Software Defined Radio: Architectures, Systems and Functions

Abbreviations

2G	Second Generation Mobile Network
3GPP	Third Generation Partnership Project
AA	Alternating MAC Frame Utilisation Algorithm
AAA	Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting
AAAARCH	Authorisation, Authentication and Accounting ARCHitecture research group
ACH	Access feedback Channel
ADC	Analogue to Digital Converter
AF	Alternating Factor
AMM	Alternative Mode Monitoring
ANAI	Access Network Added Intelligence
ANFR	Council of the National Frequency Agency
AP	Access Point
APC	Access Point Controller
API	Application Programming Interface
ARIB	Association of Radio Industries and Business
ARQ	Automatic Repeat Request
AS	Application Server
ASIC	Application-specific Integrated Circuit
ASP	Application Services Provider
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BCCH	Broadcast Control Channel
BCH	Broadcast Channel
BGCF	Breakout Gateway Control Function
BER	Bit Error Rate
BOV	Book of Vision
BPC	Baseband Processing Cells
BS	Base Station
BSC	Base Station Controller
BST	Base Station Transmitter
CAB	Charging, Accounting and Billing
CAC	Call Admission Control
CAMEL	Customised Applications for Mobile Network Enhanced Logic
CAP	CAMEL Application Part
CAST	Configurable Radio with Advanced Software Technology
CCF	Charging Collection Function
CDF	Cumulative Density Function
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CDR	Charging Data Record
CEPT	Conference Européen des administration des Postes et des Télécommunications
CERP