Glossary of Acronyms

AAA: authentication, authorization, and accounting

ABS: almost blank subframes

ACK/NACK: acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment

AF: application function

AKA: authentication and key agreement

AMBR: aggregate maximum bit rate

AMC: adaptive modulation and coding

ARP: allocation and retention priority

AS: access stratum or application server

AuC: authorization center

BCH: broadcast channel

BF: beamforming

BLER: block error rate

BS: base station

BTS: base transceiver station

CA: carrier aggregation

CAPEX: capital expenditure

CB: ...

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