packet Broadcast Control Channel
Packet Common Control Channel
Primary Common Control Physical Channel
Paging Channel
Physical layer Cell Identity
Physical layer Cell Identity Group
Personal Communications Service
Packet Data Channel
Packet Data Protocol
Protocol Data Unit
Packet Error Rate
Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality
Performance Indicator
Product ID
Public Land Mobile Network
 Pseudo Noise
Post Office Protocol version 3
Packet Paging Channel
Point-to-Point Protocol
Precise Positioning Service
Primary Synchronisation Channel
Public Switched Telephone Network
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
Qualcomm Code Excited Linear Prediction
Quasi-Orthogonal Function
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
Routing Area
Reverse Activity Bit
Routing Area Code
Random Access Channel
Radio Access Network
Remote Access Service
Radio Access Technology
Random Access Terminal Identifier
Radio Bearer
Reverse Link
Received Level Average
Radio Link Control
Radio Link Protocol
Radio Network Controller
Received Power
Reverse Power Control
Received Quality
Radio Resource (Management)
Radio Resource Control
Reverse Rate Indication
Reference Signal
Received Signal Code Power
Reference Signal Received Power
Reference Signal Received Quality
Received Signal Strength Indicator
Real Time Control Protocol
Real Time Transport Protocol
Real Time Streaming Protocol
Slow Associated Control Channel
Serving/Active Set + Neighbors
Service Access Point Identifier
Scrambling Code
 Supplemental Code Channel
Supplemental Channel (CDMA)
Synchronisation Channel (UMTS)
Standalone Dedicated Control Channel
Session Description Protocol
Signaling Data Unit
Security Gateway
Spreading Factor
Serving Grant
Serving GPRS Support Node
Security Gateway
Soft Handover
System Information Block
Silence Descriptor (UMTS)
System Identification (CDMA)
Subscriber Identity Module
Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio
Signal to Interference Ratio
Short Message Service
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Selectable Mode Vocoder
Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol
Signal to Noise Ratio
Standard Positioning Service
Speech Quality Index
Signal Strength
Secondary Synchronisation Channel
Service Set Identifier
Timing Advance
(umbrella term for various MapInfo file types)
Transport Block
Transport Block Size
Traffic Channel Assignment
Traffic Channel
Transmission Control Protocol
Time Division Duplex
Time Division Multiple Access
Temporary Flow Id
Transaction Identifier
Tag Image File
Temporary Logical Link Identifier
Transparent Mode
Transmit Power Control
 Timeslot
Training Sequence Code
Transmission Time Interval
UMTS Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
Unicast Access Terminal Identifier
Uplink Channel Descriptor
Universal Character Set
MIMO
User Equipment
Uplink
Unacknowledged Mode
Unlicensed Mobile Access
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
Uplink Pilot Channel
UTRAN Registration Area
Uniform Resource Identifier
Universal Serial Bus
UCS Transformation Format
Universal Transverse Mercator
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
Vendor ID
Variable Multi Rate Wideband
Video Streaming Quality Index
Video Telephony Quality Index
Wireless Application Protocol
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
Wireless Local Area Network
Wireless Session Protocol
Extensible Markup Language