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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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HFN

Hyper Frame Number

HFP

Hands-Free Profile

HGW

Home Gateway

Highest SR3 Frequency

Highest SR3 Frequency

HiperAccess

HiperAccess

HIPERLAN

HIghPErformance Radio Local Area Network

HiperLan 2

High Performance Radio LAN

HiperLan1

High Performance Radio LAN

HLR

Home Location Register

HLR

Home Location Register (3GPP2)

HLS

Higher Layer Split

HMAC

Hash Message Authentication Code

HNB

Home Node B

HNB-GW

Home Node B

HOLD

Communication Hold

Hold Mode

Hold Mode

Holographic Communication

Holographic Communication

Hopping Pilot Beacon

Hopping Pilot Beacon

HOS

Home Operated Services

Host Name Resolution

Host Name Resolution

HPLMN

Home Public Land Mobile Network

HR/DSSS PHY

High Rate / Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Physical Layer

HRLLC

Hyper Reliable and Low-Latency Communication