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ABBREVIATIONS LIST 2/003 22-HSD 101 02/4 Uen A

Glossary of Terms

WCDMA RAN

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Contents

1 In!ro'(#!ion

&!& "arget 'roups

2 A#rony&" %n' Ter&"

3 Re)eren#e Li"!

1 Introduction

"his glossary defines the terms$ acronyms$ and abbreviations used in (ustomer

)roduct *nformation +()*, documentation for the ideband (ode .ivision /ultipleAccess +(./A, Radio Access Netor% +RAN,! "he list is in alphabetical order!

1.1Target Groups

"his document is ritten for anyone or%ing ith (./A RAN systems!

)ersonnel or%ing on Ericsson products or systems must have the training andcompetence reuired to perform their or% correctly!

2 Acronyms and Terms


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1*1

Re'(n'%n#y(oncept of redundancy here each resource that can be

redundant is doubled

2+ 2nd 'eneration

3+ 1rd 'eneration

3+,, "hird 'eneration )artnership )ro#ect

3,, "hird )arty )roduct

1 .A & 3uadrature Amplitude /odulation

A Ampere

AAL A"/ Adaptation 4ayer

AAL0 A"/ Adaptation 4ayer type 0

AAL1 A"/ Adaptation 4ayer type &

AAL2 A"/ Adaptation 4ayer type 2

AAL2L3 A"/ Adaptation 4ayer type 2 4ayer 1

AAL2L3SI+ A"/ Adaptation 4ayer type 2 4ayer 1 ignaling )rotocol

AAL2U AA42 6ser 7ormat

AAL A"/ Adaptation 4ayer type 5

AALC, A"/ Adaptation 4ayer type 5 (ommon )art

ABR Available Bit Rate

AC Access (ondition

Alternating (urrent

Authentication (enter

A##e"" LinCon!ro$

App$i#%!ion ,%r!

+A4(A), 'eneric name for the transport signaling protocol usedto set up and tear don transport bearers

ACCH Associated (ontrol (hannel

ACCU Alternating (urrent (onnection 6nit

AC/DC Alternating (urrent8.irect (urrent

ACIR Ad#acent (hannel *nterference Ratio

AC Ac%noledgement

A#(i"i!ionIn'i#%!ion

C%nne$

+A*(9, (./A donlin% physical channel"he A*(9 ac%noledges that the RB has received a 6E random

access attempt!


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AC, Ad#acent (hannel )rotection

ACSN A"/ (ell itching Netor%

ACT A"/ (ell "ransport

A#!ion /ethod or service that is e:posed by an /;

A#!ie Se!

et of radio lin%s simultaneously involved in a specific

communication service beteen a 6E and a (./A RAN accesspoint

A#!ii!y 5%#!or7actor indicating the percentage of time a channel is available7or e:ample$ a channel ith an activity factor of 0!& is available

&0< of the time!

A#!or

/odel for ob#ects outside the domain of the system$ hich

interacts directly ith the systemActors represent system users$ so they help to delimit the system

and give a clearer picture of its functions!

A/D Analog to .igital

A'%p!ieTer&in%$

"erminal euipment ith the capability of adapting to more thanone type of netor%

AD/DA Analog to .igital8.igital to Analog convertor

A'6%#en! Ce$$(ell ith a radio coverage area that overlaps ith the radiocoverage area of the source cell

AD Au:iliary .istribution /odule

A'&ini"!r%!ie

Ho"!

ingle computer that hosts all or part of the RAN; softare

A'&ini"!r%!ieNo'e

'roup of RAN; hosts located at the same site$ that havecommon system administration and federated applications

A node is the smallest autonomous unit in the (./A system!

A'&i""ion

Con!ro$

et of rules that determines hether a 6E is granted access on

ma%ing a connection reuestAdmission control is also used hen adding a RAB or R4!

AD, Adaptor for data connections

AESA A"/ End ystem Address

AET A"/ E:change "erminal

A5I Authority and 7ormat *dentifier

A5, Automatic 7reuency )lanning

A+C Automatic 'ain (ontrol

A+CH Access 'rant (hannel


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Aggreg%!ion (oncentration of streams

A-+,S Assisted ')

AH Authentication 9eader

AI Acuisition *ndicator

AICH ee Acuisition *ndication (hannel !

AID Application *dentifier

AIR, Antenna *nterface Reference )oint

AIU Antenna *nterface 6nit

AIUR Air *nterface 6ser Rate

A$%r&Notification triggered by an event$ signaling an abnormalcondition

ALCA, ee Access 4in% (ontrol Application )art!

ALE7 Active 4ibrary E:plorer

A$gori!& 8888R7 prediction algorithm for macro cells based on the ;%umara-

9ata model

ALTB AA42 4in% "ermination Board

A Activity /anager

AA7 Access /onitored A"/ and (ircuit itch

AB A"/ /ultipurpose Board

AR Adaptive /ulti Rate

ANS A"/ Netor% ignaling

ANSI American National tandards *nstitute

ANT/A, Antenna8Amplifier

An!enn% Br%n#/odels the R7 path through the euipment selected from theantenna system

An!enn% Br%n#

Type

"here are three types of antenna branch$ as follos=

o R>

o ">

o .uple: +both R> and ">,

AOS Area of ;bservation for tatistics

A, Application

A,I Application )rogramming *nterface


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A,N Access )oint Name

App$e!

)iece of softare stored in the server in a thin client8serverconnection

hen a communication session beteen the thin client and the

server is being established$ the applet loads on to the thin client$

and e:ecutes!

AR5CN Absolute Radio 7reuency (hannel Number

ARI A"/ Resource *nterface

ARIN American Registry for *nternet Numbers

AR, Address Resolution )rotocol

AR. Automatic Repeat Reuest

AR9 Add Radio Base tation i?ard +in RAN;,

ASC Access ervice (lass

Antenna ystem (ontroller

ASCI A"/ itch (ore *nterface

ASC A"/ itch (ore /odule

ASD Administrative tatistical .atabase

ASE Air interface peech Euivalent

A-S+9 Access ignaling 'ateay

ASIC Application pecific *ntegrated (ircuit

ASU Active et 6pdate

AT Asynchronous "ransfer /ode

ATND Access "ransport Netor% .esign

ATT Attach

AU Au:iliary 6nit

A(C Authentication (enter

AUH Au:iliary 6nit 9ub

AUI Administrative 6ser *nterface

Aer%ge

Tr%n"&i!!er,o:er per TCH

/ean of the total poer transmitted over an entire transmission

period

A9E Arrival indo Endpoints

A9+N Added hite 'aussian Noise


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A9S Arrival indo tart )oints

B%"e S!%!ionSy"!e&

+B, B(s plus their respective B"s

BB Baseband

BBI5 Baseband *nterface

BBI5 Baseband *nterface

BCC Base station (olor (ode

BCCH Broadcast (ontrol (hannel

BCH ee Broadcast (hannel!

BE Best Effort

BE Base tation Element /anagement

BEI Base tation Element /anagement *nterface

BeO Beryllium ;:ide

BER Bit Error Rate

B5N ee Node B 7rame Number!

B5U Battery 7use 6nit

BH Busy 9our

BHCA Busy 9our (all Attempts

Binmallest unit +also called pi:el, for hich planning can be done

"he basic unit of analysis area$ or plot area$ in the display!

B-ISDN Broadband *.N

B-ISU, Broadband *.N 6ser )art

BLER Bloc% Error Rate

BO ee Business;b#ects!

BOOT, Bootstrap protocol

Bo%r' ,ro#e""or

Role that a processor can have in the system"he Board )rocessor controls the hardare on the board +if the

board has application hardare,$ and can e:ecute the part of thenode@s intelligence that does not reuire node coordination!

B, ee Board )rocessor!

B, Board )rocessor /odule

B,S Binary )hase hift eying


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Bri'ge .ata lin% layer relay device

Bro%'#%"!C%nne$

+B(9, .onlin% point-to-multipoint transport channel$ hichconveys system information at a fi:ed rate in the hole coverage

area of the cell

"his information is constantly transmitted!

BS Base tation

BSA, Base tation Application )rotocol

BSC Base tation (ontroller

BSD Basic tatistical .atabase

BSIC Base tation *dentity (ode

Base tation *dentification (ode

BS,, Base tation )oint-to-)oint )rotocol

BSS ee Base tation ystem!

BTS Base "ransceiver tation

B(r"!)hysical portion of digital information that is transferred ithinthe time interval of one time slot

B(";%r /ain poer distribution conductors$ fi:ed ithin the cabinet

B("ine""O;6e#!" +B;, Report generator in N-A +third-party product,

B9T Bloc% aiting "ime

C- (ontrol-

CA (ell Area

(apacity Allocation

(ertification Authority

C/A (arrier to Ad#acent (hannel *nterference ratio

CAA (apacity Allocation Ac%noledgement

CAC (all Admission (ontrol

C%&pe' Ce$$(ell in hich the 6E receives system information and cell

broadcast messages hen in *dle mode

C%rrier

hen performing freuency planning$ a carrier is interpreted as a

pair of freuencies$ here one freuency is used forcommunication from the RB to the 6E +donlin%,$ and the other

freuency uses the opposite direction +uplin%,!*n '/ netor%s$ a carrier is identified by means of its AR7(N!

C%rrier L%yer (arriers available for a cellular netor% are divided into carrierlayers


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A carrier layer can be used for a special channel type such as the

B((9! everal carrier layers$ each ith different freuency reuse$create a /ultiple Re-use )attern!

CB (ell Broadcast

CBCH (ell Broadcast (hannel

CBR (onstant Bit Rate

CBU (ontrol Basic 6nit

CC (all (ontrol

"imer ((

(ommon (hannel

CCCH ee (ommon (ontrol (hannel!

##DCH (oded (omposite .edicated (hannel

CCH ee (ontrol (hannel!

CCI (onnection (ontrol *nterface

CC,CH (ommon (ontrol )hysical (hannel

CCS (ommon (hannel upport

CCTrCH ee (oded (omposite "ransport (hannel!

CCU (limate (ontrol 6nit

CD (apacity .eallocation

CDA (apacity .eallocation Ac%noledgement

CDA ee (ode .ivision /ultiple Access !

CDA2000

Radio transmission technology for the evolution of narrobandcdma;ne8*-5 to 1rd generation ideband (./A adding up

multiple carriers in e:isting spectrum +C00 /9? and &00 /9?,(./A2000 is a 1' standard specified by "*A "R D5!5!

