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Technical Report

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Abbreviations and acronyms (GSM 01.04 version 8.0.0 release 1999)

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

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Digital cellular telecommunications system, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)

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Contents
Contents....................................................................................................................................................3 Intellectual Property Rights.......................................................................................................................4 Foreword...................................................................................................................................................4 1 Scope......................................................................................................................................................5 2 References..............................................................................................................................................5 3 Abbreviations and acronyms...................................................................................................................5
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 15

Annex A (informative): Document change history......................................................................16 History ...................................................................................................................................................17

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Foreword
This ETSI Technical Report (TR) has been produced by the Special Mobile Group (SMG) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). This TR provides the abbreviations and acronyms to be used throughout the GSM specifications. The contents of this TR are subject to continuing work within SMG and may change following formal SMG approval. Should SMG modify the contents of this TR it will then be republished by ETSI with an identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows: Version 8.x.y where: 8 indicates release 1999 of GSM Phase 2+; x the second digit is incremented for all other types of changes, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections, updates, etc. y the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the specification.

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1 Scope
This ETSI Technical Report (TR) provides the abbreviations and acronyms to be used throughout the GSM specifications. All abbreviations are presented in the singular, but are equally applicable to the plural.

2 References
This TR has no references.

3 Abbreviations and acronyms

A
A3 A38 A5/1 A5/2 A5/X A8 AB AC ACC ACCH ACK ACM ACU ADC ADN ADPCM AE AEC AEF AGCH Ai AoC AoCC AoCI ASE ASN.1 ARFCN ARQ ATT (flag) AU AuC AUT(H) Authentication algorithm A3 A single algorithm performing the functions of A3 and A8 Encryption algorithm A5/1 Encryption algorithm A5/2 Encryption algorithm A5/0-7 Ciphering key generating algorithm A8 Access Burst - Access Class (C0 to C15) - Application Context Automatic Congestion Control Associated Control CHannel ACKnowledgement - Accumulated Call Meter - Address Complete Message Antenna Combining Unit - ADministration Centre - Analogue to Digital Converter Abbreviated Dialling Number Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation Application Entity Acoustic Echo Control Additional Elementary Functions Access Grant CHannel Action indicator Advice of Charge Advice of Charge Charging supplementary service Advice of Charge Information supplementary service Application Service Element Abstract Syntax Notation One Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number Automatic ReQuest for retransmission ATTach Access Unit Authentication Centre AUThentication

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BA BAIC BAOC BCC BCCH BCD BCF BCIE BER BFI BI BIC-Roam Bm BN BO BOIC BOIC-exHC BS BSG BSC BSIC BSIC-NCELL BSS BSSAP BSSMAP BSSOMAP BTS BCCH Allocation Barring of All Incoming Calls supplementary service Barring of All Outgoing Calls supplementary service Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Colour Code Broadcast Control CHannel Binary Coded Decimal Base station Control Function Bearer Capability Information Element Bit Error Rate Bad Frame Indication all Barring of Incoming call supplementary services Barring of Incoming Calls when Roaming outside the home PLMN country supplementary service Full-rate traffic channel Bit Number all Barring of Outgoing call supplementary services Barring of Outgoing International Calls supplementary service Barring of Outgoing International Calls except those directed to the Home PLMN Country supplementary service - Basic Service (group) - Bearer Service Basic Service Group Base Station Controller Base transceiver Station Identity Code BSIC of an adjacent cell Base Station System Base Station System Application Part Base Station System Management Application Part Base Station System Operation and Maintenance Application Part Base Transceiver Station

C
C CA CAI CB CBC CBCH CBMI CC CCBS CCCH CCF CCH CCITT CCM CCP CCPE Cct CDUR CED CEIR CEND CEPT CF CFB Conditional Cell Allocation Charge Advice Information Cell Broadcast Cell Broadcast Centre Cell Broadcast CHannel Cell Broadcast Message Identifier - Country Code - Call Control Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber supplementary service Common Control CHannel Conditional Call Forwarding Control CHannel Comit Consultatif International Tlgraphique et Tlphonique (The International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) Current Call Meter Capability/Configuration Parameter Control Channel Protocol Entity Circuit Chargeable DURation called station identifier Central Equipment Identity Register end of charge point Confrence des administrations Europennes des Postes et Telecommunications - Conversion Facility - all Call Forwarding services Call Forwarding on mobile subscriber Busy supplementary service

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CFNRc CFNRy CFU CHP CHV CI CIR CKSN CLI CLIP CLIR CM CMD CMM CNG COLI COLP COLR COM CONNACK C/R CRC CRE CSPDN CT CTR CUG CW

