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Glossary

Explore our library of thousands of telecoms terms and acronyms defined for on-the-job reference or learning new material.

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RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

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RAF

Repository Access Function

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RAI

Routing Area Identification

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Rake Receiver

Rake Receiver

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RAM

Random Access Memory

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RAN

Radio Access Network

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RANAP

Radio Access Network Application Part

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RAND

Random Number

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RANDBS

Base Station Random Variable

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RANDC

Random Challenge

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RANDU

Unique Random Variable

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RAPID

Random Access Preamble Identifier

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RAR

Random Access Response

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RAR

Re-Authorization Request

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RARP

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

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RAT

Radio Access Technology

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Rate centre

Rate centre

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Rate matching

Rate matching

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RAU

Routing Area Update

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Rayleigh Fading

Rayleigh Fading

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Rayleigh Scattering

Rayleigh Scattering

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RCAF

RAN Congestion Awareness Function

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Ready State

Ready State

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Reassociation

Reassociation

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