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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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PKCS 7

Public Key Cryptography Standard 7

PKCS 8

Public Key Cryptography Standard 8

PKE

Public Key Encryption

PKI

Public-Key Infrastructure

PKIX

Public Key Infrastructure (X.509)

Plaintext

Plaintext

PLC

Power Line Communication

PLL

Phase Lock Loop

PLMN

Public Land Mobile Network

PMA or PM_ADDR

Parked Member Address

PMCH

Physical Multicast Channel

PMI

Precoding Matrix Indicator

PMIP

Proxy Mobile IP

PMK

Pairwise Master Key

PMR

Private Mobile Radio

PN

Pseudorandom Noise

PN

N-PDU Number

PN Chip

PN Chip

PNCH

Packet Notification Channel

PNF

Physical Network Function

PNP

Private Numbering Plan

PoA

Point of Attachment

POC

Push to talk Over Cellular

POC Client

POC Client

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