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CDMA Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communicatio ...

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1x – See

1xRTT CDMA2000 (also known as C2K or IMT Multi‑Carrier (IMT‑MC)) is a family of 3G mobile technology standards for sending voice, data, and signaling data between mobile phones and cell sites. It is developed by 3GPP2 as a backwards-compatible s ...

1xEV-DO – cdma2000 Evolution, Data Optimized

– cdma2000 Radio Transmission Technology 2G Authentication – See CAVE-based Authentication 3G Authentication – See

AKA Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to: * "Also known as", used to introduce an alternative name Languages * Aka language (Sudan) * Aka language, in the Central African Republic * Hruso language, in India, also referred to as Aka * a prefix in the n ...

3GPP2 The 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) is a collaboration between telecommunications associations to make a globally applicable third generation ( 3G) mobile phone system specification within the scope of the ITU's IMT-2000 project. In ...

– Third Generation Partnership Project 2

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A12 Authentication {{more citations needed, date=March 2016 A12 Authentication (''Access Authentication'' for 1xEV-DO) is a CHAP-based mechanism used by a CDMA2000 Access Network (AN) to authenticate a 1xEV-DO Access Terminal (AT). * Evolution-Data Optimized (''EV- ...

AAA – Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting AC – Authentication Center – See CAVE-based Authentication Access Authentication Acquisition_Table – See PRL Active Pilot – base station(s) currently serving a call. A base station usually has 3 pilot numbers. Also See PN Offset.

– Authentication and Key Agreement A-key – Authentication Key – See CAVE-based Authentication AMPS – Advanced Mobile Phone System AN – Access Network ANI – Automatic Number Identification ANID – Access Network Identifiers

ANSI The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organi ...

– American National Standards Institute ANSI-41 – See IS-41 ARP – Authorized Receipt Point ARPU – Average revenue per user AT – Access Terminal

Authentication Authentication (from ''authentikos'', "real, genuine", from αὐθέντης ''authentes'', "author") is the act of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user. In contrast with identification, the act of indicatin ...

Authorization Authorization or authorisation (see spelling differences) is the function of specifying access rights/privileges to resources, which is related to general information security and computer security, and to access control in particular. More fo ...

Automatic Call Delivery Automatic may refer to: Music Bands * Automatic (band), Australian rock band * Automatic (American band), American rock band * The Automatic, a Welsh alternative rock band Albums * ''Automatic'' (Jack Bruce album), a 1983 electronic roc ...

Automatic Roaming Automatic may refer to: Music Bands * Automatic (band), Australian rock band * Automatic (American band), American rock band * The Automatic, a Welsh alternative rock band Albums * ''Automatic'' (Jack Bruce album), a 1983 electronic roc ...

Autonomous Registration In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ow ...

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Band Band or BAND may refer to: Places *Bánd, a village in Hungary *Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania *Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...

Bandclass BID – Billing Identification

Bilateral Roaming Bilateral may refer to any concept including two sides, in particular: *Bilateria, bilateral animals *Bilateralism, the political and cultural relations between two states *Bilateral, occurring on both sides of an organism ( Anatomical terms of l ...

BILLID – BillingID

Border System Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders ca ...

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Call Disconnect

Caller ID Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call i ...

Call Release

Call termination Call or Calls may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Call, a type of betting in poker * Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage Music and dance * Call (band), from Lahore, Pak ...

Carrier Carrier may refer to: Entertainment * ''Carrier'' (album), a 2013 album by The Dodos * ''Carrier'' (board game), a South Pacific World War II board game * ''Carrier'' (TV series), a ten-part documentary miniseries that aired on PBS in April 20 ...

CAVE A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...

– Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption CAVE-based Authentication CDG – CDMA Development Group

– Code Division Multiple Access CDR – Call Detail Record

Cell site A cell site, cell tower, or cellular base station is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adj ...

CIBER Ciber Global, now a part of HTC Global Services, is a global information technology consulting, services and outsourcing Outsourcing is an agreement in which one company hires another company to be responsible for a planned or existing activ ...

– Cellular Intercarrier Billing Exchange Roamer Cibernet CHAP – Challenge- Handshake Authentication Protocol aka (HDR – ''High Data Rate'') Clearing Clearinghouse CLI – Calling Line Identification – See

CLIP – Calling Line Identification Presentation – See

CLLI – Common Language Location Identifier Clone Closed PRL – See PRL CoA – Care-of-Address – See

Mobile IP Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is desc ...

CND – Caller Number Display – See

CNID – Calling Number Identification – See

CRX – CDMA Packet Data Roaming Exchange CSCF – Call Session Control Function – See

IMS Ims is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gry Tofte Ims (born 1986), Norwegian footballer * Rolf Anker Ims (born 1958), Norwegian ecologist See also * IMS (disambiguation) Ims is a Norwegian surname. Notable people wit ...