Call Forwarding on mobile subscriber Not Reachable supplementary service Call Forwarding on No Reply supplementary service Call Forwarding Unconditional supplementary service CHarging Point Card Holder Verification information - Cell Identity - CUG Index Carrier to Interference Ratio Ciphering Key Sequence Number Calling Line Identity Calling Line Identification Presentation supplementary service Calling Line Identification Restriction supplementary service Connection Management CoMmanD Channel Mode Modify CalliNG tone COnnected Line Identity COnnected Line identification Presentation supplementary service COnnected Line identification Restriction supplementary service COMplete CONNect ACKnowledgement Command/Response field bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (3 bit) Call RE-establishment procedure Circuit Switched Public Data Network - Call Transfer supplementary service - Channel Tester - Channel Type Common Technical Regulation Closed User Group supplementary service Call Waiting supplementary service

D
DAC DB DCCH DCE DCF DCN DCS1800 DET DISC DL DLCI DLD Dm DMR DNIC DP DRX DSE DSI DSS1 DTAP DTE DTMF DTX Digital to Analogue Converter Dummy Burst Dedicated Control CHannel Data Circuit terminating Equipment Data Communication Function Data Communication Network Digital Cellular System at 1800MHz DETach DISConnect Data Link (layer) Data Link Connection Identifier Data Link Discriminator Control channel (ISDN terminology applied to mobile service) Digital Mobile Radio Data network identifier Dial/Dialled Pulse Discontinuous reception (mechanism) Data Switching Exchange Digital Speech Interpolation Digital Subscriber Signalling No1 Direct Transfer Application Part Data Terminal Equipment Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (signalling) Discontinuous transmission (mechanism)

E
EA External Alarms

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EBSG ECM Ec/No ECT EEL EIR EL EMC eMLPP EMMI EPROM ERP ERR ETR ETS ETSI

Elementary Basic Service Group Error Correction Mode (facsimile) Ratio of energy per modulating bit to the noise spectral density Explicit Call Transfer supplementary service Electric Echo Loss Equipment Identity Register Echo Loss ElectroMagnetic Compatibility enhanced Multi-Level Precedence and Pre-emption service Electrical Man Machine Interface Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory - Ear Reference Point - Equivalent Radiated Power ERRor ETSI Technical Report European Telecommunication Standard European Telecommunications Standards Institute

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FA FAC FACCH FACCH/F FACCH/H FB FCCH FCS FDM FDN FEC FER FH FN FR ftn - Full Allocation - Fax Adaptor Final Assembly Code Fast Associated Control CHannel Fast Associated Control Channel/Full rate Fast Associated Control Channel/Half rate Frequency correction Burst Frequency Correction CHannel Frame Check Sequence Frequency Division Multiplex Fixed Dialling Number Forward Error Correction Frame Erasure Ratio Frequency Hopping Frame Number Full Rate forwarded-to number

G
GCR GMLC GMSC GMSK GPA GPRS GSA GSM GSM MS GSM PLMN GT Group Call Register Gateway Mobile Location Centre Gateway Mobile-services Switching Centre Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (modulation) GSM PLMN Area General Packet Radio Service GSM System Area Global System for Mobile communications GSM Mobile Station GSM Public Land Mobile Network Global Title

H
HANDO HDLC HLC HLR HOLD HPLMN HPU HANDOver High level Data Link Control High Layer Compatibility Home Location Register Call hold supplementary service Home PLMN Hand Portable Unit

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HR HSN HU

Half Rate Hopping Sequence Number Home Units

I
I IA IAM IC ICB ICC IC(pref) ICM ID IDN IE IEC IEI I-ETS IMEI IMSI IN ISC ISDN ISO ISUP ITC ITU IWF IWMSC IWU Information frames (RLP) Incoming Access (closed user group SS) Initial Address Message Interlock Code (CUG SS) Incoming Calls Barred (within the CUG) Integrated Circuit(s) Card Interlock Code of the preferential CUG In-Call Modification IDentification/IDentity/IDentifier Integrated Digital Network (signalling) Information Element International Electrotechnical Commission Information Element Identifier Interim European Telecommunications Standard International Mobile station Equipment Identity International Mobile Subscriber Identity Interrogating Node International Switching Centre Integrated Services Digital Network International Organization for Standardization ISDN User Part (of signalling system No.7) Information Transfer Capability International Telecommunication Union InterWorking Function InterWorking MSC InterWorking Unit

K
k K Kc Ki Windows size Constraint length of the convolutional code Ciphering key Individual subscriber authentication key

L
L1 L2ML L2R L2R BOP L2R COP L3 LA LAC LAI LAN LAPB LAPDm LCN LCS LCSC LCSS LE LI Layer 1 Layer 2 Management Link Layer 2 Relay L2R Bit Orientated Protocol L2R Character Orientated Protocol Layer 3 Location Area Location Area Code Location Area Identity Local Area Network Link Access Protocol Balanced Link Access Protocol on the Dm channel Local Communication Network Location Service LCS Client LCS Server Local Exchange - Length Indicator

