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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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HS-DPCCH

High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel

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HS-DSCH

High Speed Downlink Shared Channel

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HS-DSCH RNTI

HS-DSCH Radio Network Temporary Identity

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HS-PDSCH

High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel

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HS-SCCH

High SpeedShared Control Channel

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HSCSD

High Speed Circuit Switched Data

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HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access

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HSN

Hopping Sequence Number

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HSPA+

High Speed Packet Access+

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HSS

Home Subscriber Server

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HSSI

High Speed Serial Interface

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HSUPA

High Speed Uplink Packet Access

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HTS

High Throughput Satellite

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I-CSCF

Interrogating - Call Session Control Function

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I-SBC

Interconnect Session Border Controller

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I2RS

Interface to Routing System

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IBSS

Independent Basic Service Set

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ICS

IMS Centralized Services

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ICSI

IMS Communication Service Identifier

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Idle mode or Idle State

Idle mode or Idle State

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IDS

Intrusion Detection System

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IEEE 802.11 Wireless

IEEE 802.11

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IEEE 802.15 Wireless Personal Area Networks

IEEE 802.15 Wireless Personal Area Networks

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IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks

IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks

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