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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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BRI

Basic Rate Interface

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Bridge

Bridge

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BSIC

Base Station Identity Code

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BSICNCELL

BSIC of an adjacent cell

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BSSID

Basic Service Set Identifier

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BVCI

BSSGP Virtual Connections Identifier

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C Link

Cross link

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C-RNTI

Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier

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C-TEID

Common Tunnel Endpoint Identifier

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CACH Chip Bit.

Common Assigned Channel Chip Bit

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CAI

Charge Advice Information

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Call forwarding

Call forwarding

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Call pickup

Call pickup

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Caller ID

Caller ID

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Candidate Set

Candidate Set

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CAPIF

Common API Framework for 3GPP northbound APIs

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CBMI

Cell Broadcast Message Identifier

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CCITT

Consultative Committee for International Telegraphy and Telephony

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CD/CAICH

CPCH Collision Detection/Channel Assignment Indicator Channel

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CDI

Collision Detection Indicator

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CDIV

Communication Diversion

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CDMA Candidate Frequency

CDMA Candidate Frequency

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CDMA Frequency Assignment

CDMA Frequency Assignment

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CEID

Customer Edge Identifier

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