Telecommunication Acronyms and Abbreviations

Numerics
3G The Third Generation
A
AC Alternating Current
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
ALG Application Level Gateway
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
AP Access Point
APN Access Point Name
C
CPE Customer-Premises Equipment

D
DC Direct Current
DC-HSPA+ Dual Carrier High Speed Packet Access Plus
DDR Double Data Rate
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DL Down Link
DMZ demilitarized zone
DNS domain name service
E
EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
F
FDD frequency division duplex
G
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
H
HSPA+ High Speed Packet Access Plus
HSPA High Speed Packet Access
HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access
I
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IP Internet Protocol
L
LAN Local Area Network
LED Light Emitting Diode
LTE Long Term Evolution
M
MAC Media Access Control
MDI Medium Dependent Interface
MDIX Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
N
NAPT Network Address and Port Translation
NAT Network Address Translation
P
PIN Personal Identification Number
S
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory
SMS Short Message Service
SOHO Small Office Home Office
SSID service set identifier
T
TDD time division duplex
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol