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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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SIMPLE

SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging

Simplex

Simplex

Simulcast

Simulcast

Slave Device

Slave Device

Sleep mode

Sleep mode

SLF

Subscription Locator Function

SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol

Slotted Mode

Slotted Mode

SLR

Source Local Reference

SLRC

Station Long Retry Counter

SMLC

Serving Mobile Location Centre

SoLSA

Support of Localized Service Area

Spectral density

Spectral density

SRNS Relocation

SRNS Relocation

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

Star topology

Star topology

Sublayer

Sublayer

Supplemental Channel

Supplemental Channel

Supplemental Code Channel

Supplemental Code Channel

Sync Channel

Sync Channel

Sync Channel Superframe

Sync Channel Superframe

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