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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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NSAPI

Network Service Access Point Identifier

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NSD

Network Service Descriptor

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NSDU

Network Service Data Unit

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NSI

Network Slice Instance

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Nsmf

SMF Service-based Interface

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NSMS

Network Slice Management Service - Provider

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NSSAI

Network Slice Selection Assistance Information

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NSSF

Network Slice Selection Function

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NSSI

Network Slice Subnet Instance

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NST

Network Slice Template

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NT

Non Transparent

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NTP

Network Time Protocol

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NTU

Network Termination Unit

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Nudm

UDM Service-based Interface

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Null Modem

Null Modem

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Null Traffic Channel Data

Null Traffic Channel Data

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NVFO

NFV Orchestrator

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NWDAF

Network Data Analytics Function

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Nyquist Theorem

Nyquist Theorem

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ONF

Open Networking Foundation

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ONU

Optical Network Unit

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OSI Reference Model

OSI Reference Model

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OTN

Optical Transport Network

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Out of Band Signalling

Out of Band Signalling

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