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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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NCI

NR Cell Identity

NCT

Network Connection Topology

NDSS

Network Directed System Selection

NE

Network Element

NE-DC

NR - E-UTRA Dual Connectivity

NEF

Network Exposure Function

Neighbor Set

Neighbor Set

NENA

National Emergency Number Association

Network Slicing

Network Slicing

NextGen

Next Generation

NF

Network Function

NFC

Near Field Communications

NFM

Network Friendly Mode

NFVI

NFV Infrastructure

NG RAN

NextGen RAN

NG UE

NextGen User Equipment

NGAP

NG Application Protocol

NGC

NextGen Core

NGEN-DC

NG-RAN - E-UTRA Dual Connectivity

NGEN-DC

NG-RAN - E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity

NGS

NextGen System

NGSO

Non-Geostationary

NIC

Network Interface Card

NID

Network Identification

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