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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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PRN

Provide Roaming Number

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Propagation Delay

Propagation Delay

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Protection Switching

Protection Switching

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PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

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QoS Negotiated

QoS Negotiated

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QoS Session

QoS Session

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Qqualmin

Qqualmin

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Qrxlevmin

Qrxlevmin

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Quantization

Quantization

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Quantization level

Quantization level

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Quantization noise

Quantization noise

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Quick Paging

Quick Paging

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Quick Paging Channel Slot

Quick Paging Channel Slot

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R Reference Point

R Reference Point

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RA-RNTI

Random Access - Radio Network Temporary Identifier

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Radio Configuration Class

Radio Configuration Class

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Radio Interface

Radio Interface

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Radio link

Radio link

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Radio link addition

Radio link addition

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Radio link removal

Radio link removal

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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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