January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
5h 1m
English
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List of Abbreviation and Acronyms
| 3GPP | Third‐generation partnership project |
| ARPU | Average revenue per user |
| BRAS | Broadband remote access server |
| BS | Base station |
| BSS | Business support system |
| BTS | Base transceiver station |
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditure |
| CPU | Central processing unit |
| C‐RAN | Cloud RAN |
| DC | Data center |
| DPI | Deep packet inspection |
| D‐RoF | Digital radio over fiber |
| DSL | Digital subscriber line |
| eNB | evolved NodeB |
| eNodeB | E‐UTRAN NodeB |
| EPC | Evolved packet core |
| ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| eUTRAN | evolved UTRAN |
| GGSN | Gateway GPRS support node |
| GPRS | General packet radio service |
| GSM | Global system for mobile communications |
| GTP | GPRS tunneling protocol |
| HSPA | High‐speed packet access |
| HTTP | Hypertext transfer protocol |
| IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
| IDS | Intrusion detection systems |
| IMS | IP multimedia subsystem |
| InP | Infrastructure provider |
| IoT | Internet of things |
| I/O | Input/Output |
| IP | Internet protocol |
| ISP | Internet service provider |
| IT | Information technology |
| L1 | Layer 1 |
| L1VPN | Layer 1 VPN |
| L2TP | Layer Two tunneling protocol |
| L2VPN | Layer 2 VPN |
| L3VPN | Layer 3 VPN |
| LAN | Local area network |
| LTE | Long term evolution |
| LTE‐A | LTE‐Advanced |
| M2M | Machine‐to‐Machine |
| MAC | Media access control |
| MANO | Management and network orchestration |
| MIMO | Multiple input multiple output |
| MME | Mobility management entity |
| MSC | Mobile services switching centre |
| MWC | Mobile World Congress |
| NAT | Network address translation |
| NEP | Network equipment provider |
| NF | Network functions |
| NFV | Network functions virtualization |
| NFVI | Network functions virtualization infrastructure |
| NIC | Network interface card |
| NV | Network virtualization |
| O&M | Operations and maintenance |
| OPEX | Operational ... |
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