#'&%One"rade name for the second generation technology of narroband(./A

CDV (ell .elay ariation

CDVT (ell .elay ariation "olerance

CE ee (hannel Element!

Ce$$ Radio netor% ob#ect that can be uniuely identified by a 6E from

a cell identification$ hich is broadcast from a (./A RANaccess point in a geographical area

Each cell has its on RB and antenna system hich gives radiocoverage over the reuired area! "he antennas can cover all


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directions +omnicell, or be directed in a certain a?imuth +sector

cell,!

Ce$$ C%rrier

(arrier that is broadcast in a coverage area

*n the same coverage area$ there can be one or multiple cell

carriers!

CE, ee (onnection Endpoint!

C5 (onnection 7ield

C5N (onnection 7rame Number

C+I (ell 'lobal *dentity

C%nne$irtual connection$ consisting of physical and logical channelsbeteen (./A RAN and the 6E

C%nne$E$e&en!

+(E, 6nit for measuring radio netor% transmission capacity as abasis for licensing on a right-to-use basis

C%nne$N(&;er

Number corresponding to the assigned 6AR7(N 64 and 6AR7(N.4 pair

C%nne$S:i!#ing

Algorithm that sitches the 6E beteen substates and RBs in theconnected mode$ depending on the traffic volume

CI (ell *dentity

C/I (arrier to *nterference ratio

CI5 (ommon *ntegrated 7rameor%

CI (ommon *nformation /odel

CiperingSe(en#e

N(&;erCo(n!er

+(N(, "otal number of counters in a node for ciphering purposes

Cir#(i! S:i!#e'D%!%

+(., (omplementary tatistical .atabase

CLA (lass

CL (loc%

CLR (ell 4oss Ratio

CLS (ore 4o-level upport

CLU (limatie 6nit

C (onfiguration /anagement

(onnection /anagement

CH (onfiguration /anagement 9andling


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CI, (ommon /anagement *nformation )rotocol

CISE (ommon /anagement *nformation ervice

CS (onfiguration /anagement upport

CN ee (ore Netor%!

CNA (ellular Netor% Administration

CNAI (NA *nterface

CODEC Encoder8.ecoder

CODECS oice Encoder

Co'e'

Co&po"i!eTr%n"por!

C%nne$

.ata stream resulting from the encoding and multiple:ing of one

or several transport channels"he data stream of the (("r(9 is fed to a data splitter unit$

hich splits the (("r(9 data stream onto one or several physicalchannel data streams!

Co'e Dii"ion($!ip$e A##e""

+(./A, .igital cellular technology that uses spread-spectrumtechniues

Every channel uses the full available spectrum! *ndividualconversations are encoded ith a pseudo-random digital

seuence!

COIN5 (ommon operation and maintenance infrastructure

Co&&onCon!ro$ C%nne$

Bidirectional 4ogical (hannel used for transmitting controlinformation beteen (./A RAN and the 6E$ hen no .(9

e:ists

Co&&on O;6e#!Re(e"! BroerAr#i!e#!(re

+(;RBA, oftare architecture that enables ob#ects on thenetor% to communicate regardless of their location$ operatingsystem$ hardare$ and language

Con)ig(r%!ionVer"ion

A (onfiguration ersion +(, is a snapshot of a NE configurationat a given time! "he ( consists of a database bac%up and some

configuration files to enable rollbac% capabilities! "he databasebac%up includes the complete node hardare and softare

configuration! "he softare itself is not included$ #ust a referenceto the 6pgrade )ac%age!

Con)ig(ring*nput of the correct parameter values +softare settings, for theB to function as planned once the hardare is in place$ that is$

after provisioning

Conge"!ion

Con!ro$

et of rules that brings the average 'o in a cell bac% to the

reuired value$ hen it has been belo a predetermined value for

a predetermined time

Conne#!e'o'e

tate of a 6E hen the RR( connection is established

Conne#!ion (ommunication channel beteen to or more connection


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endpoints

A connection allos users to transfer .6s bidirectionally!

Conne#!ion

En'poin!+(E), )oint here a connection is terminated! *t identifies a

specific connection in a A)

Conne#!ion

5r%&e Co(n!er 6sed in Node B$ the RN($ and the 6E for .(9 and common

transport channel$ frame transport references

Conne#!ion

,oin!

)oint inside a connection here to ad#acent lin%s come together!

)erforms address translation and forards informationtransparently beteen the to interconnected lin%s!

Con!en!ionRe"o$(!ion

7unctionality that solves the collision of identities on the initialrandom access messages from to or more 6Es

Con!in(o("Co(n!er

(ounter that is normally activeActive means that the counter is both accumulating data and

reporting data!

Con!in(o("Coer%ge

'eographical ?one in hich the (./A RAN service is uniformlyprovided and the service probability is above a certain threshold

Con!ro$ C%nne$ 4ogical channel carrying system control information

Con!ro$$ingR%'io Ne!:or

Con!ro$$er

+(RN(, Role ta%en by an RN( ith respect to a specific set ofRBs

"here is one controlling RN( for every RB! "he controlling RN(

has the overall control of the logical resources of its RBs!

Coor'in%!e'DCH"

.(9s that transport information for different RAB subflosbelonging to one RAB

(oordinated .(9s are alays established and released incombination!

CORBA ee (ommon ;b#ect Reuest Bro%er Architecture!

CORBA O;6e#!

;b#ect hose visible part consists of an interface$ hich is

described in *.,"he (;RBA interface can specify any operation! (;RBA ob#ects

are addressed through a (;RBA name server!

Core Ne!:or

+(N, Architectural term referring to the part of 1')) system that

is independent of the connection technology of the terminal +fore:ample radio or ired,

Coer%ge Are%'eographical area over hich a (./A RAN service is provided

ith service probability above a certain threshold

C, ee (onnection )oint!

C,CH (ommon )ac%et (hannel

C,I (ustomer )roduct *nformation

C,ICH (ommon )ilot (hannel


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C, (ompressed /ode

C,, ee Ericsson (onnectivity )ac%et )latform!

C,T (all )ath "racing

C,U (entral )rocessing 6nit

C.I (hannel 3uality *ndicator

CRC (yclic Redundancy (hec%

CRNC ee (ontrolling Radio Netor% (ontroller!

C-RNTI (ell Radio Netor% "emporary *dentity

(ontrolling Radio Netor% "emporary *dentity

CS (ircuit itched

(onfiguration ervice

(onfiguration upport

CSD ee (ircuit itched .ata!

CS (onfiguration upport /anager

CSN (iphering euence Number

CS-n (oding cheme n$ including (-& to (-D for ')R

CSNC ee (iphering euence Number (ounter!

CTCH (ommon "raffic (hannel

CTD (ell "ransfer .elay

CTDA (ode "ime .ivision /ultiple Access

CT, (onnection "ermination )oint

CTR (ell "raffic Recording

CU (apacitor 6nit

(ontrol 6nit

"imer (6 +(ombined 6se,

CU7 (apacitor 6nit and >alm

CV ((onfiguration ersion

C9 (ontinuous ave

D/A .igital to Analog

DA,H .aily A/ )ea% 9our


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D%!%

,er"i"!en#y.ata that can survive different events such as upgrade$ restart$

sessions$ reuest$ or none

DB .atabase

.evice Board

'B .ecibel

'Bi .ecibel referred to an isotropic radiator

'B&/easure of poer e:pressed in terms of its ratio +in .ecibels, to

& milliatt

'B&/H!en"i;$e

%r(pL%ng(%ge

+>/4, /ar%up language that describes data formats as ell as

the information model>/4 represents structured data in te:tual form$ and is similar in

concept to 9"/4!

E>!ern%$

%n%ge&en!Sy"!e&

+E/, /anagement system e:ternal to the (./A RAN

subnetor%"he E/ can be an N/$ but it can also be a management

system ith applications that are not delivered ith (./A RAN!

5AACH 7ast Associated Access (hannel

5ACH ee 7orard Access (hannel!

5%#!ory Ser%n!*nterface served by the factory$ hich is published in the name

service

5%"! ,o:er

Con!ro$

)oer control based on slot measurements from the opposite

node$ beteen the RB and 6E

*f the received *R is belo the predetermined *R target$ anINCREASEcommand is sent to the opposite node! A DECREASE

command is sent if the received *R is above the predetermined

target! 7ast-fading effects on poer are trac%ed andcompensated for! Also called Ginner loop poer control!G

5AUSCH 7ast 6plin% ignaling (hannel

5CA,SAreas involved in (onfiguration /anagement$ Account

/anagement$ and ecurity /anagement!

5CCH 7reuency (orrection (hannel

5CS 7rame (hec% euence

5CU 7an (ontrol 6nit

5DD 7reuency .ivision .uple:

5DA 7reuency .ivision /ultiple Access

5DN ee 7ull .istinguished Name!

5EC 7orard Error (orrection

5ee'er Co(p$er

.evice for impedance matching beteen a radio-freuencytransmitter and an antenna having un%non impedance

"he feeder coupler can be used to model various euipment$ such

as multicouplers$ combiners$ connectors$ or 1 dB couplers!

5ee'er(oa:ial cable connecting a radio-freuency transmitter to anantenna

5ee'er ?(&per%n' Sp$i!!er

Lo""e"@Re#eier

(ombined losses of all transmission systems@ componentsbeteen the transmission output and the antenna input +all

losses are in positive dB values,


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5ee'er ?(&per

%n' Sp$i!!erLo""e"

@Tr%n"&i!!er

(ell in hich the 6E receives system information and cell

broadcast messages hen in *dle mode

5ER 7rame Error Rate

5ET 7i:ed Electrical "ilt

5H 7rame 9andling

5i$e Tr%n")er,ro!o#o$

+7"), )rotocol used to transfer files on the *nternet

5ire:%$$oftare that protects a computer system against unauthori?edaccess

A fireall acts as a virtual barrier beteen interfaces or ports!

5 7ault /anagement

5A 7ault /anagement Application

5H 7ault /anagement 9andling

5N 7rame Number

5or:%r' A##e""C%nne$

+7(9, A point-to-multipoint .4 transport channel that is one ofthe ays used for transmitting idle-mode control data to one or

more 6Es

5or:%r' HO

"ype of handover initiated by the 6E"he 6E sends a reuest for the establishment of a ne radio lin%

in the ne cell! *t does not use the current radio lin% forperforming 9;$ but the radio lin% of the ne cell!

