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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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P-CSCF

Proxy - Call Session Control Function

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P/F

Poll / Final Bit

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Packet Filtering

Packet Filtering

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PCEF

Policy and Charging Enforcement Function

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PCF

Positioning Calculation Function

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PCF

Point Coordination Function

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PCF

Policy Control Function

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PCFICH

Physical Control Format Indicator Channel

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PCRF

Policy and Charging Rules Function

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PDF

Policy Decision Function

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PF

Paging Frame

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PF

Policy Function

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PFC

Packet Flow Context

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PFD

Packet Flow Detection

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PFDF

Packet Flow Description Function

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PFI

Packet Flow Identity

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PFS

Perfect Forward Secrecy

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PIFS

PCF Interframe Space

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Pilot PN Sequence Offset

Pilot PN Sequence Offset

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Pilot PN Sequence Offset Index

Pilot PN Sequence Offset Index

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Ping of Death

Ping of Death

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PNF

Physical Network Function

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PRAF

Positioning Radio Assistance Function

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PRCF

Positioning Radio Coordination Function

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