Glossary Archive - Mpirical

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µ-law - µ-law (mu-law)

A companding technique used in North American telecommunication systems during the process of analogue to digital conversion. ... View more

16QAM - 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

This is a modulation technique in which the carrier can exist in one of sixteen different states. As such, each state can represent four bits - 0000 t... View more

1G - First Generation

1G is an alternative name given to the first generation of wireless telephone networks. 1G systems were based on analogue transmission and have been s... View more

2.5G

The requirement for mobile data services, fuelled by the growth of the Internet, was the driver for the development of enhanced data services known as... View more

2G - Second Generation

2G systems were developed as the requirement for mobile communications grew. Their characteristics included the use of digital signalling across the a... View more

3DES - Triple Data Encryption Standard

Triple DES is an example of a Block Cipher encryption algorithm. Block Ciphers operate on one block of data at a time with the normal block size being... View more

3G - Third Generation

3G is the term given to the third generation of mobile communication systems. These offered enhanced services, such as multimedia and video. The main ... View more

3GPP - Third Generation Partnership Project

The 3GPP was formed in December 1998 as a collaboration agreement bringing together a number of telecommunication standards bodies. These standards bo... View more

3GPP2 - Third Generation Partnership Project 2

The 3GPP2 is a sister project to 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) and is a collaboration agreement dealing with North American and Asian in... View more

3PTY - 3 Party

3 Party is a telecommunications supplementary service which enables a user who is active on a call to hold that call, make an additional call to a thi... View more

4G - Fourth Generation

4G is the term given to the fourth generation of mobile communication systems, offering significantly advanced data rates across an all IP based beare... View more

5G - Fifth Generation

5G is the term given to the fifth generation of mobile communication technology. Work began within the 3GPP on the first Release 15 specification for ... View more

5G AKA - 5G Authentication and Key Agreement

5G-AKA is one of the techniques available in 5G for mutual authentication between the subscriber and the network, in addition to key agreement for pro... View more

5G HE AV - 5G Home Environment Authentication Vector

This is a type of authentication vector(s) that is received by the AUSF from the UDM/ARPF. The 5G HE AV has the following fields: RAND, AUTN, XRES*, a... View more

5G NAS - 5G Non Access Stratum

The 5G NAS (Non-Access Stratum) includes procedures related to 5GMM (5GS Mobility Management) and 5GSM (5GS Session Management) on the 5GS (5G system)... View more

5G-AN - 5G Access Network

The 5G Access Network (3GPP) identifies an access network, either the 5G-RAN and/or non-3GPP access network, that connects to the 5G Core Network.... View more

5G-GUTI - 5G Globally Unique Temporary Identity

The 5G-GUTI is used in 5G as a means to keep the subscriber's IMSI confidential. At the time of network registration, the AMF (Core Access and Mobilit... View more

5G-RAN - 5G Radio Access Network

The 5G Radio Access Network identifies a radio access network that connects to the 5GC (5G Core). Examples include the 5G New Radio and radio systems ... View more

5G-S-TMSI - 5G S-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

The 5G S-TMSI is a shortened version of the 5G-GUTI, designed to facilitate efficiency in radio signalling procedures such as Paging and Service Reque... View more

5G-SUPI - 5G Subscriber Permanent Identifier

In 5G, all subscribers will be allocated a globally unique 5G SUPI. Example SUPI formats include the IMSI and NAI (Network Access Identifier).... View more

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