The IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts And Services, Second Edition

Abbreviations

1G	First generation
2G	Second generation
3G	Third generation
3GPP	Third Generation Partnership Project
3GPP2	Third Generation Partnership Project 2
AAA	Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
AAAA RR	IPv6 Address Resource Record
AAL	ATM Adaptation Layer
AAR&AAA	AA-Request/AA-Answer
ACA	Accounting Answer
ACL	Access Control List
ACR	Accounting Request
ADSL	Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
AH	Authentication Header
AKA	Authentication and Key Agreement
ALG	Application Level Gateway
AMR	Adaptive Multi-Rate
AMR-WB	Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand
AOR	Address Of Record
API	Application Programming Interface
APN	Access Point Name
ARIB	Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan)
ARR	IPv4 Address Resource Record
AS	Application Server
ASR&ASA	Abort-Session-Request/Abort-Session-Answer
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUC	AUthentication Centre
AUID	Application Usage ID
AUTN	Authentication token
AUTS	Synchronization token
AV	Authentication Vector
AVP	Attribute Value Pair; Audio Video Profile
B2BUA	Back to Back UA
BCF	Bearer Charging Function
BER	Bit Error Ratio
BGCF	Breakout Gateway Control Function
BICC	Bearer Independent Call Control
BNF	Backus-Naur Form grammar
BS	Bearer Service; Billing System
BSF	Bootstrapping Server Function
BTS	Base Transceiver Station
CA	Certificate Authority
CAMEL	Customized Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic
CAP	CAMEL Application Part
CCA	Credit-Control-Answer
CCF	Charging Collection Function
CCR	Credit-Control-Request
CCSA	China Communications Standards Association
CDF	Charging Data Function
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access ...