Module
The unit formed of a chip and a contact plate.
UTRAN
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network. UTRAN consists of Radio Network Controllers (RNCs) and NodeBs of a UMTS network. It allows connectivity between the UE and the core network.
SMAOT
Smartjac OT series of UICC / SIM cards ranging from 2G SIM cards with XOR support, to advanced multi-application LTE UICC cards with Milenage support, NFC, USIM, ISIM and CSIM.
UICC
A high capacity smart card used in mobile terminals for GSM, UMTS/3G and now 4G/LTE networks.
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3GPP
3GPP (3G Partnership Project) is an industry group that aims to produce specifications for a 3G system based on GSM Networks.
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ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute: the EU organization in charge of defining European telecommunications standards.
USIM
Universal Subscriber Identity Module. A SIM with adbanced software that ensures continuity when migrating to 3G services.
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute. The European Standards Development Organisation (SDO) in 3GPP. See www.etsi.org.Â
HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. A client-server communication protocol developed for World Wide Web. See IETF RFC2616, www.ietf.org.
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity. A unique number associated with each mobile phone user. It is stored in the SIM inside the phone and is sent by the phone to the network. It is primarily intended for obtaining information on the use of the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) by subscribers. It is also used for other functions such as to compute the Paging Occasions (PO) in LTE. See 3GPP TS22.016 and TS23.003.
UTRA
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access. The radio access solution for UMTS.
SIM
A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module (SIM) is an integrated circuit chip that is intended to securely store the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices.
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GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications. A European standard for digital cellular phones that has now been widely adopted throughout the world.
M2M
Machine-to-Machine. Technology enabling communication between machinesfor applications such as smart meters, mobile health solutions, etc.
MIM
Machine Identification Module. The equivalent of a SIM with specific features such that it can be used in machines to enable authentificationMMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) a standard way of sending messages that include multimedia content (e.g. photographs) to and from mobile phones.
BER
Bit Error Rate. A measure of received signal quality, the proportion of received bits which is decoded erroneously.
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IMS
Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem. An architectural framework for delivering Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia services via UTRAN and E- UTRAN. See 3GPP TS23.228 and TS23.406.
RAC
Radio Admission Control. The RAC function is located in the eNodeB and controls admission or rejection of new radio bearer establishment requests. The goal of RAC is to maximize radio resource utilization while ensuring that the required Quality of Service (QoS) is achieved for sessions which are already established. RAC can take into account the overall resource situation in E- UTRAN, the QoS requirements, the priority levels, the provided QoS of in- progress sessions and the QoS requirements of new radio bearer requests. See 3GPP TS36.300, Section 16.1.2.
RAN
Radio Access Network. A RAN consists of the ground-based infrastructure required for delivery of communication between UEs and the Core Network (CN). In LTE, the RAN consists of one or more base stations (i.e. eNodeBs). Examples of other RANs are UMTS, TD-SCDMA, GSM, CDMA2000 and WiMAX.
RAT
Radio Access Technology. The RAT is the type of radio technology used in a Radio Access Network (RAN) to access the Core Network (CN), e.g. UMTS, GSM, CDMA2000, WiMAX.
3G
(Third Generation) The broadband telecommunications systems that combine high speed voice, data and multimedia.
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IM
Using text on a mobile handset to communicate in real time
IP
Internet Protocol. A protocol for communicating data accross a network
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OS
Operating System. Software that runs on computers and other smart devices and that manages the way they function.
SE
Secure Element. A secure and personalised physical component added to a system to manage users rights and to host secure apps. SE typically consist of a Silicon Chip, a secure Operating System, application software and a secure protocol to communicate to the device. SE can be a removable device (such as UICC or µSD for mobile devices or MIM for M2M connected machines). SE can also be components inside the system.
BS
Base Station. The entity in a radio access network responsible for radio trans- mission and reception in one or more cells to and from the UE. In LTE the BS is known as the eNodeB.
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DL
DownLink. The radio link in the direction from the base station to the mobile terminal.
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HE
Home Environment. The HE of a subscriber is responsible for the overall pro- vision and control of the personal service environment to the subscriber.Â
HO
HandOver. HO is a procedure by which a mobile terminal changes serving cells (within the same frequency or on different frequencies or even on different Radio Access Technologies (RAT)). See 3GPP TS36.133.
UICC
A high capacity smart card used in mobile terminals for GSM, UMTS/3G and now 4G/LTE networks.
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SIM
A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module (SIM) is an integrated circuit chip that is intended to securely store the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices.
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SIM
A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module (SIM) is an integrated circuit chip that is intended to securely store the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices.
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