5, 7rame )rotocol

5re(en#y B%n'

Band defined beteen the upper and loer channel center

freuencies$ defining the available freuencies for use in thenetor%

5re(en#y+ro(p

(arriers can be divided into several freuency groups*nstead of performing freuency planning for the individual

carriers$ the planning is restricted to freuency groups! "his isespecially useful for systems ith many carriers due to narro

carrier bandidths$ such as "./A and ).(!

5re(en#y

e&ory

7reuency control value updated hile the cloc% is in 4oc%ed

mode"he freuency memory is used to avoid freuency #umps in the

system cloc% rate in cases here the cloc% reference is changed

and hen all cloc% references are lost!

5TA, 7ile "ransfer Access )rotocol

5T, ee 7ile "ransfer )rotocol!


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5T, Serer4ogical node that supports the transfer of files to and from the

file system in a netor% element according to the 7") standard

5U 7an 6nit

7ilter 6nit

5($$Di"!ing(i"e'N%&e

+7.N, Name of a managed ob#ect that is uniue to the (./ARAN

59 7irmare

59 7rameor%

+%!e:%y *nterconnection of to netor%s

+%(ge

alue that can both increase and decrease$ and that has a

ma:imum valueA gauge can also represent the relative increase of a counter

during a given time interval!

+C 'eneral (ontrol

+CR 'uaranteed (onstant Rate

+ener%$,(rpo"e

,ro#e""or Bo%r'

+')B, )rocessor board euipped ith a processor poerfulenough to act as an /)

"he ')B can also be used as a device!

+eneri# Or'erO;6e#!

+';;, (onfiguration rules to transform specified productpac%ages into one or more standard modules

+ERAN '/8E.'E RAN

+5C 'eneric 7lo (ontrol

++SN 'ateay ')R upport Node

+IS 'eographic *nformation ystem

+SC 'ateay /obile itching (enter

+S 'aussian /inimum hift eying

+OO ee 'eneric ;rder ;b#ect!

+oS ee 'rade of ervice!

+, 'eneral )rocessor

'uard )eriod

+,B ee 'eneral )urpose )rocessor Board!

+,EH 'eneral )erformance Event 9andling

+,RS 'eneral )ac%et Radio ervice


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+,S 'lobal )ositioning ystem

+r%'e o)Seri#e

+'o, Alloable percentage of calls that are alloed to bebloc%ed

(ircuit-sitched traffic uses this performance specification!

+r%pi#%$ U"er

In!er)%#e

+'6*, 'eneric term$ but for (./A$ it describes all softare

e:ecuting on a thin client but loaded from a RAN; serverA '6* consists of & - n 9"/4 pages and 0 - n applets!

+S 'lobal ystem for /obile (ommunications

+SN ')R upport Node

+T, ')R "unneling )rotocol

+T,-U ')R "unneling )rotocol for 6ser )lane

+UI ee 'raphical 6ser *nterface!

H%n'oer

+9;, Act of transferring communication ith a 6E from one B to

anotherAn 9; comprises a family of procedures that adds or removes

radio lin%s beteen 6Es and the (./A RAN$ hen an RR(connection e:ists and the position of the 6E is %non at cell level

in the (./A RAN! "he 9; function or%s on the entire radioconnection!

H%r' B$o#ing(./A RAN bloc%s a call hen there are no hardare resources

available

H%r' HO

9; that entails a brief disconnection from the previous servingcell before establishing connection ith the target cell

A 9ard 9; is used hen transferring from a (./A system to

an analog system$ or from one freuency to a different freuencyin the same cell or in a different cell!

HAR. 9ybrid Automatic Repetition Reuest

HCS 9ierarchical (ell tructure

HDLC 9igh 4evel .ata 4in% (ontrol

H5N 9yper 7rame Number

H5S 9opping 7reuency et

HHO ee 9ard 9;!

HLR 9ome 4ocation Register

HN 9ome Netor%

HO ee 9andover!

HO Br%n#6u connection beteen one 6E in (onnected mode and one(./A RAN access point


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HO C%n'i'%!e

Se!

(ells that are not currently in the active set$ but have been

received by the 6E ith sufficient strength as to be added to theactive set

HO Leg

9; branches that belong to a cell$ that are combined ithin that

(./A RAN access point

Each of the resulting RB-RN( connections +*ub interface, isnamed as an 9; or diversity leg!

HO oni!oringSe!

All cells$ either from the (./A RAN or from other systems suchas '/$ that (./A RAN reuests the 6E to monitor hen in

(onnected mode! "hese cells are not strong enough to be addedto the active set!

H, 9igh )oer

H,S 9andover )ath itching

HRR 9andover Resource Reservation

HSCSD 9igh peed (ircuit itched .ata

HSD,A 9igh peed .onlin% )ac%et Access

HS-D,CCH 9igh peed .edicated )hysical (ontrol (hannel

HS-DSCH 9igh peed .onlin% hared (hannel

HS-,DSCH 9igh peed )hysical .onlin% hared (hannel

HS-SCCH 9igh peed hared (ontrol (hannel

HSN 9opping euence Number

HTL 9yperte:t /ar%up 4anguage

HTT, 9yperte:t "ransfer )rotocol

H(; (entral distribution system for a cabling system

H9 9ardare

IV *ntegration and erification

IANA *nternet Assigned Number Authority

IC *ntegrated (ircuit

ICD *nter-(ell .ependency /atri:

IC5 *nterface (onnection 7ield

IC, *nternet (ontrol /essage )rotocol

IC, *nternal (ontrol )ath

ID *dentifier

*dentity


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IDL *nterface .efinition 4anguage

I'$e o'etate of a 6E hen it is sitched on$ but no RR( connection isestablished

ID *nternal poer .istribution /odule

IE *nformation Element

IET5 *nternet Engineering "as% 7orce

I5HO *nter-7reuency 9andover

IIO, *nternet *nter-;RB )rotocol

I *nternet ey

IE ee *nternet ey E:change!

In!erne! ey

E>#%nge

+*E, /ethod by hich cryptographic %eys for the encryption and

authentication of *) pac%ets are e:changed and updated$ ithoutdisclosure to third parties

I *nformation /odule

*nter-modulation

IA *nverse /ultiple:ing for A"/

IEI *nternational /obile Euipment *dentity

I+I *nternational /obile 'roup *dentity

ISI *nternational /obile ubscriber *dentity

ISI n(&;er6niue number that is assigned to each */ card$ to identifyusers in the netor%

IT *nternational /obile "elecommunications 2000

IT-2000'lobal standard for third generation mobile telephony developed

by the *"6

IN *ntelligent Netor%

In)or&%!ionL%yer

A generic interface for accessing the information model e:posedby local resources in the NE

In)or&%!ionSeri#e(entral mechanism for the handling of (./A RAN configurationinformation

An * instance is a part of the * located in a RAN; host or anNE!

Inner Loop,o:er Con!ro$

ee 7ast )oer (ontrol!

In!er)eren#eSign%$ Co'e

+*(), *nterference on the received signal after de-spreading;nly the non-orthogonal part of the interference is included in


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,o:er this measurement!

In!eri&S!%n'%r' 8

+*-5, *nterim tandard 5 tandard for implementing (./Acellular technology on narroband systems

In!ern%$

Co&&(ni#%!ion

,%!

(hannels beteen all the processors$ through hich they

communicate ith each other

In!er-RAT *nter-Radio Access "echnology

IOR *nteroperable ;b#ect Reference

I, *nternet )rotocol

I,C *nter-)rocess (ommunication

I,Se# ee *) ecurity )rotocol!

I,Se# +9 ee *) ecurity )rotocol 'ateay!

I, Se#(ri!y,ro!o#o$

+*)ec, uite of protocols by hich the use of pre-pac%etencryption and authentication can be negotiated*)ec does not imply any particular encryption or authentication

algorithm$ nor cryptographic %ey length! (ryptographic %eys canbe either pre-shared or determined by the *nternet ey E:change

)rotocol!

I, Se#(ri!y,ro!o#o$

+%!e:%y

+*)ec ', 4ogical node used for interoperability ith non-*)ecdevices

"he *)ec ' is used hen a host that runs *)ec communicates

ith a server that does not have *)ec support! *n this case$ thetunneling mode of the *)ec )rotocol is used!

IRATCC *nter-RA" (ell (hange

IRATHO *nter-RA" 9andover

IR, *ntegration Reference )oint

IS-8 ee *nterim tandard 5!

IS ee *nformation ervice!

*nterface itch

ISC, ee *nterference ignal (ode )oer!

ISDN *ntegrated ervices .igital Netor%

ISHO *nter-system 9andover

ISO *nternational tandards ;rgani?ation

IS, *nternet ervice )rovider

ISU, *.N 6ser )art


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ITU *nternational "elecommunications 6nion

ITU-T*nternational "elecommunications 6nion - "elecommunicationstandardi?ation ector

I(*nterface beteen an RN( and a (N

"he *u interface is also considered a reference point

I(; *nterface beteen an RN( and an RB

I( Be%rer

Bearer used over the (./A RAN (N interface +*u layer 2,

"hree types of bearer are defined=

o .ata$ dedicated *u bearer used by RABs

o ignaling$ connection-oriented *u bearer used by (()

o ignaling$ connection-less *u bearer used by (()

I( Conne#!ionSe!

et of all *u-c8*u-p user plane and *u control plane connectionsestablished for a 6E

I( Con!ro$ ,$%ne

Conne#!ion(onnection used for control signaling beteen (./A RAN and a

(N

I(-# U"er ,$%neConne#!ion

(onnection used for ( services beteen (./A RAN and a ((N

I(-p U"er ,$%neConne#!ion

(onnection used for pac%et sitched services beteen 6"RANand a pac%et sitched (N

I(r *nterface beteen to RN(s

I95 *nteror%ing 7unction

I9U *nteror%ing 6nit

?1 Fapanese standard$ &!5 /bps transmission lin%

?%% Vir!(%$%#ine

+F/, ;perating system that provides a run time environment forFava programs

?i!!er

7ast variations in the significant instant in time of a signal

Fitter refers to high-freuency phase fluctuations! *t is normallyuite easy to reduce #itter through 4) filtering!

?(&per

Removable electrical connection or cable$ beteen the same unit

or beteen units$ usually a cable

?V ee Fava irtual /achine!

