Abbreviation Index

A

ANA: Autonomic Network Architecture
ARS: Action Request System
ASM: Automated Storage Management
ASP: Application Server Process
ATCA: Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AWS: Amazon Web Services

B
BER: Bit Error Rate
BFD: Bidirectional Forward Detection
BGCF: Breakout Gateway Control Function
BGP: Border Gateway Protocol
BOSS: Business Operation Support System
BSSAP: Base Station System Application Part

C
CE: Customer Edge
CN: Cognitive Network
CN: Core Network
CONMan: Complexity Oblivious Network Management
CoopRTS: Cooperative Request-To-Send
CORBA: Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPN: Cognitive Packet Network
CPRI: Common Public Radio Interface
CR: Cognitive Radio
CTS: Clear-To-Send

D
DDOS: Distributed Denial-of-Service
DE: Decision Element
DNS: Domain Name System
DT: Drive Test
DwPTS: Downlink Pilot Time Slot

E
EC: Enterprise Customer 
EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud
EIA: Evolvable Internet Architecture 
EML: Element Management Layer
EMS: Element Management System
eTOM: Enhanced Telecom OperationMap

F
FARA: Forwarding Directive,Association and Rendezvous Architecture
FE: Fast Ethernet
FIB: Forwarding Information Base
FIFO: First-In First-Out
FIND: Future Internet Design
FIRE: Future Internet Research and Experimentation
FOCALE: Foundation, Observation,Comparison, Action and Learning Environment
FP7: Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
FPBN: Future Packet Based Network
FR: Frame Relay

G
GANA: General Autonomic Network Architecture
GE: Gigabit Ethernet
GENI: Global Environment for Network Innovations
GFS: Google File System
GP: Guard Period
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
GPS: Global Positioning System
GW: Gateway

H
HCL: Hierarchical Control Loop
HLRMAP: Home Location Register Mobile Application Part
HSS: Home Subscriber Server
HTS: Helper-Ready-To-Send

I

I/S-CSCF: Inquiry/Service-Call Session Control Function
IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service
ICT: Information and Communication Technologies
IMS: IP Multimedia Subsystems
IMS-PDA: IMS-Supported Personal Digital Assistant
INMS: Integrated Network Management System
IOT: Internet of Things
IrDA: Infrared Data Association
IS: Information Service
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ISUP: ISDN User Part
ITIL: IT Infrastructure Library

K
KPI: Key Performance Index

L
LAN: Local Area Network
LSP: Label Switching Path
LTE: Long Term Evolution

M
M2M: Machine to Machine
M3UA: MTP3 User Adaptation
MAC: Media Access Control
MAP: Mobile Application Part
ME: Managed Element
MGCF: Media Gateway Control Function
MGW: Media Gateway
MIMO: Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service
MPLS: Multi-Protocol Label Switching
MSC: Mobile Switching Center
MSCMAP: Mobile Switching Center Mobile Application Part
MSCS: Mobile Switching Center Server
MTP: Message Transfer Part

N
NACF: Network Attachment ControlFunction
NAT: Network Address Translation
NE: Network Element
NFC: Near Filed Communication
NGN: Next Generation Network
NMS: Network Management System
NNI: Network Node Interface
NS: Name Service

O
OAM: Operation, Administration and Maintenance
OBSAI: Open Base Station Architecture Interface
OMC: Operation and Maintenance Center
OMCS: Operation and Maintenance Center of Core Network
OMM: Operation and Maintenance Module
OS: Operating System
OSI: Open System Interconnection
OSPF: Open Shortest Path First
OSS: Operations Support Systems

P
P2P: Peer-to-Peer
PaaS: Platform as a Service
PBT: Provider Backbone Transport
PCCPCH: Primary Common Control Physical Channel
P-CSCF: Proxy Call Session Control Function
PDN: Packet Data Network
PE: Provider Edge
PIC: Programmable Interrupt Controller
POTS: Plain Old Telephony Service
PSS: PSTN/ISDN Simulation Sub-System
PTDN: Public Telecom Packet Data Network

R
RAC: Real Application Cluster
RACF: Resource and Admission Control Function
RAN: Radio Access Network
RBA: Role-Based Architecture
RDBMS: Relational Database Management System
RDF: Resource Description Framework
RFID: Radio Frequency Identity  
RNA: Recursive Network Architecture
RSCP: Received Signal Code Power
RTP: Real-Time Transport Protocol
RTS: Request-To-Send
RTWP: Received Total Wideband Power

S
S3: Simple Storage Service
SaaS: Software as a Service
SBC: Session Border Controller
SCCP: Signaling Connection Control Part
SCTP: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDR: Software-Defined Radio
SerDes: Serializer/De-Serializer
SFTP: Secure File Transfer Protocol
SI: Service Integrator
SILO: Services Integration, Control, and Optimization
SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
SIPI: Signaling IP Interface
SIP-IAD: SIP-Supported Integrated Access Device
SIR: Signal-to-Interference Ratio
SL: Site Local
SMS: Short Message Service
SNI: Service Node Interface
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR: Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SONET: Synchronous Optical Network
SQS: Simple Queue Service
SSH: Secure Shell
SW: Switch

T

TCP/IP: Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
TD-SCDMA: Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
TE: Traffic Engineering
T-MPLS: Transport MPLS
TS: Time Slot
TUP: Telephone User Part

U
ULP: Upper Level Protocol UNI User Network Interface
UpPTS: Uplink Pilot Time Slot
URI: Uniform Resource Identifier 
USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
UWB: Ultra-Wide Band

V
VAS: Value Added Service
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network
VLRMAP: Visitor Location Register Mobile Application Part
VPLS: Virtual Private LAN Service
VPN: Virtual Private Network
VRRP: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

W
WAN: Wide Area Networks
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol 
WCDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access 
WDM: Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Wi-Fi: Wireless Fidelity
WiMAX: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network

X
XaaS: Everything as a Service
XML: Extensible Markup Languages