5G Abbreviations (meaning of abbreviations and abbreviations in 5G)

Meaning of abbreviations and acronyms in 5G

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Start with 5G

• 5GC5G Core Network 5G Core Network
• 5GS5G System 5G System
• 5G NRNew Radio 5G 5G new air interface
• 5G AN5G Access Network 5G Access Network
• 5G-RANRadio Access Network 5G 5G wireless access network
• 5QIQoS Identifier 5G 5GQoS identifier

A

• AAUActive Antenna Unit active antenna element
• A-CSIAperiodic CSI Aperiodic CSI
• AKAAuthentication and Key Agreement Authentication and Key Agreement
• AMBRAggregate Maximum Bit Rate aggregated maximum bit rate
• AMCAdaptive Modulation and Coding Adaptive Modulation and Coding
• AMFAccess and Mobility Management Function access and mobility management functions
• ARPAllocation and Retention Priority Allocation and Retention Priority

B

• BABandwidth Adaptation Bandwidth Adaptation
• BBUBase band Unite baseband processing unit
• BCHBroadcast Channel Broadcast Channel
• BHBackhaul circuit, no-load transmission
• BLBandwidth reduced Low complexity reduced complexity low bandwidth
• BPSKBinary Phase Shift Keying Binary Phase Shift Keying

C

• C-RNTICell RNTI
• CAGClosed Access Group closed access group
• CAPCChannel Access Priority Class channel access priority class
• CloudRANCloudRAN Cloud Radio Access Network
• CBRAContention Based Random Access based random access contention
• C-RANCentralized RAN centralized radio access network
• CCEControl Channel Element control channel element
• CD-SSBCell Defining SSB
• CFRAContention Free Random Access without random access contention
• FORConditional Handover condition switching
• StumpCellular Internet of Things honeycomb Things
• CLICross Link interference cross link interference
• CMASCommercial Mobile Alert Service Commercial Mobile Alert Service
• CORESETControl Resource Set control set of resources
• CPCThe PSCell Change a Conditional The PSCell change conditional

D

• D2DDevice to Device device to device
• D-RANDistributed RAN distributed radio access network
• DAYDirected Acyclic Graph directed acyclic FIG.
• DAPSDual Active Protocol Stack dual protocol stack activities
• DFTDiscrete Fourier Transform Discrete Fourier Transform
• DCIDownlink Control Information downlink control information
• DCPScrambled with CRC by PS DCI-RNTI DCI with CRC scrambled by PS-RNTI
• DL-AoDDownlink Angle-of-Departure downlink depth angle
• DL-SCHDownlink Shared Channel downlink shared channel
• DL-TDOADownlink Time Difference Of Arrival time difference of arrival
• DMRSDemodulation Reference Signal demodulation reference signal
• DRXDiscontinuous Reception discontinuous accepted

E

• E-CIDEnhanced Cell-ID (positioning method) Enhanced Cell-ID (positioning method )
• eNBevolved Node B 4G base station
• EHCEthernet Header Compression Ethernet header compression
• ETWSEarthquake and Tsunami Warning System earthquake and tsunami warning system
• eMBBemhanced Mobile Broad Band enhance the mobile broadband

G

• GFBRGuaranteed Flow Bit Rate to ensure that the bit rate traffic
• gNBgeneration Node B 5G base station

H

• HRNNHuman-Readable Network Name readable Network Name

I

• IABIntegrated Access and Backhaul integrated access and backhaul
• I-RNTIInactive RNTI
• INT-RNTIInterruption RNTI interrupt RNTI

K

• KPASKorean Public Alarm System Korean public warning system

L

• LDPCLow Density Parity Check LDPC
• LPNLow-Power Network Low-power network
• LWIPLight Weigh IP Protocol Lightweight IP protocol

M

• MACMedia Access Control MAC
• MDBVMaximum Data Burst Volume maximum amount of data bursts
• MIBMaster Information Block master information block
• MICOMobile Initiated Connection Only Only mobile initiated connections
• MFBRMaximum Flow Bit Rate Maximum flow bit rate
• mMTCmassive Machine Type of Communication massive machine type of communication (large-scale Internet of Things)
• MMTELMultimedia telephony multimedia phone
• MNOMobile Network Operator Mobile Network Operators
• MTMobile Termination Mobile terminal
• MU-MIMOMulti User MIMO
• MUSAMulti-User Shared Access multi-user shared access
• Multi-RTTMulti-Round Trip Time multipath travel time

N

• NB-IoTNarrow Band Internet of Things narrowband Internet of Things
• NBNode B 3G base station
• NCGINR Cell Global Identifier Global Identifier
• NCRNeighbour Cell Relation neighbor cell relations
• NCRTNeighbour Cell Relation Table neighbor cell relation table
• NGAPNG Application Protocol NG Application Protocol
• NOTNetwork Identifier network identification
• NPNNon-Public Network non-public networks
• RENTNon-Orthogonal Multiple Access non-orthogonal multiple access
• NORadio Access NR NR wireless access
• NSANon Standalone non-independent networking

