Guide To Acronyms & PMN Related Terminology

• Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)
• Base Station Controller (BSC)
• Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
• Call Detail Record (CDR)
• Cell: Transmission area covered by an aerial
• Cell Group: Transmission area covered by a group of aerials
• Calling Line Identity (CLI)
• Direct Dial-In (DDI)
• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
• Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
• Global Area Network (GAN)
• Gateway: Device used to interface PMX with the wider network
• General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
• Global System for Mobile (GSM)
• GSM Enhanced Full Rate (GSM EFR)
• GSM Full Rate (GSM FR)
• International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) –handset’s unique ID
• International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) – unique ID for SIM
• Location Area Code (LAC) – identifier for an area of network coverage
• Least Cost Route(r) (LCR)
• Mobile Switching Centre (MSC)
• Microsoft Database Engine (MSDE)
• Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number (MSISDN)
• Mobile Network Operator (MNO)
• Over the Air (OTA)
• Private (Automated) Branch eXchange (PBX / PABX)
• Private Mobile Networks (PMN)
• Private Mobile eXchange (PMX) – the PMN system
• Power Over Ethernet (POE)
• Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN)
• Quality of Service (QOS)
• Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU)
• Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
• Session Initiated Protocol (SIP)
• Short Message Service (SMS)
• Short Message Service Centre (SMSC)
• Time Division Multiplex (TDM)
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)