List of Abbreviations

3GPP:

3rd Generation Partnership Project

5GC:

5G Core

5G NR:

5G New Radio

A

AA:

Antenna Array

AAA:

Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

AAA:

Authenticate-Authorize-Answer

AAR:

Authenticate-Authorize-Request

AAS:

Active Antenna System

ADM:

Activation/Deactivation MAC

AES:

Advanced Encryption Standard

AESE:

Architecture Enhancements for Service capability Exposure

AF:

Application Function

AH:

Authentication Header

AIA:

Authentication-Information-Answer

AIR:

Authentication-Information-Request

AKA:

Authentication and Key Agreement

AM:

Acknowledged Mode

AMBR:

Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

ANDI:

Access Network Discovery Information

ANDSF:

Access Network Discovery and Selection Function

ANQP:

Access Network Query Protocol

AP:

Access Point

AP:

Application Part

API:

Application Programming Interface

APN:

Access Point Name

ARP:

Allocation and Retention Priority

ARQ:

Automatic Repeat reQuest

AS:

Application Server

ASA:

Abort-Session-Answer

ASR:

Abort-Session-Request

AUTN:

Authentication Network

B

BBU:

Base Band Unit

BCE:

Binding Cache Entry

BIA:

Bootstrapping-Info-Answer

BIR:

Bootstrapping-Info-Request

BM-SC:

Broadcast/Multicast Service Center

BSF:

Bootstrapping Server Function

BSSID:

Basic Service Set Identifier

B-TID:

Bootstrapping Transaction Identifier

BWP:

Bandwidth Part

C

CA:

Carrier Aggregation

CC:

Component Carrier

CCA:

Clear Channel Assessment

CCA:

Credit-Control-Answer

CCR:

Credit-Control-Request

CDD:

Cyclic Delay Diversity

CE:

Coverage Extension

CIA:

Configuration-Information-Answer

CIoT:

Cellular Internet of Things

CIR:

Configuration-Information-Request

CK:

Cipher Key

CMA:

Connection-Management-Answer

CMR:

Connection-Management-Request

CN:

Correspondent Node

CNA:

Correspondent Node Address

CoA:

Care of Address

CoMP:

Coordinated Multi Point

CP:

Control Plane

CPRI:

Common Public Radio Interface

CQI:

Channel Quality Indicator

CRC:

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRI:

CSI Resource Index

CRS:

Cell-specific Reference Signal

CS:

Circuit-Switched

CSFB:

Circuit-Switched Fallback

CSI:

Channel State Information

CSMA/CA:

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

CU:

Centralized Unit

CUPS:

Control and User Plane Separation

D

D2D:

Device to Device

DAA:

Device-Action-Answer

DAR:

Device-Action-Request

DC:

Dual Connectivity

DCI:

Downlink Control Information

DEA:

Diameter-EAP-Answer

DeNB:

Donor eNB

DER:

Diameter-EAP-Request

DFT-S-OFDM:

Discrete Fourier Transform Spread OFDM

D-H:

Diffie-Hellman

DHCP:

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DL:

Downlink

DL-SCH:

Downlink Shared Channel

DMRS:

Demodulation Reference Signal

DMTC:

Discovery Measurement Timing Configuration

DNA:

Device-Notification-Answer

DNR:

Device-Notification-Request

DNS:

Domain Name System

DoA:

Direction of Arrivals

DRA:

Device-Report-Answer

DRB:

Data Radio Bearer

DRR:

Device-Report-Request

DRS:

Discovery Reference Signal

DSCP:

DiffServ Code Point

DSMIPv6:

Dual-Stack Mobile IP version 6

DTA:

Device-Trigger-Answer

DTR:

Device-Trigger-Request

DU:

Distributed Unit

DwPTS:

Downlink Pilot Time Slot

E

EAP:

Extensible Authentication Protocol

EAPOL:

EAP Over LAN

EBF:

Elevation Beamforming

ECGI:

E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier

eCPRI:

enhanced Common Public Radio Interface

eDRX:

extended Discontinuous Reception

EHSP:

Equivalent Home Service Providers

eICIC:

enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination

eLAA:

enhanced LAA

eMBMS:

evolved Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service

EMSK:

Extended Master Session Key

eNB:

evolved Node Base station

en-gNB:

E-UTRA-NR DC next generation Node B

EPC:

Evolved Packet Core

ePDCCH:

enhanced PDCCH

ePDG:

evolved Packet Data Gateway

EPS:

Evolved Packet System

E-RAB:

EPS Radio Access Bearer

ESP:

Encapsulating Security Payload

E-UTRAN:

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

F

FA:

Foreign Agent

FAA:

Foreign Agent Address

FBE:

Frame-Based Equipment

FDD:

Frequency-Division Duplex

FD-MIMO:

Full-Dimension MIMO

FEC:

Forward Error Correction

FFT:

Fast Fourier Transform

FLUTE:

File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport

FQDN:

Full Qualified Domain Name

FR:

Frequency Range

FSTD:

Frequency Shift Transmit Diversity

G

GAA:

GCS-Action-Answer

GAR:

GCS-Action-Request

GAS:

Generic Advertisement Service

GBA:

Generic Bootstrapping Architecture

GCSE:

Group Communication System Enablers

GNA:

GCS-Notification-Answer

gNB:

next generation Node Base station

GNR:

GCS-Notification-Request

GNSS:

Global Navigation Satellite System

GP:

Gap Period

GRE:

Generic Routing Encapsulation

GTP-U:

GPRS Tunneling Protocol User

GTPv2-C:

GPRS Tunneling Protocol Control

GUTI:

Globally Unique Temporary Identity

H

HA:

Home Agent

HARQ:

Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest

HeNB:

Home eNB

HESSID:

Homogeneous Extended Service Set Identifier

HI:

HARQ Indicator

HNP:

Home Network Prefix

HoA:

Home Address

HSS:

Home Subscriber Server

HTTP:

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

I

IARP:

Inter-APN Routing Policy

ICE:

Interactive Connectivity Establishment

IDA:

Insert-Subscriber-Data-Answer

IDR:

Insert-Subscriber-Data-Request

IEEE:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IFFT:

Inverse Fast Fourier Transform

IFOM:

IP Flow Mobility

IGMP:

Internet Group Management...