Bp" ilobytes per second

;p" ilobits per second

"p" ilo-symbols per second


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L1 4ayer & +)hysical layer,

L2 4ayer 2 +.ata 4in% layer,

L3 4ayer 1 +Netor% layer,

LA ee 4ocation Area!

LAC 4in% Access (ontrol

4ocation Area (ode

LAI 4ocation Area *dentity

LAN 4ocal Area Netor%

LA,B 4in% Access )rotocol Balanced

LATA 4ocal Access and "ransport Area

LAU 4ocation Area 6pdate

LC, 4in% (ontrol )rotocol

LDA, 4ighteight .irectory Access )rotocol

LDN ee 4ocal .istinguished Name!

LED 4ight Emitting .iode

Lin)rovides for the capability of transferring ).6s bidirectionallybeteen to connecting points

L 4icense ey

L5 4icense ey 7ile

LLB 4ine 4oop Bac%

LLC 4ogical linc control

L 4oad /odule

4ocation /anagement

LU 4ocation /easurement 6nit

LN 4ogical Name

LNA 4o Noise Amplifier

Lo%' o'($e

All code and data reuired to create a program

"he code is lin%ed$ but relocatable! "he data includes programconstants$ initiali?ed program variables$ and environmental

variables! "he 4/ is handled as a file!

LOC 4oss of (onnectivity

Lo#%$ +4.N, Name of an /; relative to the root in the node$ hich is


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Di"!ing(i"e'

N%&e

relative to the NE /;

"he 4.N must be uniue!

Lo#%$ 5i$e

Sy"!e&

7ile system that mainly has the function of importing and

e:porting data to and from RAN;

Application data is not %ept in the local file system!

Lo#%!ion Are%+4A, Area covered by a number of cells"he 4A configuration is used by the (ircuit (N for subscriber

location!

Log

4ocal$ permanent storage in a NE for seuential information

*n the RAN system$ there are several different logs such as Alarm4og$ "ransaction log$ Event 4og and 9 7ault 4og!

Logi#%$ C%nne$*nformation stream dedicated to the transfer of a specific type ofinformation over the radio interface

LoS 4ine of ight

LOS 4oss ;f ignal

LSB 4east ignificant Bit

& /eter

A /ultiple Access

AAS /anagement Access Alarm ervice

AB+S /anagement Access Bul% (onfiguration ervice

AC /edium Access (ontrol

AC-" /edia Access (ontrol high speed

AC-' /edium Access (ontrol - dedicated

%#ro Ce$$ ;utdoor cell used to provide coverage for a ide area

ACS /anagement Access (onfiguration ervice

ADBS /anagement Access .atabase ervice

ADT /ean Accumulated .ontime

A+SS /anagement Access 'ateay ecurity ervice

AHO /obile Assisted 9andover

%in ,ro#e""or+/), Role that a certain processor can have in the system/)s form a cluster that contributes to the node@s robustness and

e:ecutes the central intelligence of the node@s application!

%in ,ro#e""or

C$("!er+/)(, E:ecution platform built of a number of /)s

AIO /obile Allocation *nde: ;ffset


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AIS /anagement Access *nventory ervice

ALS /anagement Access 4og ervice

%n%ge'Co&ponen!

+/(, 'rouping of softare that allos the system administratorto perform the folloing operations=

o /onitor

o tart

o Restart

o top

o ;rder logging and tracing

o .efining of parameters

An /( is the smallest unit that can be deployed on separate

hosts$ and is euivalent to the folloing= one F/ or one (;RBAserver!

%n%ge' O;6e#!

+/;, Abstract vie of a resource that is sub#ect to managementAn /; is defined in terms of the attributes it possesses$

operations it may perform$ notifications it may issue$ andinteractions it may have ith other /;s!

%n%ge&en!In)or&%!ion

B%"e

+/*B, *nstantiation of an /*/"he /*B contains all the /;s and the relations beteen them!

According to conventions established by the configuration *R)$there are one or more$ /*Bs for each * instance! "his means

that an * instance can contain one /*B each for radio$ transport$and euipment information! "hese /*Bs can be interrelated and

related to /*Bs of other * instances!

%n%ge&en!

In)or&%!ion

o'e$

+/*/, .efines the different classes$ their attributes$ and the

relationships beteen the classes

;ther information such as cardinality$ initial values$ mandatoryinformation$ value ranges$ and relationships beteen /;s are

described! *n this architecture$ the /*/ is described in >/4!

According to conventions established by the configuration *R)$there can be one or more /*/s for each * instance!

ANS /anagement Access Notification ervice

AO /anaged Adaptation ;b#ect

A, /obile Application )art

A,S /anagement Access )erformance ervice

AS /anagement Access ervice

ASCS /anagement Access cript ervice

%"!er C$o# (loc% that provides a reference timing signal to slave cloc%s

A9S /anagement Access eb ervice

B /anagement Broser


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BL /anual Bloc%ing

;p" /egabits per second

BS /a:imum Burst i?e

C ee /anaged (omponent!

CC /obile (ountry (ode

C +ro(p

et of /(s that the system administrator can start and stop asone entity

(ommon instance parameters can be configured for an /( group!/( groups are used to define a set of instances handling a

segment or a region!

C Ser%n! ;b#ect implementing the /( interfaces

C,A /ulticarrier )oer Amplifier

C,A-H(; /ulticarrier )oer Amplifier 9ub

#p" /ega-chips per second

CR /inimum (ell Rate

CS-n/odulation and (oding cheme n$ including /(-& to /(- for

E.'E

E /agnetic Euator

e'i% +%!e:%y+/', *) router located at the boundary of the core netor%$

or%ing as a bridging element beteen different media

EHO /obile Evaluated 9andover

ER /essage Error Rate

ET /anually Ad#ustable Electrical "ilt

e!%'%!%

"erm generally used in the (;RBA specification$ hich denotesthe information contained in the *.4 specification! By enuiring a

metadata repository$ an application can dynamically issuereuests to ob#ects ithout reuiring *.4 interface-specific stubs

to be lin%ed in! imilar information is also acuired for managedob#ects$ and then stored in the /*/!

+S /anaged 'roup upport

+9 ee /edia 'ateay!

I /anagement *nterface

IB ee /anagement *nformation Base !

i#ro#e$$mall outdoor or indoor cell used to improve coverage in localareas$ or to provide outdoor hot spot solutions


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I ee /anagement *nformation /odel !

I, /obile *)

/obility /anagement

I /an-/achine *nterface

N /agnetic North

NC /obile Netor% (ode

NL /anagement Netor% 4ayer

NO Netor% /ode of ;peration

O ee /anaged ;b#ect!

OC /; (lass

o'($eeveral instances of applications that handle all the functions for

a certain part of the netor%

OHO /obile ;riginated 9andover

OI /; *nstance

O /; /odel

ORB /; Reuest Bro%er

, ee /ain )rocessor!

,B /ain )rocessor Board

,C ee /ain )rocessor (luster!

RC /a:imum Ratio (ombining

RS /ain Reuirement pecification

S /agnetic outh

/ain ubrac%

/obile tation

SC /obile ervices itching (enter

SID /obile tation *dentifier

SIN /obile tation *dentification Number

SISDN /obile ubscriber *dentification Number

SS /ain uccess cenario

T /obile "erminated

TB5 /ean "ime Beteen 7ailures


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T, /essage "ransfer )art

T,3-B /essage "ransfer )art 4evel 1

TTR /ean "ime-to-Repair

TU /a:imum "ransmission 6nit

/a:imum "ransfer 6nit

U /ain 6nit

(

/anagement *nterface

"he /u is a union of the /ur$ /ub$ and /un interfaces! "he /6acts is the interface beteen (./A RAN and e:ternal

management systems!

(;

/anagement interface toards RB from RAN;

"he /ub e:poses all services in the service layer of the RB andthe *$ for the purpose of accessing RB information!

(; ("er Any person or tool$ that access the /ub inerface

(-+UI /; *nterface used by the '6*

UI /obile 6ser *dentifier

(i /anagement interface toards ;/*N7 +toards RAN; and E/,

(n /anagement interface toards the (ore Netor% from RAN;

"he /un is the management interface beteen the '6* and cell

management provided by RAN;! *t e:poses all services in theservice layer of RAN; and the * to access (./A RAN

subnetor% information!

(r /anagement *nterface toards RN( from RAN;

"he /ur is the management interface provided by the RN(! *te:poses all services in the service layer of an RN( and the *$

ith the purpose of accessing RN information!

N*1

Re'(n'%n#y(oncept of redundancy here several active resources +N, share

one +&, redundant unit to handle failures

NAC Negative Ac%noledgement

NAI Netor% Access *dentifier

N%&e Serer

Name server in ()) used for publishing tas%s and servers of the/)(

"he name server provides the possibility for softare on any

processor to find a process of the /)($ regardless of hichprocessor currently e:ecutes the process!

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NBA, Node B Application )art

NCC Netor% (olor (ode

NCCI Node (onnection (ontrol *nterface

NCH Netor% (onnection 9andling

NCS Neighboring (ell upport

ND Number direction

NE ee Netor% Element!

NEAD NE Adaptor

Ne%r-5%r

,ro;$e&

Assume there are to 6Es$ one near the RB and one far from

the RB! "he propagation path loss difference beteen these 6Esmay be tens of dB! *n general$ the strongest received 6E signal

captures the demodulator at the RB! "his signal raises the noisefloor at the RB demodulators for the ea%er signal$ thereby

decreasing the probability that the ea%er 6E signal is received!

NEHO Netor% Evaluated 9andover

Neig;or Ce$$Ad#acent cell that participates in a relationship$ for 9; purposes$

ith the serving cell

Neig;or Li"!

4ist of ad#acent (./A cells used for 9; calculations

Ad#acent cells are not necessarily physically ad#acentH radio

prediction and topological factors determine hich cells areneighbors!

NESU NE upervisor

Ne!:or

E$e&en!

+NE, Euipment operating as part of a communication netor%$

for e:ample the RN( or RB$ used in the provisioning of atelecommunications service

An NE can include the features$ functions$ and capabilities thatare provided by the euipment$ such as transmission and routing

data$ and subscriber numbers$ databases$ signaling systems$ andinformation for billing and collection!

"raffic and administration nodes such as the RB$ RN($ and R>*

C20 +sometimes used to denote smaller parts of a node$ fore:ample a module or a bloc%,!

Ne!:or

E%$(%!e' HO9; triggered by an evaluation made by the netor%!

Ne!:or

%n%ge&en!

