Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
Appendix 2
Acronyms
E-TDMA Extended TDMA
EIA Electronic Industries Association
EIR
Equipment Identity
Register
ETSI
European
Telecommunication Standards Institute
FACCH Fast
Associated Control Channel
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCCH
Frequency Correction
Channel
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
FDMA
Frequency Division
Multiple Access
FEC Forward Error Correction
FPLMTS Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication System
GMSC Gateway MSC
GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
GPCH
GPRS Packet
Channel
GPRS
General Packet Radio
Service
GSM Groupe Speciale Mobile,
Global System for Mobile Communications
HDLC High level Data Link Control
HLR Home Location Register
HSN Hopping Sequence Number
IAB Internet Activities Board
IAM Initial Address Message
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone Service
IN Intelligent
Network
IP Internet Protocol
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network