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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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LSOF

Location System Operation Function

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LSPF

Location Subscriber Privacy Function

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MBSFN

MBMS over a Single Frequency Network

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MCEF

Mobile Station Memory Capacity Exceeded Flag

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MDF

Main Distribution Frame

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MediaFLO

Media Forward Link Only

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MEF

Metro Ethernet Forum

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MFBR

Maximum Flow Bit Rate

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MGCF

Media Gateway Control Function

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MIFR

Master International Frequency Register

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MNRF

Mobile Station Not Reachable Flag

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Monomode Fibre

Monomode Fibre

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MRF

Multimedia Resource Function

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MRFC

Multimedia Resource Function Controller

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MRFP

Multimedia Resource Function Processor

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MTC-IWF

Machine Type Communications - Interworking Function

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MTRF

Mobile Terminated Roaming Forwarding

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Multiframe

Multiframe

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Multimode Fibre

Multimode Fibre

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N3IWF

Non-3GPP Interworking Function

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Naf

AF Service-based Interface

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Namf

AMF Service-based Interface

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Nausf

AUSF Service-based Interface

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NEF

Network Exposure Function

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