List of Abbreviations

3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
3GPP2 Third Generation Partnership Project 2
A RR IPv4 Address Resource Record
AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
AAAA RR IPv6 Address Resource Record
AAL ATM Adaptation Layer
AAR AA-Request
ACA Accounting Answer
ACK Acknowledgement
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
ANM ISUP Answer Message
AOR Address Of Record
API Application Programming Interface
APN Access Point Name
ARIB Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan)
AS Application Server
ASA Abort-Session-Answer
ASR Abort-Session-Request
ATA Analog Terminal Adapter
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUC AUthentication Centre
AUID Application Usage ID
AUTN Authentication token
AUTS Synchronization token
AV Authentication Vector
AVP Attribute Value Pair
AVP Audio Video Profile
AVPF RTP Audio-Visual Profile with Feedback
B2BUA Back to Back UA
BCF Bearer Charging Function
BER Bit Error Ratio
BFCP Binary Floor Control Protocol
BGCF Breakout Gateway Control Function
BICC Bearer Independent Call Control
BNF Backus-Naur Form grammar
BS Bearer Bervice; Billing System
BSF Bootstrapping Server Function
BTS Base Transceiver Station
CA Certificate Authority

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