Acronyms
| 2G | 2nd Generation |
| 2.5G | 2.5 Generation |
| 3G | 3rd Generation |
| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 4G | 4th Generation |
| 8PSK | 8 Phase Shift Keying |
| ACK | Acknowledgment |
| AF | Application Function |
| AM | Acknowledged Mode; Amplitude Modulation |
| AMBR | Average Maximum Bit Rate |
| AMC | Adaptive Modulation and Coding |
| AMR | Adaptive Multirate (codec) |
| AP | Application Part |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APN | Access Point Name |
| ARFCN | Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| ARQ | Automatic Repeat Request |
| AS | Access Stratum |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASME | Access Security Management Entity |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| AUTN | Authentication Token |
| BCC | Base Station Color Code |
| BCCH | Broadcast Control Channel |
| BEC | Backward Error Correction |
| BLER | Block Error Rate |
| BPSK | Binary Phase Shift Keying |
| BS | Buffer Size |
| BSIC | Base Station Identity Code |
| BSR | Buffer Status Report |
| BSS | Base Station Subsystem |
| BTS | Base Transceiver Station |
| CA | Collision Avoidance |
| CBC | Cell Broadcast Center |
| CCCH | Common Control Channel |
| CCO | Cell Change Order |
| CDD | Cyclic Delay Diversity |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDR | Call Detail Record |
| CGI | Cell Global Identification/Identity; Cell Group Identity |
| CI | Cell Identity |
| c-ID | Cell ID |
| CLNP | Connectionless-mode Network Protocol |
| C&M | Control and Management |
| CP | Cyclic Prefix |
| CPICH | Common Pilot Channel |
| CPRI | Common Public Radio Interface |
| CQI | Channel Quality Indicator ... |
