List of Abbreviations

3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
8-DPSK Eight-phase differential phase shift keying
A2DP Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
AAL TM Adaptation Layer
ACK Acknowledge
ACL Asynchronous Connectionless
ACM Address Complete Message
ADDTS Add Traffic Specification
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AFH Adaptive Frequency Hopping
AG Audio Gateway
AGCH Access Grant Channel
AICH Acquisition Indication Channel
AID Association identity
AIFSN Arbitration Interframe Space Number
AKA Authentication and key agreement
AM Acknowledged mode
AMR Adaptive Multirate
A-MSC Anchor-Mobile Switching Center
ANM Answer Message
ANR Automatic Neighbor Relation
AP Access point
APDUs Application Protocol Data Units
APNs Access Point Names
APSD Automated Power Save Delivery
ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
ARQ Automatic Retransmission Request
ARQN Automatic Retransmission Request Notification
AS Access Stratum
ATM Asynchronous transfer mode
AuC Authentication Center
AUTN Authentication token
AVCTP Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol
AVDTP Audio Video Distribution Transfer Protocol
AVRCP Audio/Video Remote Control Profile
BCCH Broadcast common control channel
BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
BCH Broadcast Channel
BCSM Basic Call State Model
BEP Bit error probability
BICC Bearer-Independent Call Control
BICN Bearer-Independent Core Network
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