CTIA – Cellular Telecom. & Internet Association

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D-AMPS IS-54 and IS-136 are second-generation ( 2G) mobile phone systems, known as Digital AMPS (D-AMPS), and a further development of the North American 1G mobile system Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS). It was once prevalent throughout the America ...

– Digital Analog Mobile Phone Service

DES Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (hypocorism) of Desmond. People named Des include: People * Des Buckingham, English football manager * Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician * Des Dillon (disambiguation), sever ...

– Data Encryption Standard

Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle. It can also be defined as the longest chord of the circle. Both definitions are also valid f ...

DO – See 1xEV-DO DRRR – Direct Routing for Roamer to Roamer Dual-mode handset (i.e.

dual-mode mobile {{Unreferenced, date=April 2016 Dual-mode mobiles refer to mobile phones that are compatible with more than one form of data transmission or network. Dual-Mode Phone A dual-mode phone is a telephone which uses more than one technique for sending an ...

phones)

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eHRPD – Enhanced HRPD EDI – Electronic Data Interchange EDT – Electronic Data Transfer

Encryption In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Ideally, only authorized parties can d ...

Enhanced PRL ERI – Enhanced Roaming Indicator – See Roaming Indicator ESA – Enhanced Subscriber Authentication – See

ESN – Electronic Serial Number ESPM – Extended System Parameters Message EV-DO – See 1xEV-DO

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FA – Foreign Agent – See

FCC – U.S.

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdicti ...

Financial Settlement In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins. A collective settlement is a settlement of multiple similar legal cases. The term also has other meanings in t ...

FOTA – Firmware Over-the-Air – See

OTA OTA or ota may stand for: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Off the Air'', an Adult Swim television series * Otakon, an annual anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland Electronics, science, and technology * Ochratoxin A (also termed OTA), a mycoto ...

Frequency Block

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Global Challenge – See CAVE-based Authentication Global Title GTT – Global Title Translation

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HA – Home Agent – See

Handoff (data) Handoff (voice) HLR – Home Location Register Home Address – See

Home System HNI – Home Network Identifier – See IMSI Home SID/NID List HRPD – High Rate Packet Data – See 1xEV-DO HRPD Session HSS – Home Subscriber Server – See

Hybrid Device

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ICCID – Integrated Circuit Card IDentifier (

sim card A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout) A GSM mobile phone file:Simkarte NFC SecureElement.jpg, T-Mobile nano-SIM card with NFC capabilities in the SIM tray of an iPhone 6s file:Tf sim both sides.png, A TracFone Wireless SIM card ha ...

Number)

IETF The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements an ...

– Internet Engineering Task Force IFAST – International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology IIF – Interworking and Interoperability Function

IMEI The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a numeric identifier, usually unique, for 3GPP and iDEN mobile phones, as well as some satellite phones. It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone but can als ...

– International mobile equipment Identity

– IP Multimedia Subsystem IMSI – International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI 11 12 – Same as MNC (Mobile Network Code) IMSI S – Short IMSI, Mobile Identification Number Inbound Roamer '
Industry Organizations
'' INF – Industry Negative File

Interconnection In telecommunications, interconnection is the physical linking of a carrier's network with equipment or facilities not belonging to that network. The term may refer to a connection between a carrier's facilities and the equipment belonging to ...

Inter standard roaming IRM – International roaming MIN IS-2000 – Superseded by TIA-2000 IS-41 – Superseded by TIA-41 IS-835 IS-856 – Superseded by TIA-856

IS-95 Interim Standard 95 (IS-95) was the first ever CDMA-based digital cellular technology. It was developed by Qualcomm and later adopted as a standard by the Telecommunications Industry Association in TIA/EIA/IS-95 release published in 1995. The ...

ISG – International Signaling Gateway ISUP – Integrated Services User Part

ITU The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Union ...

– International Telecommunication Union

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J-STD-038

K

Key

L

L2TP In computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks (VPNs) or as part of the delivery of services by ISPs. It uses encryption ('hiding') only for its own control messages (us ...

– Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol LAC – L2TP Access Concentrator – See

Line Range LNS – L2TP Network Server – See

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MABEL – Major Account Billing Exchange Logistical Main Service Instance – See Service Instance MAP – Mobile Application Part – See TIA-41 MBI – MIN Block Identifier MC – Message Center – See

SMS Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text ...

MCC – Mobile Country Code MDN – Mobile

Directory Number A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a landline telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or a mobile telephone, or to other devices f ...

