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5G NR Abbreviations


Abbreviations
5GC               5G Core Network
5GLAN         5G Local Area Network
5GS               5G System
5G-AN          5G Access Network
5G-EIR         5G-Equipment Identity Register
5G-GUTI      5G Globally Unique Temporary Identifier
5G-BRG       5G Broadband Residential Gateway
5G-CRG       5G Cable Residential Gateway
5G-RG          5G Residential Gateway
5G-S-TMSI   5G S-Temporary Mobile Subscription Identifier

5QI                5G QoS Identifier
5GC                5G Core Network
ACK               Acknowledgement
AM                 Acknowledged Mode
ARQ               Automatic Repeat Request
AS                   Access Stratum
ASN.1             Abstract Syntax Notation One
BLER             Block Error Rate
BWP               Bandwidth Part
CA                  Carrier Aggregation
CCCH            Common Control Channel
CG                  Cell Group
CMAS             Commercial Mobile Alert Service
CP                   Control Plane
C-RNTI          Cell RNTI
CSI                 Channel State Information
DC                  Dual Connectivity
DCCH            Dedicated Control Channel
DCI                 Downlink Control Information
DL                  Downlink
DL-SCH         Downlink Shared Channel
DM-RS           Demodulation Reference Signal
DRB                (user) Data Radio Bearer
DRX               Discontinuous Reception
DTCH             Dedicated Traffic Channel
EN-DC            E-UTRA NR Dual Connectivity with E-UTRA connected to EPC
EPC                Evolved Packet Core
EPS                 Evolved Packet System
ETWS             Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System
E-UTRA         Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
E-UTRA/5GC        E-UTRA connected to 5GC
E-UTRA/EPC E-UTRA connected to EPC
E-UTRAN      Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
FDD                Frequency Division Duplex
FFS                 For Further Study
GERAN          GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network
GNSS              Global Navigation Satellite System
GSM               Global System for Mobile Communications
HARQ            Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
IE                    Information element
IMSI               International Mobile Subscriber Identity
kB                   Kilobyte (1000 bytes)
L1                   Layer 1
L2                   Layer 2
L3                   Layer 3
MAC               Medium Access Control
MCG              Master Cell Group
MIB                Master Information Block
MR-DC           Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity
N/A                 Not Applicable
NE-DC            NR E-UTRA Dual Connectivity
(NG)EN-DC   E-UTRA NR Dual Connectivity (covering E-UTRA connected to EPC or 5GC)
NGEN-DC      E-UTRA NR Dual Connectivity with E-UTRA connected to 5GC
NR-DC           NR-NR Dual Connectivity
NR/5GC         NR connected to 5GC
PCell               Primary Cell
PDCP              Packet Data Convergence Protocol
PDU                Protocol Data Unit
PLMN             Public Land Mobile Network
PSCell             Primary SCG Cell
PWS                Public Warning System
QoS                 Quality of Service
RAN               Radio Access Network
RAT                Radio Access Technology
RLC                Radio Link Control
RNA               RAN-based Notification Area
RNTI              Radio Network Temporary Identifier
ROHC            Robust Header Compression
RRC               Radio Resource Control
RS                   Reference Signal
SCell               Secondary Cell
SCG                Secondary Cell Group
SFN                 System Frame Number
SFTD              SFN and Frame Timing Difference
SI                    System Information
SIB                  System Information Block
SpCell             Special Cell
SRB                Signalling Radio Bearer
SSB                 Synchronization Signal Block
TAG               Timing Advance Group
TDD                Time Division Duplex
TM                  Transparent Mode
UE                  User Equipment
UL                  Uplink
UM                 Unacknowledged Mode
UP                   User Plane

In the ASN.1, lower case may be used for some (parts) of the above abbreviations e.g. c-RNTI.


3GPP TS 38.331 version 15.3.0 Release 15

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