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LLC Lm LMSI LMU LND LPLMN LR LSTR LTE LU LV

- Line Identity Low Layer Compatibility Traffic channel with capacity lower than a Bm Local Mobile Station Identity Location Measurement Unit Last Number Dialled Local PLMN Location Register Listener SideTone Rating Local Terminal Emulator - Local Units - Location Update Length and Value

M
M MA MACN MAF MAH MAI MAIO MAP MCC MCI MD MDL ME MEF MF MHS MIC MLC MM MME MMI MNC MO MO-LR MoU MPH MPTY MRP MS MSC MSCM MSCU MSISDN MSRN MT MT (0,1,2) MT-LR MTM MTP MU MUMS Mandatory Mobile Allocation Mobile Allocation Channel Number Mobile Additional Function Mobile Access Hunting supplementary service Mobile Allocation Index Mobile Allocation Index Offset Mobile Application Part Mobile Country Code Malicious Call Identification supplementary service Mediation Device (mobile) Management (entity) - Data Link (layer) - Maintenance Entity - Mobile Equipment Maintenance Entity Function MultiFrame Message Handling System Mobile Interface Controller Mobile Location Centre - Man Machine - Mobility Management Mobile Management Entity Man Machine Interface Mobile Network Code Mobile Originated Mobile Originating Location Request Memorandum of Understanding (mobile) Management (entity) - PHysical (layer) [primitive] MultiParTY (Multi ParTY) supplementary service Mouth Reference Point Mobile Station Mobile-services Switching Centre, Mobile Switching Centre Mobile Station Class Mark Mobile Station Control Unit Mobile Station International ISDN Number Mobile Station Roaming Number - Mobile Terminated - Mobile Termination Mobile Terminating Location Request Mobile-To-Mobile (call) Message Transfer Part Mark Up Multi User Mobile Station

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N/W NB NBIN NCC NCELL NCH NDC NDUB NE NEF NET NF NIC NI-LR NM NMC NMSI NPI NSAP NT NTAAB NUA NUI NUP Network Normal Burst A parameter in the hopping sequence Network (PLMN) Colour Code Neighbouring (of current serving) Cell Notification CHannel National Destination Code Network Determined User Busy Network Element Network Element Function Norme Europeenne de Tlcommunications Network Function Network Independent Clocking Network Induced Location Request Network Management Network Management Centre National Mobile Station Identification number Number Plan Indentifier Network Service Access Point - Network Termination - Non Transparent New Type Approval Advisory Board Network User Access Network User Identification National User Part (SS7)

O
O OA O&M OACSU OCB OD OLR OMC OML OS OSI OSI RM Optional Outgoing Access (CUG SS) Operations & Maintenance Off-Air-Call-Set-Up Outgoing Calls Barred within the CUG Optional for operators to implement for their aim Overall Loudness Rating Operations & Maintenance Centre Operations and Maintenance Link Operating System Open System Interconnection OSI Reference Model

P
PABX PAD PCH PCM PD PDN PH PHI PI PICS PIN PIXT PLMN Private Automatic Branch eXchange Packet Assembly/Disassembly facility Paging CHannel Pulse Code Modulation - Protocol Discriminator - Public Data Public Data Networks - Packet Handler - PHysical (layer) Packet Handler Interface Presentation Indicator Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement Personal Identification Number Protocol Implementation eXtra information for Testing Public Lands Mobile Network

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PNE POI PP PPE Pref CUG Ps PSPDN PSTN PUCT PW

Prsentation des Normes Europennes Point Of Interconnection (with PSTN) Point-to-Point Primative Procedure Entity Preferential CUG Location probability Packet Switched Public Data Network Public Switched Telephone Network Price per Unit Currency Table Pass Word

Q
QA QAF QOS Q (Interface) - Adapter Q - Adapter Function Quality Of Service

R
R RA RAB RACH RAND RBER RDI REC REJ REL REQ RF RFC RFCH RFN RFU RLP RLR RMS RNTABLE RPOA RR RSE RSL RSZI RTE RXLEV RXQUAL Value of Reduction of the MS transmitted RF power relative to the maximum allowed output power of the highest power class of MS (A) RAndom mode request information field Random Access Burst Random Access CHannel RANDom number (used for authentication) Residual Bit Error Ratio Restricted Digital Information RECommendation REJect(ion) RELease REQuest Radio Frequency Radio Frequency Channel Radio Frequency CHannel Reduced TDMA Frame Number Reserved for Future Use Radio Link Protocol Receiver Loudness Rating Root Mean Square (value) Table of 128 integers in the hopping sequence Recognised Private Operating Agency Radio Resource Radio System Entity Radio Signalling Link Regional Subscription Zone Identity Remote Terminal Emulator Received signal level Received Signal Quality

