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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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AoR

Address of Record

AP

Access Point

AP

Access Probe

AP-AICH

Access Preamble Acquisition Indicator Channel

APCH

Auxiliary Pilot Channel

APH

Access Probe Handoff

API

Application Programming Interface

APN

Access Point Name

APN AMBR

Access Point Name Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

Applet

Applet

Application

Application

Application Context

Application Context

Application Generator

Application Generator

Application Interface

Application Interface

Applications / Clients

Applications / Clients

APS

Access Probe Sequence

APSD

Automatic Power Save Delivery

APT

Advanced Persistent Threat

AR

Autonomous Registration

AR

Area Router

AR_ADDR

Access Request Address

ARFCN

Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

ARI

Assist Request Instructions

ARIB

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses

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