9andling$ managing and coordinating operations on the complete

netor% functionality$ such as )erformance /anagement and7ault /anagement

Ne!:or +N/, ystem that manages more than one subnetor%


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%n%ge&en!

Sy"!e&

Ne!:or

,$%nning

)lanning for the individual B sites and configurations

"he B coverage and capacity reuirements are evaluated$ ta%ing

terrain$ user distribution$ and traffic demand for different services

into account!

Ne!:or

Se#!ion)art of a RAN system including a number of RNs that are

connected to the same ;/*N7 and RAN; subsystems

Ne!:or

Syn#roni


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Conne#!or heavier cables$ such as antenna feeders

N9 Netor%

N9S Netor% tatistics

N9S-A Netor% tatistics Analy?er

O ;peration and /aintenance

O In!r%ne!*)-based netor% in the (./A RAN that carries ;I/information

OBI5 ;ptical Baseband *nter7ace Board

O;6e#! E>p$orer+;E, 'eneric ob#ect broser used to brose management

information in the system

OE ee ;b#ect E:plorer!

OC ;peration and /aintenance (enter

O+ ;b#ect /anagement 'roup

OIN5 ;peration and /aintenance *nfrastructure

OS ;peration and /anagement upport

ORB ;b#ect Reuest Bro%er

ORB !re%'ing

"hreading model that has a dedicated reader thread serving each

connection and a pool of or%er threads;n reuest$ one or%er thread is allocated from the pool and

scheduled to serve the reuest! *f there is no free or%er thread$the reuest is ueued!

Or!ogon%$V%ri%;$e

Spre%'ing5%#!or

+;7, (ode tree that contains the channeli?ation spreadingcodes used in both 64 and .4

"he spreading factor can vary from D to 5&2 in the .4$ and D to25 in the 64! "hese orthogonal codes are used to separate

different channels and users!

OS ;perating ystem

OSA ;perating ystem Additions

OSE ;perating ystem Embedded

OSI ;pen ystems *nterconnection +*;,

OS,5 ;pen hortest )ath 7irst

OSS ;perations upport ystem

OSS-RC ;perations upport ystem for Radio and (ore

OT, ;pen "elecom )latform

O(!er $oop ee lo )oer (ontrol!


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po:er #on!ro$

OV, ;vervoltage )rotection

OVS5 ee ;rthogonal ariable preading 7actor!

,A )oer Amplifier

)rimary Address

,%ging "o see% a 6E hen a call has been placed to that 6E

,%ging Are%

'eographical region in hich a 6E is paged as part of a

terminating call establishment"he paging area can comprise one or more cells!

,%ging C%nne$

+)(9, .4 point-to-multipoint transport channel$ used to page agroup of 6Es in the coverage area of the cell

"he )(9 carries control information to the 6E hen the locationis un%non!

,AS )reselected Alternative /aster-lave

,AU )oer Amplifier 6nit

,BC )oer Battery (abinet

,BCCH )ac%et Broadcast (ontrol (hannel

,C )ersonal (omputer

)oer (ontrol

,CAT )roduct (atalog

,CCH )aging (ontrol (hannel

,CC,CH )rimary (ommon (ontrol )hysical (hannel

,CH ee )aging (hannel!

,C )ulse (ode /odulation

,C,ICH ee )rimary ()*(9!

,CR )ea% (ell Rate

,CS )ersonal (ommunication ystem

,CU )oer (ontrol 6nit

,D )oer .istributor

)rofile .ata

,DC )ersonal .igital (ellular

)acific .igital (ellular$ the Fapanese digital cellular standard


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,DCH )ac%et .ata (hannel

,D5 )osition .etermining 7unction

)robability .ensity 7unction

,DH ee )lesiochronous .igital 9ierarchy !

,DHU )lesiochronous .igital 9ierarchy 6nit

,DR )ac%et .ata Router

,DSCH )hysical .onlin% hared (hannel

,DU )oer .istribution 6nit

)rotocol .ata 6nit

,ED )arameter Editor

,er)or&%n#e

D%!% Repor!ing"o compile and distribute collected data

,er)or&%n#e

Een!

;ccurrence in the system caused by an activity in the netor%$ a

timer time-out$ or a value that has crossed a threshold!

)erformance events can be traffic related or non-traffic related!

,er)or&%n#e

Een! H%n'$er

*nforms the user about the availability of performance events

hen the )erformance Event 9andler receives a performance

notification either from a server application or from a)erformance Event 9andler in another node$ it distributes the

event to all users that have a subscription to that event!

,er)or&%n#e

Een!S(;"#rip!ion

Li"!

4ist of all )erformance Event subscribers

7or every ne performance event user in a node$ a ne)erformance Event subscription is created in the )erformance

Event 9andler

,er)or&%n#e

oni!oringcheduled scanning of measurement attributes in the netor%

,er)or&%n#e

No!i)i#%!ionNotification sent by the server application to the )erformance

Event 9andler hen a performance event occurs

,er)or&%n#e

Re#or'ing

Allos the )erformance /anagement user to create subscriptions

to predefined event groupings$ such as /obile "raffic Recordingand (ell "raffic Recording

,er)or&%n#eS!%!i"!i#"

Allos the )erformance /anagement user to create subscriptionsto predefined counters$ counter groups$ thresholds$ and relatedalarms at node and netor% level

,er)or&%n#e

S!%!i"!i#"S(;"#rip!ion

Li"!

4ist of all the )erformance tatistics subscriptions

7or every ne )erformance tatistics subscriber in a node$ a ne)erformance tatistics subscription is created in the )erformance

tatistics application!


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,er"on%$

Co&&(ni#%!ionSy"!e&

ervices for digital radio freuency euipment conveying both

voice and data over ireless netor%s

,+ ee )rocessing 'ain!

,H= )hysical layer

,yCH ee )hysical (hannel!

,yCH D%!%

S!re%&

*n uplin% - data stream that is transmitted on one )hy(9

*n donlin% - data stream that is transmitted on one )hy(9 ineach cell of the active set

,y"i#%$C%nne$

+)hy(9, ;ne of the folloing=o *n 7.. mode - channel that is defined by code$ freuency$

and in the uplin%$ relative phase +*83,

o *n ".. mode - )hy(9 is defined by code$ freuency$ and

time slot

,I )erformance *ndicator

,I )aging *ndicator

,ICH )age *ndication (hannel

,i#o Ce$$ /ainly indoor cells$ ith a typical radius of less than 50 meters

,ID )ac%et *dentifier

)roduct *dentity

,i$o! C%nne$

6nmodulated$ direct-seuence spread spectrum signal

transmitted continuously by each RB"he pilot channel allos a 6E to acuire the timing of the forard

(./A channel$ provides a phase reference for coherentdemodulation$ and compares signal strength beteen RBs for

determining hen to action an 9;!

,IU )lug *n 6nit

,IU Type "ype of )lug-in 6nit

,i>e$

'eographical suare and the smallest unit +also called bin, for

hich planning can be done"he basic unit of analysis area$ or plot area$ in the display! A

&00 m pi:el ould cover &00 J &00 K &0000 m !

, )ublic ey upport

,I )ublic ey *nfrastructure

,$%nne'

Con)ig(r%!ion

Netor% configuration that allos for virtual netor% planning$

using the same tools as for real netor% planning$ ithoutdisturbing real netor% operation

A planned configuration has a name$ and contains information


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about hen it is created! *t can also contain other %inds of

configuration information!

,$e"io#rono("

Digi!%$

Hier%r#y

+).9, (ommon standard utili?ed throughout the orld to

multiple: digital information

.ue to limitations such as lac% of fle:ibility and performance it

has been superseded in some areas by .9!

,LN )ublic 4and /obile Netor%

, )erformance /anagement

)erformance /onitoring

,A )erformance /anagement Analysis

,H )erformance /anagement 9andling

,S )erformance /anagement upport

,TU )ath /"6

,NNI )rivate Netor%-to-Netor% *nterface

,oin!er"

/ethod used by .9 and ;NE" to transmit payloads that are

not necessarily synchronous to the .98;NE" cloc%

)ointers are used to indicate the beginning of a tributary in thepayload!

,OSS )oer upply ystem

,OI )oint of *nterconnection

,o:er Con!ro$

6sed in both 64 and .4 to maintain the 3o for a specific radio

connection64 poer control is employed to alleviate the channel fading

effect$ and to reduce the near-far problem and co-channelinterference caused by simultaneous users! ;n the .4$ poer

control is used to compensate for channel fading!

,, )roduct )ac%age

,,A Ericsson )ac%et )latform Architecture

pp; part per billion +&0e-,

,,E )ersonal )rotective Euipment

pp& part per million +&0e-,

,p-& )oer offset )reamble /easure +1')) spec,

,,, )oint-to-)oint )rotocol

,,S )ulse )er econd

,RACH )hysical Random Access (hannel


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,RC )rimary Reference (loc%

,re"en!%!ionL%yer

)rovides the interface to the e:ternal (./A RAN system actors"he presentation layer also provides data presentation and

operator interaction!

,ri&%ry C,ICH+)()*(9, )hysical channel broadcasting cell site information

"he )()*(9 is a timing reference for all .4 channels!

,ri&%ry Tr%))i# /ain traffic stream beteen the / and the B

,ro#e""mallest$ separately e:ecutable part in an ;E .elta systemA process has a priority level$ a mail bo:$ and an e:ecution state!

,ro#e""ing +%in +)', Ratio of transmitted bandidth to information bandidth

,ro'(#!

,%#%ge

et of functions$ features$ services$ or characteristics carrying a

customer valueA product pac%age is an item that Ericsson licenses!

,rogr%& E:ecuting code in a load module$ hen it is e:ecutingA program is made up of one or several processes!

,roi"ioning*nstallation of Bs$ including site preparation and antennainstallation

,RS )rimary Reference ource

,S )ac%et itched

,SA )erformance tatistical Alarms

,SCH )rimary ynchroni?ation (hannel

,SCN )ac%et itched (ore Netor%

,STN )ublic itched "elephone Netor%

,SU )oer upply 6nit

,U5 )oer 6p 7unction

,VC )ermanent irtual (hannel

,VCC )ermanent irtual (hannel (onnection

,V, )ermanent irtual )ath

,V,C )ermanent irtual )ath (onnection

.AAL2pecific transport signaling protocol +3!210, to set up andrelease AA42 transport bearers

.A 3uadrature Amplitude /odulation

.oS ee 3uality of ervice!

