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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!
NAS Non-Access tratum
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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
message$ using the signaling connection
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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,
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