ME – Mobile Equipment

MEID A mobile equipment identifier (MEID) is a globally unique number identifying a physical piece of CDMA2000 mobile station equipment. The number format is defined by th3GPP2 report S.R0048but in practical terms, it can be seen as an IMEI but with ...

– Mobile Equipment Identifier

MIN Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Amtr ...

– Mobile Identification Number MIP – Mobile IP – See

MMD – Multimedia Domain MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service MN – Mobile Node MNC – Mobile Network Code MN ID – Mobile Node Identifier – See

MS – Mobile Station MSC – Mobile Switching Center MSCID – Mobile Switching Center Identification MSCIN – MSC Identification Number MSID – Mobile Station Identity MSIN – Mobile Subscription Identification Number, same as MIN MSISDN – Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network Number MSL – Master Subsidy Lock MTSO –

Mobile Telephone Switching Office {{Refimprove, date=May 2015 The Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO) is the mobile equivalent of a PSTN Central Office. The MTSO contains the switching equipment or Mobile Switching Center (MSC) for routing mobile phone calls. It also contains ...

– See MSC Multi-Band Handset Multi-Mode Handset

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NAI – Network Access Identifier NAM – Number Assignment Module NANP – North American Numbering Plan Negative System – See PRL Net Settlement NID – Network Identification Number NMSI – National Mobile Station Identity NMSID – National Mobile Station IDentity, Same as NMSI NPA-NXX – See NANP

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OMA – Open Mobile Alliance Open PRL – See PRL OTAPA – Over The Air Parameter Administration OTASP – Over The Air Service Provisioning

– Over-The-Air Programming Outbound Roamer

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PAP – Password Authentication Protocol Packet Data Service Packet Data Service Option Packet Data Session

PCS A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or techn ...

– Personal Communications Services PDSN – packet data serving node Permissive Mode – See PRL PIN – Personal Identification Number – See RVR Plus Code Dialing PN Offset – Identifies a base station. As base station usually has 3 pilot numbers. Also See Active Pilot. Point of Attachment – See

PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol PPP Service Instance – See Service Instance PPP Session – Point-to-Point Protocol Session Preferred System – See PRL PRL – Preferred Roaming List Profiling PUZL – Preferred User Zone List PZID – Packet Zone Identification

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R

RADIUS In classical geometry, a radius (plural, : radii) of a circle or sphere is any of the line segments from its Centre (geometry), center to its perimeter, and in more modern usage, it is also their length. The name comes from the latin ''radius'', ...

– Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS Server – See AAA RAN – Radio Access Network – See AN Restrictive Mode – See PRL RFC – Request For Comments RN – Radio Network – See AN RoamEx

Roaming Roaming is a wireless telecommunication term typically used with mobile devices, such as mobile phones. It refers to a mobile phone being used outside the range of its native network and connecting to another available cell network. Technical ...

Roaming Agreement Roaming Indicator RSP – Roaming Service Provider RUIM – Removable User Identity Module RVR – Roamer Verification and Reinstatement

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Sector ID Service Instance Service Option Serving System SID – System ID SID/NID Lockout List SIP – Session Initiation Protocol

– Short Message Service SMSC – Short Message Service Centre – See

Soft Handoff SO33 – Service Option 33 – See Service Option SO59 – Service Option 59 – See Service Option SPC – Service Programming Code, same as MSL (Master Subsidy Lock) SPASM – Subscriber Parameter Administration Security Mechanism SPC – Service Programming Code Subnet ID Supplementary Services SSPR – System Selection for Preferred Roaming System table – See PRL

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TDS – Technical Data Sheet

Telcordia iconectiv is a supplier of network planning and network management services to telecommunications providers. Known as Bellcore after its establishment in the United States in 1983 as part of the break-up of the Bell System, the company's name ...

TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association TIA-2000 TIA-41 – Cellular Radio-Telecommunications Intersystem Operations TIA-856 TIA-878 TLDN – Temporary Local Directory Number TMSI – Temporary Mobile Station Identity

Triple DES In cryptography, Triple DES (3DES or TDES), officially the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA or Triple DEA), is a symmetric-key block cipher, which applies the DES cipher algorithm three times to each data block. The Data Encryption Standa ...

– Triple Data Encryption Standard Trading Partner Agreements

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UDR – Usage Data Records UIM – User Identity Module – See RUIM UIMID – UIM Identifier – See RUIM Unique Challenge – See CAVE-based Authentication

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Verification – See RVR Visited System VLR – Visitor Location Register

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WIN – Wireless Intelligent Network WCDMA – Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

X

X0 Records – See

X2 Records – See

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CDMA Development Group (CDG)International Roaming, CDMA Development Group (CDG)
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