.,S 3uadrature )hase hift eying


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.(%$i!y o)

Seri#e+3o, .efines ho many calls are alloed to be bloc%ed

"he 3o performance specification is used for ( traffic!

RA ee Routing Area!

RAB ee Radio Access Bearer!

RAB S(;)$o:

(orresponds to the NA service data streams that have 3ocharacteristics that differ in a predefined manner ithin a RAB$such as classes of differing reliability

A RAB can be reali?ed by (./A RAN through several subflos!

RAC Routing Area (ode

RACH ee Random Access (hannel!

R%'io A##e""

Be%rer

+RAB, 6ser plane connection that the access stratum provides to

the non-access stratum$ for the transfer of user data beteen the6E and (N

R%'io A##e""Ne!:or

Aggreg%!or

+RANA', )hysical node that may be used in the transportnetor% as an A"/ )8( cross connect or an AA42 sitch

"he RANA' constitutes the anchor point of RB (lusters$ RAN

Lones$ or both!

*n (./A$ the R>* C20 is a product instance of the RANA'!

R%'io A##e""

Ne!:orApp$i#%!ion ,%r!

+RANA), Radio netor% signaling over the *u$ the application part

beteen an RN( and a (N

R%'io A##e""

Ne!:orOper%!ionS(ppor!

+RAN;, 'roup of tools used to control$ monitor$ configure$ and

change e:ecutions ithin (./A RAN

R%'io A##e""Ne!:or one

'roup of RBs ith the folloing in common=o "raffic from all RBs is multiple:ed at a common physical

lin% beteen the RAN Lone and the RN(!

o Aggregation is done using A"/ (ross (onnect!

R%'io B%"eS!%!ion

+RB, (./A implementation of Node B"he RB is responsible for transmission and reception in one or

more cells to and from the 6E! "he RB terminates the *ub

interface toards the RN(!

R%'io B%"eS!%!ion C$("!er

'roup of RBs here all user plane traffic from all RBs ismultiple:ed at a common A"/ ) lin%

Aggregation is done using AA42 itching or ( ((!

R%'io Be%rer +RB, Bearer used over the air interface

R%'ioConne#!ion

+R(, 4ogical association beteen one or more 6Es$ and one ormore (./A RAN access points$ to establish point-to-point or


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point-to-multipoint broadcasting communications$ or macro

diversityA radio connection comprises one or more radio lin%s!

R%'io 5r%&e Numbered time interval of &0 ms duration$ used for data

transmission on the Radio )hysical (hannel

A radio frame is divided into &5 time slots of M0! ms duration!

R%'io Lin+R4, et of )hysical (hannels in a transmission path beteen a

6E and a (./A RAN access point

R%'io Ne!:or

Con!ro$$er

+RN(, 4ogical node +and implementation of the logical node, in

the Radio Netor% ubsystem$ in charge of controlling the useand integrity of the radio resources

R%'io Ne!:orS(;"y"!e&

+RN, Either a full netor%$ or the access part of the (./ARAN$ offering the allocation and release of specific radio

resources to establish the means of connection beteen a 6E andthe (./A RAN

An RN is responsible for the resources and for transmission andreception in a set of cells!

R%'io Ne!:orTe&por%ry

I'en!i!y

+RN"*, *dentifier for a 6E hen an RR( connection e:istsAn RN"* is used$ for e:ample$ by the /A( protocol on the RA(9$

7A(9$ and )(9!

R%'io Re"o(r#e

Uni!ingle controllable resource employable for unidirectional

information transfer over the radio interface

RAH Radio Access Netor% 9andling

RAI Routing Area *dentifier

RA Random Access /emory

RAN Radio Access Netor%

RANA+ ee Radio Access Netor% Aggregator !

RANA, ee Radio Access Netor% Application )art!

R%n'o& A##e""

C%nne$

+RA(9, 64 transport channel that is one of the ays used by the

6E to initiate access to the (./A RAN access pointAn RA(9 can also be used to carry short data pac%ets!

RANH RAN 9andling

RANA, RAN /anagement Application )art

RANOS ee Radio Access Netor% ;peration upport!

RANOS CORBA

Serer

(ontainer in hich one or several applications is e:ecuting

A (;RBA server contains & /( servant$ & - n factories$ and 0 - nsessions!

RAN one ee Radio Access Netor% Lone!


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RAT Radio Access "echnology

Register Alias "able

RA7 Random Access and Receiver

RB ee Radio Bearer!

RBS ee Radio Base tation!

RBS C$("!er ee Radio Base tation (luster!

RC ee Radio (onnection!

RCS ee Radio (onnection upervision !

RC S(peri"ion +R(, Algorithm used to detect and handle lost radio connections

RDN Relative .istinguished Name

Re#eier

An!enn% +%in@'Bi

/a:imum gain of the receiver antenna in the hori?ontal plane

+specified as dB relative to an isotropic radiator,

Re#eier

In!er)eren#eDen"i!y

*nterference poer per 9? at the receiver front-end

Receiver interference density is the in-band interference poerdivided by the system bandidth! "he in-band interference poer

consists of both co-channel interference and ad#acent channelinterference!

Re#eier

Sen"i!ii!yignal level needed at the receiver input that #ust satisfies the

reuired Eb8+NoO*o,

RED RAN; Event .atabase

Re)eren#eTi&ing Sign%$

"iming signal of specified performance$ hich can be used as atiming source for a slave cloc%

Region)art of a (./A RAN that is managed by one siteA region consists of & - n segments!

Regi"!r%!ion)rocess by hich 6E identifies its locations and parameters to aB

Re$%y.evice capable of receiving and transmitting information foranother user

Re$%ying )rocess of receiving and transmitting information for another user

Repe%!er.evice that receives a digital signal and amplifies$ resets thetiming$ and reconstructs it for retransmission at the physical layer

Reper!oire An abstraction of a functionality represented by a )*6 type and

one or more load modules"he repertoire also provides rules for )*684oad /odule

combinations valid for a specific function$ here one function canbe provided by one or many )*684oad /odule combinations!

"hese rules are used to load the correct softare +4oad /odules,


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to a specific )*6 type and revision! "his can be used as operator

configuration support or in situations here automatic re-configuration is reuired +hot repair,!

Rep$%#e%;$e

Uni!.evice boards$ fans$ subrac%s$ cabinets$ and processor boards

Re"o(r#e";b#ects for management7or ;I/ applications$ the system resources are represented as

/;s!

RET Remote Electrical "ilt

RETU Remote Electrical "ilt 6nit

R5 Radio 7reuency

R5C Reuest for (omments

R5I5 Radio 7reuency *nterface

R5N RN( 7rame Number

RL ee Radio 4in%!

RL A''i!ion )rocedure in hich a ne R4 is added to the active set

RLC Radio 4in% (ontrol

RLC, Radio 4in% (ontrol )rotocol

RL-ID Radio 4in% *dentity

RL Re&o%$ )rocedure in hich a R4 is removed from the active set

RLS Radio 4in% et

RL Se!

et of R4s beteen a 6E and a (./A RAN$ hich is terminatedin a certain Node B

7or e:ample$ in softer 9;$ the R4 set consists of the R4s in theactive set that are combined in the same Node B!

RL S(per Se!

et of R4 sets beteen a 6E and a (./A RAN$ terminated inRN(

7or e:ample$ in soft 9;$ the R4s in the active set that arecombined in the RN(!

RN Radio Netor%

RNC ee Radio Netor% (ontroller!

RNC 5r%&eCo(n!er

RN( common number counter$ often hard-coupled ith the goodnode oscillator

"he RN( 7rame (ounter can be freuency-loc%ed to a Netor%ynchroni?ation Reference! "he RN( frame counter is free-

running$ rather than phase-loc%ed to any other counter!

RNC-I' RN( *dentifier


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RNC, Radio Netor% (ontrol )lane

RND Radio Netor% .esign

RNH Radio Netor% 9andling

RNL Radio Netor% 4ayer

RNO Radio Netor% ;ptimi?ation

RNS ee Radio Netor% ubsystem!

RNSA, RN Application )art

RNS+9 RN 'ateay

RNTI ee Radio Netor% "emporary *dentity!

RNU, Radio Netor% 6ser )lane

RO Resource ;b#ect

Ro%&ing)rocess in hich a 6E registers and receives services in a )4/Nother than its home )4/N!

RO, Result ;utput )eriod

Ro(!er

Netor% layer relaying or routing deviceH for e:ample$ an *)

router used for routing of *) pac%agesRouters shift pac%ets from one interface or port to another and

ma%e only minimal modifications to the pac%ets themselves!

Ro(!ing Are%+RA, Area covered by a number of cells

"he RA configuration is used by the ) (N for subscriber location!

R,L Recovery )eriod 4ength

R,U Reliable program uniter

RRC Radio Resource (ontrol

RRC Conne#!ion)oint-to-point bidirectional connection beteen RR( peer entitieson the 6E and (./A RAN sides$ respectively

"he 6E has either ?ero or one RR( connections!

RRC +$o;%$

Conne#!ion

'lobal connection used for common signaling beteen (./A

RAN and one or more 6Es

"he RR( 'lobal (onnection is used for random access messages!

RR Radio Resource /anagement

RRU Remote Radio 6nit

RSC, Received ignal (ode )oer

RSSI Received ignal trength *ndication

R-"!%!e Revision tate


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RT Real "ime

RTOS Real-"ime ;perating ystem

RT9, Received "otal ideband )oer

RU Radio 6nit

RUI5 Radio 6nit *nter7ace

R7 Receiver

R7 Dier"i!y

+%in'ain added to the received signal due to spatial antenna diversity

R7I 20

Ericsson ())-based node that implements A"/ aggregation as

ell as *) Routing functionality"he R>* is a product instance of a RANA'!

R7 Noi"e 5ig(re Noise generated by the R>

SA ervice Area

SAAL ignaling A"/ Adaptation 4ayer

SACCH lo Associated (ontrol (hannel

SAI ervice Area *dentifier

pace Access *nterface

SAIU ingle Antenna *nterface 6nit

SA, ee ervice Access )oint!

SAR ite Acuisition Report

SAR5 earch Area Reuest 7orm

SASE tand-Alone ynchroni?ation Euipment

S#%nner 'roup of statistical counters

S#%nner Type "ype of scanner

SCB itch (ore Board

SCC ignaling (onnection (ontrol

SCCH ynchroni?ation (ontrol (hannel

SCC, ignaling (onnection (ontrol )art

SCC,CH econdary (ommon (ontrol )hysical (hannel

SCC,-SA, (() ervice Access )oint

SCH ee ynchroni?ation (hannel!


