Abbreviation Index

A

AAA: Authentication, Authorization andAccounting

AIN: Advanced Intelligent Network

ALG: Application Layer Gateway

AN: Ambient Network

ANAT: Alternate Network Address Type

A-RACF: Access Resource Admission Control Function

ASM: Advanced Spectrum Management

AWGN: Additive White Gaussian Noise

B

B-ISDN: Broadband Integrated ServiceDigital Network

BPCG: Bandwidth and Power Control Game

BSF: Bootstrapping Server Function

C

CAST: Configurable Radio with AdvancedSoftware Technology

C-BGF: Core Border Gateway Function

CC: Cognitive Circle

CLIPS: C Language Integrated Production System

CPC: Cognitive Pilot Channel

CR: Cognitive Radio

CSMA/CA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance

CU: Cognitive User

D

DFA: Distributed Fair Algorithm

DFT: Discrete Fourier Transform

DGA: Distributed Greedy Algorithm

DNPM: Dynamic Network Planning and Management

DSA: Dynamic Spectrum Access

DSE: Dual Stack Emulation

DSL: Digital Subscriber Line

DWCS: Distributed Wireless Communications System

G

GAA: Generic Authentication Architecture

GBA: Generic Bootstrapping Architecture

GGSN: Gateway GPRS Support Node

GUP: Generic User Profile

GW: Gateway

H

HLR: Home Location Register

HMM: Hidden Markov Model

HSS: Home Subscriber Server

I

IBCF: Interconnect Border Control Function

I-BGF: Interconnect Border Gateway Function

I-CSCF: Interrogating Call Session Control Function

IDL: Interface Description Language

IMS: IP Multimedia Subsystem

IST: Information Society Technologies

J

JAIN: Java APIs for Integrated Networks

JCAT: Java Coordination and Transaction

JCC: Java Call Control

JCP: Java Community Process

JDBC: Java Database Connection

JRRM: Joint Radio Resource Management

JSR: Java Specification Request

JTAPI: Java Telephony Application Programming Interface

L

LNA: Low Noise Amplifier

LU: Licensed User

M

MCM: Multi-Carrier Modulation

MGCP: Media Gateway Control Protocol

MRM-SPO: Maximum Reward Model of Sensing Period Optimization

MT: Mobile Terminal

MTM-SVD: Multiple-Taper Method-Singular Value Decomposition

N

NAF: Network Access Function

NAPT: Network Address and Port Translation

NAPT-PT: Network Address and Port Translation Protocol Translation

NAT: Network Address Translation

NE: Network Element

NGN: Next Generation Network

O

ODBC: Open Database Connection

OSA: Open Service Architecture

OSCR: Open Source Cognitive Radio

P

P-CSCF: Proxy Call Session Control Function

PDA: Personal Digital Assistant

PDP: Packet Data Protocol

PKI: Public Key Infrastructure

PSPDN: Packet Switched Public Data Network

PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network

R

RAF: Repository Access Function

RAPSS: Random Asynchronous Periodic Spectrum Sensing

RAT: Radio Access Technology

RBW: Resolution Bandwidth

RCEF: Resource Control Enforcement Function

RDA: Randomized Distributed Algorithm

RKRL: Radio Knowledge Representation Language

S

SCA: Software Communication Architecture

SCF: Service Capability Feature

SCS: Service Capability Server

S-CSCF: Serving Call Session Control Function

SCTP: Stream Control Transmission Protocol

SDL: Specification and Description Language

SDR: Software Defined Radio

SGSN: Serving GPRS Support Node

SIP: Session Initiation Protocol

SLEE: Service Logic Execution Environment

SLF: Subscriber Locator Function

SMP: Service Management Point

SNR: Signal-to-Noise Ratio

SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol

SPDF: Service Policy Decision Function

SSP: Service Switching Point

T

TLS: Transport Layer Security

TrGW: Translation Gateway

TRUST: Transparently Reconfigurable Ubiquitous Terminal

U

UA: User Agent

UC: Unified Communications

UDP: User Datagram Protocol

UE: User Equipment

UML: Unified Modeling Language

UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunication System

UPS: Uninterrupted Power Supply

UWB: Ultra Mobile Broadband

W

WLAN: Wireless Local Access Network

WMAN: Wireless Metropolitan Area Network

WPAN: Wireless Personal Area Network

WRAN: Wireless Regional Area Network

WSDL: Web Service Description Language