S
S/W SABM SACCH SACCH/C4 SACCH/C8 SACCH/T SACCH/TF SACCH/TH SoftWare Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Slow Associated Control CHannel Slow Associated Control CHannel/SDCCH/4 Slow Associated Control CHannel/SDCCH/8 Slow Associated Control CHannel/Traffic channel Slow Associated Control CHannel/Traffic channel Full rate Slow Associated Control CHannel/Traffic channel Half rate

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SAP SAPI SB SC SCCP SCH SCN SDCCH SDL SDT SDU SE SEF SFH SI SID SIM SLPP SLR SLTM SME SMG SMLC SMS SMSCB SMS-SC SMS/PP Smt SN SNR SOA SP SPC SPC SRES SS SSC SSN SS7 STMR STP SVN

Service Access Point Service Access Point Indicator Synchronization Burst - Service Centre (used for SMS) - Service Code Signalling Connection Control Part Synchronization CHannel Sub-Channel Number Stand-alone Dedicated Control CHannel Specification Description Language SDL Development Tool Service Data Unit Support Entity Support Entity Function Slow Frequency Hopping - Screening Indicator - Service Interworking - Supplementary Information (SIA=Supplemenatary Information A) SIlence Descriptor Subscriber Identity Module Subscriber LCS Privacy Profile Send Loudness Rating Signalling Link Test Message Short Message Entity Special Mobile Group Serving Mobile Location Centre Short Message Service Short Message Service Cell Broadcast Short Message Service - Service Centre Short Message Service/Point-to-Point Short message terminal Subscriber Number Serial NumbeR Suppress Outgoing Access (CUG SS) - Service Provider - Signalling Point - SPare Signalling Point Code Suppress Preferential CUG Signed RESponse (authentication) - Supplementary Service - System Simulator Supplementary Service Control string Sub-System Number Signalling System No. 7 SideTone Masking Rating Signalling Transfer Point Software Version Number

T
T TA TAC TAF TBR TC TCH TCH/F - Timer - Transparent - Type only - Terminal Adaptor - Timing Advance (between an MS and its serving BTS) Type Approval Code Terminal Adaptation Function Technical Basis for Regulation Transaction Capabilities Traffic CHannel A full rate TCH

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TCH/F2,4 TCH/F4,8 TCH/F9,6 TCH/FS TCH/H TCH/H2,4 TCH/H4,8 TCH/HS TCI TC-TR TDMA TE Tei TFA TFP TI TLV TMN TMSI TN TOA TON TRX TS TSC TSDI TTCN TUP TV TXPWR

A full rate data TCH ( 2,4kbit/s) A full rate date TCH (4,8kbit/s) A full rate data TCH (9,6kbit/s) A full rate Speech TCH A half rate TCH A half rate data TCH ( 2,4kbit/s) A half rate data TCH (4,8kbit/s) A half rate Speech TCH Transceiver Control Interface Technical Committee Technical Report Time Division Multiple Access Terminal Equipment Terminal endpoint identifier TransFer Allowed TransFer Prohibited Transaction Identifier Type, Length and Value Telecommunications Management Network Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity Timeslot Number Time of Arrival Type Of Number Transceiver - Time Slot - Technical Specification - TeleService Training Sequence Code Transceiver Speech & Data Interface Tree and Tabular Combined Notation Telephone User Part (SS7) Type and Value Transmit PoWeR; Tx power level in the MS_TXPWR_REQUEST and MS_TXPWR_CONF parameters

U
UDI UDUB UI UIC UPCMI UPD USSD UUS Unrestricted Digital Information User Determined User Busy Unnumbered Information (Frame) Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer Uniform PCM Interface (13-bit) Up to date Unstructured Supplementary Service Data User-to-User Signalling supplementary service

V
V VAD VAP VBS VGCS VLR VMSC VPLMN VSC V(SD) VTX host Value only Voice Activity Detection Videotex Access Point Voice Broadcast Service Voice Group Call Service Visitor Location Register Visited MSC, (recommendation not to be used) Visited PLMN Videotex Service Centre Send state variable The components dedicated to Videotex service

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W
WS WPA Work Station Wrong Password Attempts (counter)

X
XID eXchange IDentifier

Z
ZC Zone Code

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Annex A (informative): Document change history

Date August 1999 May 2000-05-10 Version Version 7.0.0 Version 8.0.0 Status of GSM 01.04 Information about changes Inclusion of CR approved SMG#29 A002 V8.0.0 created for R99

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History
Document history
V7.0.0 V8.0.0 August 1999 May 2000 Publication Unpublished

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