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S#e&%

et of /; classes$ ith properties and associations that are

applicable to a given conte:t"he schema is represented by the /*/!

SCR ustainable (ell Rate

S#r%&;$ing

Co'e

4ong codes in the .4 to separate transmissions from different

sources;ne scrambling code is assigned to each cell! )rimary scrambling

codes are limited to 5&2 to prevent the cell search becominge:cessive! ;perators can further restrict the number of available

codes!

SDCCH tandalone .edicated (ontrol (hannel

SDH ynchronous .igital 9ierarchy

SD tatistical .atamart

SDU ervice .ata 6nit

SE ystem Entity

Se%&$e"" HO9; that occurs ithout perceptible interruption of the radioconnection

SEC .9 Euipment (loc%

Se#!orA set of cells ith a set of antenna branches$ here the cells cantransmit on different freuencies using the antenna branches

Seg&en!

)art of a region that is managed by one set of instances of

RAN; applications"here is a ma:imum of one instance of each application +or

managed component, for each segment! A segment contains & -n RNs!

)art of the softare that is memory protected as one piece! *fyou suspect memory violation and you ant to restart that

softare$ a segment is the smallest piece of code that is used torestart! A segment can hold one program!

SEL elector

Se$)

%n%ge&en!

et of services available to the RAN; system administrator

elf /anagement services are provided by (*7 components! elf/anagement impacts all softare in RAN; ith design rules and

mandatory interfaces to support!

Ser%n! ;b#ect providing services via *.4 interfaces

Ser%n!

Tre%'ing

*nternal sub-threading for a servant hen there is a need to

handle many sub-ob#ect tas%s in parallel

"hese threads are maintained in a pool!

Seri#e '/ circuit-sitched services +( speech$ 9(., and pac%et-

sitched services +')R$ E.'E, hich have different radio


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planning properties

Seri#e A##e"",oin!

+A), )oint at hich a user accesses a connection in the ervicelayer

"he A) provides the user ith the means to access one or

several concurrent connections!

Seri#e L%yer)rovides a tas%-oriented support for the management of thesystem resources

A service in the ervice layer is called a service ob#ect!

Seri#e O;6e#! ervice in the ervice layer$ hich is typically a (;RBA ob#ect

Sering Ce$$ (ell that has the strongest signal strength at the time of an 9;

Sering R%'io

Ne!:orCon!ro$$er

+RN(, RN( in the RN here the serving cell is located

"he RN( also handles most of the 6E control!

Sering RNC

R%'io Ne!:orTe&por%ryI'en!i)ier

+-RN"*, *dentitfier allocated for all 6Es ith an RR( connection

"he -RN"* is allocated by the serving RN($ and is uniue ithinthe serving RN(! -RN"* is reallocated hen the serving RN( forthe RR( connection is changed and deallocated$ hich occurs

hen the RR( connection is released!

Sering R%'io

Ne!:orS(;"y"!e&

+RN, Role of an RN ith respect to a specific connection

beteen a 6E and 6"RAN"here is one RN for each 6E that has a connection to 6"RAN!

"he RN is in charge of the radio connection beteen a 6E and

the 6"RAN! "he RN terminates the *u for the 6E!

Se""ion/essage seuence beteen to users that occurs as a seuencein some larger transaction

Se""ion Ser%n!;b#ect created by the factory hen a client connects"he session servant handles all client reuests during the session!

S5 ee preading 7actor!

S5N ystem 7rame Number

S+SN ervice ')R upport Node

SHO ee oft 9andover!

SID ilence .escriptor

Si'e Lo;e

S(ppre""ion Relative attenuation from the first lobe +above hori?on, compared

to the main lobe

Sign%$ingConne#!ion

An ac%noledged-mode lin% beteen the user euipment and the(N to transfer higher-layer information beteen peer entities in

the non-access stratum

Sign%$ing Lin)rovides an ac%noledged-mode lin% layer to transfer the 6E-6"RAN signaling messages$ as ell as 6E-(N8(N-6E signaling

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Sign%$

Tr%n"por! LinAny communications lin% beteen to physical sites$ such as

microave$ optical fiber$ or coa:ial cable

Sign%$-!o-

In!er)eren#e

R%!io

+*R, R() divided by the *()

SI ubscriber *dentity /odule

Sing$e Logon

ystem logon procedure

7rom an administrator@s perspective$ all access rights can bemanaged from a central point$ and there is no need to log on

every ob#ect to change its security setting!

;nce a user is identified$ authenticated$ and granted the right to

log on to ;I/ applications$ there is no further need to log on tothe specific applications e:ecuting in the NEs!

Sing$e LogonSerer

+4, 4ogical node supporting single logon functionality

SIR ee ignal-to-*nterference Ratio !

Si!e

'eographical location for any %ind of NE$ such as an RN( or RB

ite information includes latitude and longitude$ and the localground elevation! All NEs are assigned to a site!

S$%e C$o#

(loc% that is loc%ed to a reference timing signal"he output freuency of the slave cloc% is the same as the

freuency of the controlling reference timing signal over the longterm$ and the phase difference beteen the input and output is

bounded!

S$o: ,o:er

Con!ro$

"ype of poer control that increases or decreases the *R target

value in order to drive the 7ER toards a predetermined target7ER

Also called Gouter loop poer controlG!

SLS ee ingle 4ogon erver!

S ecurity /anagement

SA Conne#!or4ighteight R7 loc%ing coa:ial connector$ suitable for use ith R7

interconnection cables

S+ ecure /ediation 'ateay

SS hort /essage ervice

SNAD ub-Netor% Adaptor

SN ubnetor% /anagement

SN, imple Netor% /anagement )rotocol


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SoC tatement of (ompliance

So)! B$o#ing

hen a call is bloc%ed by the (./A RAN due to the lac% of airinterface resources

"he interference may$ for e:ample$ be too high for setting up a

radio connection$ or there may be no codes available!

So)! H%n'oer9andover here the radio lin%s are added and abandoned in suchmanner that the mobile alays %eeps at least one radio lin%

established

So)!er H%n'oer

9andover beteen multiple cells in the same RB

ignals received by different cells can all be directed to the samera%e receiver in the RB and combined non-coherently$ so only

one voice frame is advanced to the RN(! "his type of handoverallos greater efficiency in the use of handover$ as it only

reuires one channel element to support it!

So)!er-So)!

H%n'oer9andover involving multiple cells on the serving RB and cells on

other RBs on the same freuency

So)!-So)!er

H%n'oer9andover involving one cell on the serving RB and multiple cells

on other RBs on the same freuency

SONET ynchronous ;ptical Netor%

S, ee pecial )urpose )rocessor!

tandard )oer

S,AS pace itching ystem

S,B pecial )urpose )rocessor Board

S,D, ecurity )olicy .ecision )oint

Spe#i%$ ,(rpo"e

,ro#e""or+), )rocessor that is dedicated to application processing and

generally also to user plane-oriented processing

Spe#i)ie'

,ro'(#!,%#%ge

+)), 6niue string of ordering parameters$ output from )(A"

once the )roduct )ac%age selection is made based on thecustomer order

Spe#!r(&E))i#ien#y

(omparative measurement$ hich shos the e:tent to hich aradio interface is able to support a given number of users of a

given (./A RAN servicepectrum efficiency can be measured in Euivalent "elephony

Erlang for each cell$ per /9?$ or Euivalent "elephony Erlang persuare %ilometer per /9?!

S,I pace itch *nterface /odule

S, pecial )urpose )rocessor /odule

Spo! Coer%ge(haracteristic of a geographical ?one in hich the (./A RANservice is provided only in a small isolated area$ such as an

individual cell


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S,, ee pecified )roduct )ac%age !

Spre%'ing5%#!or

+7, A factor of to that determines the spreading code for thechannel

"he range for each of the channels is D - 5&2! alid values include

D$ C$ &$ 12$ D$ &2C$ 25$ and 5&2! "he loer the spreading

factor$ the larger the bandidth and so feer codes are availablefor other users!

S.L tructured 3uery 4anguage

SRB ignaling Radio Bearer

SRNC ee erving Radio Netor% (ontroller !

SRNS ee erving Radio Netor% ubsystem !

S-RNTI ee erving RN( Radio Netor% "emporary *dentifier!

SS ignaling ystem Number

SS olution et

SSCH econdary ynchroni?ation (hannel

SSCO, ervice pecific (onnection ;riented )rotocol

SSDT ite election .iversity "ransmit )oer (ontrol

SSH ecure hell

SSL ecure oc%et 4ayer

SSLIO, ecure oc%et 4ayer *nter-;RB )rotocol

S!%n'%r'

o'($e

6niue set of one or more products that is configured$ tested$

and engineered for use in assembly and supply$ to fulfill acustomer order

STD elective "> .iversity

ST ynchronous "ransfer /ode

ST-1 ynchronous "ransfer /ode on level & +&55 /bps "/,

STR7 ingle "ransceiver Board

STTD pace-"ime "ransmit .iversity

S(;-Ce$$

(ell can be divided into an underlaid and an overlaid sub-cell

"he overlaid sub-cell may have less coverage$ and is preferred by6Es in its coverage area to get an optimal distribution of the

traffic load beteen the sub-cells!

S(;ne!:orNetor% ithin the (./A RAN system$ such as 6"RAN$

managed by several administrative nodes or sites

S(;"#rip!ion 6ser-defined collection of scanners$ ith a specified collection


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,ro)i$e interval and duration

S9 oftare

S9A oftare Allocation

S:i!#

ystem used for establishing paths and sitching data from one

inlet to one or several outlets;ne e:ample is an A"/ sitch used for sitching of A"/ cells!

S9R tanding ave Ratio

S7B itch E:tension Board

S=NCH ynchronous

Syn#roni


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TDA ee "ime .ivision /ultiple Access !

TEI "erminal Endpoint *dentifier

Te$ne! irtual terminal over "()8*)!

TES ee "est /obile ystem!

Te"! o;i$e

Sy"!e&

+"E/, (ollective name for a suite of functions and tools to

support the planning$ testing$ and performance monitoring of the(./A RAN

T5C ee "ransport 7ormat (ombination !

T5CI ee "ransport 7ormat (ombination *ndicator!

T5C Se! et of transport format combinations for use by a 6E

T5I ee "ransport 7ormat *ndicator !