O

• OFDMOrthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

P

• P-RNTIPaging RNTI call RNTI
• PCHPaging Channel Paging Channel
• PCIPhysical Cell Identifier physical cell identifier
• PDCCHPhysical Downlink Control Channel Physical Downlink Control Channel
• PDSCHPhysical Downlink Shared Channel Physical Downlink Shared Channel
• PLMNPublic Land Mobile Network Public Land Mobile Network
• PHYPhysical physical layer
• PNI-NPNPublic Network Integrated NPN
• POPaging Occasion paging time
• RACHPhysical Random Access Channel physical random access channel
• PRBPhysical Resource Block physical resource blocks
• RRURemote Radio Unit RRU
• RFURadio Frequency Unit RRU
• PRGPrecoding Resource block Group precoding resource block group
• PS-RNTIPower Saving RNTI saves energy
• PSSPrimary Synchronisation Signal primary synchronization signal
• PUCCHPhysical Uplink Control Channel Physical Uplink Control Channel
• PUSCHPhysical Uplink Shared Channel Physical Uplink Shared Channel
• PWSPublic Warning System public warning system

Q

• QAMQuadrature Amplitude Modulation Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
• QFI QoS Flow ID QoS流ID
• QPSKQuadrature Phase Shift Keying Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

R

• OUTRandom Accessn. Random Access
• RA-RNTIRandom Access RNTI
• RACHRandom Access Channel RACH
• BACKPACKRAN-based Notification Area Code based RAN notification area code
• RRCRadio Resource Control RRC
• REGResource Element Group resource element groups
• RIMRemote Interference Management Remote management interference
• MSIRemaining Minimum SI
• RNARAN-based Notification Area based on the notification area of the RAN
• RNAURAN-based Notification Area Update update notification area on the RAN
• RLCRadio Link Control Radio Link Control
• RNTIRadio Network Temporary Identifier radio network temporary identifier
• RQAReflective QoS Attribute reflected QoS properties
• RQoSReflective Quality of Service Quality of Service reflection
• RSReference Signal Reference [reference] signal
• RSRPReference Signal Received Power RSRP
• RSRQReference Signal Received Quality reference signal received quality
• RSSIReceived Signal Strength Indicator received signal strength indicator
• RSTDReference Signal Time Difference reference difference signal

S

• TOStandalone independent networking
• SDSlice Differentiator slice discriminator
• SDAPService Data Adaptation Protocol Service Data adapt Protocol
• SFI-RNTISlot Format Indication RNTI Slot Format Indication RNTI
• SIBSystem Information Block System Information Block
• SI-RNTISystem Information RNTI System Information RNTI
• LETTUCEService Level Agreement Service Level Agreement
• SMCSecurity Mode Command Safe Mode Command
• SMFSession Management Function Session Management Function
• S-NSSAISingle Network Slice Selection Assistance Information single slice selection assistance information network
• SNPNStand-alone Non-Public Network independent, non-public networks
• SNPN IDStand-alone Non-Public Network Identity independent, non-public network identity
• SPSSemi-Persistent Scheduling semi-persistent scheduling
• SRScheduling Request scheduling request
• SRSSounding Reference Signal sounding reference signal
• SRVCCSingle Radio Voice Call Continuity Single Radio Voice Call Continuity
• SSSynchronization Signal synchronization signal
• SSBSS/PBCH block synchronization signal and PBCH block
• SSSSecondary Synchronisation Signal secondary synchronization signal
• SSTSlice/Service Type Slice/Service Type
• SU-MIMOSingle User MIMO
• ON THESupplementary Uplink forced uplink

T

• TATiming Advance ahead of time
• TPCTransmit Power Control Transmit Power Control

U

• FIAUplink Control Information uplink control information
• UL-AoA= Uplink Angles of Arrival uplink angle of arrival
• UL-RTOAUplink Relative Time of Arrival uplink relative arrival time
• UL-SCHUplink Shared Channel Uplink Shared Channel
• EUUser Equipment User Equipment
• UPFUser Plane Function User plane functions
• URLLCUltra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications ultra-reliable low-latency communication

• V

• TimesVoice over LTE long-term evolution voice bearer (voice call under LTE)
• VoNRVoice over NR new air interface carries voice (voice calls under 5G)
• V2XVehicle-to-Everything wireless communication technology for vehicles

W

• WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing 波分复用

X

• Xn-CControl-Plane xn Xn - plane control
• Xn-UThe User-Plane xn Xn - user plane
• XnAPXn Application Protocol Xn Application Protocol