List of Acronyms

2D Two-dimensional
3D Three-dimensional
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
3G Third Generation
4G Fourth Generation
AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
ABS Almost Blank Subframe
ACIR Adjacent Channel Interference Rejection ratio
ACK Acknowledgement
ACL Allowed CSG List
ACLR Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio
ACPR Adjacent Channel Power Ratio
ACS Adjacent Channel Selectivity
AD Analog/Digital
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AF Amplify-and-Forward
AGCH Access Grant Channel
AH Authentication Header
AKA Authentication and Key Agreement
AMC Adaptive Modulation and Coding
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone System
ANN Artificial Neural Network
ANR Automatic Neighbor Relation
AOA Angle-of-Arrival
AOD Angle-of-Departure
API Application Programming Interface
APS Angular Power Spectrum
ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
ASA Angle Spread of Arrival
ASD Angle Spread of Departure
AS Access Stratum
ASE Area Spectral Efficiency
ASN Access Service Network
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUC Authentication Centre
AWGN Additive White Gaussian Noise
BAN Body Area Network
BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
BCH Broadcast Channel
BCU Body Central Unit
BE Best Effort
BF Beacon Management Frame
BER Bit Error Rate
BR Beacon Management Frame
BLER BLock Error Rate
BP BandPass
BPSK Binary Phase-Shift Keying
BPR Branch Power Ratio
BR Bit Rate

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