T5RC "ransport 7ormat and Resource (ombination

Ter&%$ Noi"e

Den"i!y NoNoise poer per 9? at the receiver input

Tin C$ien!A "hin (lient consits of a )( or%station ith Fava Runtime and*nternet E:plorer!

Tre%' E:ecution environment for methods

Tro(gp(!/easure of the uality of a pac%et data service$ defined as thepac%et length divided by the total delay +ueueing and

transmitting, for the pac%et

Ti$!

"ypes of antenna tilt include=o 7E" +standard 0P$ 2P$ and P,

o /E" +tilt range 0P - 7irst upper minimum degree,

o RE" +only valid for 6/",

Ti&e Dii"ion

($!ip$e A##e""

+"./A, "echnology for delivering digital ireless service using

"./"./A or%s by dividing a radio freuency into time slots and

then allocating slots to multiple calls! *n this ay$ a singlefreuency can support multiple$ simultaneous data channels!

"./A is used by the '/ digital cellular system!

TLS "ransport 4ayer ecurity

TA ee "oer /ounted Amplifier!

TOS "elecommunication /anagement and ;perations upport

TSB "est /obile tation Board

TSI "emporary /obile ubscriber *dentity


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TN "ermination Note

"ransport Netor%

TNC, "ransport Netor% (ontrol )lane

TNH "ransport Netor% 9andling

TNIN5 ee "ransport Netor% *nfrastructure !

TNL "ransport Netor% 4ayer

TNN "ransport Netor% Node

TNU, "ransport Netor% 6ser )lane

TOA "ime of Arrival

!o%eC# "ime of Arrival Early )oint in (ontrol (hannel

!o%eD# "ime of Arrival Early )oint in .edicated (hannel

ToA9EFDCH "ime of Arrival indo End point in .edicated (hannel

ToA9EF5ACH "ime of Arrival indo End point in 7orard 4in% Access (hannel

ToA9EF,CH "ime of Arrival indo End point in )aging (hannel

ToA9SFDCH "ime of Arrival indo tart point in .edicated (hannel

ToA9SF5ACH"ime of Arrival indo tart point in 7orard 4in% Access(hannel

ToA9SF,CH "ime of Arrival indo tart point in )aging (hannel

To:er o(n!e'

A&p$i)ier

+"/A, Amplifier connected to the antenna that compensates for

the loss in the receiving branch improving the noise figure"he "/A adds to the loss in the transmitting branch!

T, "ermination )oint

T,C "ermination )oint (onnector

"ransmit )oer (ontrol

Tr "ransparent /ode

Tr%))i# C%p%#i!y

QErlangs8(ell "otal traffic that can be supported by a single cell$

hich is part of an infinite set of cells in a uniform to-

dimensional pattern"raffic capacity must be specified at a stated spectrum allocation$

and 'o$ assuming an appropriate propagation model! "hismetric is valuable for comparing systems ith identical user

channel reuirements!

Tr%))i# C%nne$ +"(9, 4ogical channel that carries user information$ such as

pac%et or circuit dataA "(9 is a channel offered by the physical layer to layer 2$ for


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data transport beteen peer entities in layer &!

Tr%))i# In!en"i!y

/easure of the intensity ith hich a user utili?es a certainservice

7or speech users the unit Erlang is commonly used! 7or a single

speech user$ the intensity might be 10 mErl! 7or pac%et data$ a

different unit8method is reuired!

Tr%n"&i""ion

Ti&e In!er%$+""*, *nter-arrival time of transport bloc% sets$ or the time it

should ta%e to transmit a transport bloc% set!

Tr%n"&i!!er

An!enn% +%inG'Bi

/a:imum gain of the transmitter antenna in the hori?ontal plane

+specified as dB relative to an isotropic radiator,

Tr%n"por! B$o#Basic unit passed don to layer & from the /A($ for layer &processing

An alternative term for transport bloc% is /A( ).6!

Tr%n"por!

5or&%!

7ormat offered by layer & to the /A( for the delivery of a

transport bloc% set during a transmission time interval on a"ransport (hannel

"he transport format consists of to parts - one dynamic and onesemi-static!

Tr%n"por!5or&%! B$o#

Se!

+"B, et of transport bloc%s passed to layer & from the /A($ atthe same time instance using the same transport channel

An alternative term is /A( ).6 set!

Tr%n"por!5or&%!

Co&;in%!ion

+"7(, (ombination of currently valid transport formats on all"ransport (hannels of a 6E

Tr%n"por!5or&%!

Co&;in%!ionIn'i#%!or

+"7(*, Representation of the current transport formatcombination

Tr%n"por!5or&%!

In'i#%!or

+"7*, 4abel for a specific transport format ithin a transportformat set

Tr%n"por!

5or&%! Se!et of transport formats associated ith a "ransport (hannel

Tr%n"por!

Ne!:orIn)r%"!r(#!(re

9andles the communication beteen the NEs and (./A RAN

and beteen (N and (./A RAN

TrCH "ransport (hannel

TR, "ransceiving Receiving )rocessing

TRU "ransceiver 6nit

TR7 "ransceiver


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TS "ime lot

"opology ervice

TSC "raining euence (ode

TS, Ericsson "elecom erver )latform

TSS "elecom ecurity ervices

TSTD "ime itched "> .iversity

TTI ee "ransmission "ime *nterval !

TTL "ime to live

TU "iming 6nit

TUB "iming 6nit Board

TUB 2 "iming 6nit Board 2

T7 "ransmitter

U- 6ser-

UAD, 6.* service in A.)

UAR5CN 6"RA Absolute Radio 7reuency Number

UBR 6nspecified Bit Rate

UCT (oordinated universal time

UDI 6nrestricted .igital *nformation

UDI 34 6nrestricted .igital *nformation$ 1CD %bps

UDI 4 6nrestricted .igital *nformation$ D %bps

UD, 6ser .atagram )rotocol

UE ee 6ser Euipment!

6ser Entity

UE Con!e>!Representation of the 6E from an RN( perspective ithin the

RN( node

UE-E%$(%!e'

HO

9; triggered by an evaluation made in the 6E

hen the evaluation meets the 9; criteria$ necessaryinformation is sent from the 6E to the netor%! "he netor% thendecides on the necessity of the 9; based on the reported

evaluation result and other conditions$ and it may then e:ecutethe 9;!

UE 5r%&eCo(n!er

6E common number counter$ often hard-coupled ith the goodnode oscillator

67N is freuency-loc%ed to (./A RAN though the air interface


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cell-system frame number counter!

UEH 6ser Euipment 9andling

UETR 6E "raffic Recording

U5N 6E 7rame Number

UI 6ser *nterface

UIS 6ser *nterface pecification

UL 6plin%

UL 6nified /odeling 4anguage

UTS 6niversal /obile "elecommunications ystem

UTSTerre"!ri%$

R%'io A##e""

Ne!:or

+6"RAN, 1')) standardi?ation term for the (./A RANsubnetor%

UNI 6ser Netor% *nterface

UNI-SAAL 6ser Netor% *nterface ignaling A"/ Adaptation 4ayer

U, 6pgrade )ac%age

Up'%!e6pdating of detail information$ either from a server or cache$ if

cached information is available

Upgr%'e Con!ro$

5i$e

An 6pgrade (ontrol 7ile +6(7, is part of an 6pgrade )ac%age and

specifies all information needed for the upgrade e:ecution suchas the upgrade method$ identity and location of 4/s and

reconfiguration data!

Upgr%'e

,%#%ge

An 6pgrade )ac%age +6), is a collection of softare for a Netor%

Element! An upgrade pac%age is complete and contains all thefiles for the appropriate system release$ such as 4oad /odules$

configuration files$ used only for the upgrade and an 6pgrade(ontrol 7ile!

Up$in6nidirectional radio lin% for the transmission of the signals fromthe 6E to the (./A RAN access node

U,S 6ninterrupted )oer upply

URA 6"RAN Registration Area

URL 6niform Resource 4ocator

U"er E(ip&en!+6E, /obile terminal$ transmitting in the 64 and receiving in the

.4$ ith one or several (./A RAN subscriber identity modules

USI 6/" ubscriber *dentity /odule

USN 6/" itching Node


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UTC 6niversal "ime (oordinated

UT 6niversal "ransverse /ercator

UTe&i"pere

;ne of to halves into hich the 6"/ pro#ection system dividesthe Earth at the euator +Northern 9emisphere or outhern

9emisphere,!

UT


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V,N irtual )rivate Netor%

VS9R oltage tanding ave Ratio

9AN ide Area Netor%

9%n'er

4o-freuency phase fluctuations of the signal or slo variations

in the significant instant in time of a digital signalander is normally difficult to reduce and is thereforeaccumulated in netor%s!

9CDA ee ideband (ode .ivision /ultiple Access!

9CDA ,$%nner Ericsson tool for planning (./A netor%s

9CDA RAN

Ericsson@s RAN solution for the 6/" mobile communicationstandard

(./A RAN consists of RBs$ RB ite olutions$ RN(s$functions +softare for RB and RN(,$ design tools$ and ;I/

tools!

9CDA RAN

A##e"" ,oin!

(onceptual point ithin the (./A RAN that performs radio

transmission and receptionA (./A RAN access point is associated ith one specific cell!

"here is one (./A RAN access point for each cell hich is the(./A RAN-side endpoint of an R4!

9CDA RAN

Regi"!r%!ionAre%

Area covered by a number of cells

"he area is %non only internally ithin the (./A RAN!

9C, ee (./A )lanner!

9CS ideband (ellular ystem

9i'e;%n' Co'e

Dii"ion($!ip$e A##e""

+(./A, A high-speed 1' mobile ireless technology ith the

capacity to offer higher data speeds than (./A! (./A canreach speeds of up to 2 /bps for voice$ video$ data and image

transmission(./A as adopted as a standard by the *"6 under the name

G*/"-2000 direct spread!G

9LL/RLL ireless 4ocal 4oop8Radio 4ocal 4oop

9RN ideband Radio Netor%s

999 orld ide eb

7AL E:ternal Alarm 6nit

7L ee E:tensible /ar%up 4anguage !

7, Au:iliary )rocessor

ABO Lero Administration Business;b#ects


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3 Reference List

"he folloing is a list of the documents mentioned in this description=

Q& 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services andSystem Aspects; Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications (Release !1' "R 2&!05

!!2!0 +2001-01,

abbreviations list[1]

Documents