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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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CGF

Charging Gateway Function

CGI

Cell Global Identity

Channel Coding

Channel Coding

CHAP

Challenge/Handshake Authentication Protocol

Chargeable Event

Chargeable Event

Checksum

Checksum

CHF

Charging Function

Chirping

Chirping

CHP

Charging Point

CI

Cell Identity

CIA

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

CIC

Circuit Identity Code

CID

Charging Identity

CIDR

Classless Inter Domain Routing

CINR

Carrier to Interference plus Noise Ratio

CIoT

Cellular Internet of Things

Ciphertext

Ciphertext

CIR

Committed Information Rate

Circuit Switching

Circuit Switching

CK

Cipher Key

CKSN

Cipher Key Sequence Number

Class A Terminal

Class A Terminal

Class B Terminal

Class B Terminal

Class C Terminal

Class C Terminal

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