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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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NSACF

Network Slice Admission Control Function

NSAPI

Network Service Access Point Identifier

NSD

Network Service Descriptor

NSDU

Network Service Data Unit

NSI

Network Slice Instance

Nsmf

SMF Service-based Interface

NSMS

Network Slice Management Service - Provider

NSSAAF

Network Slice-Specific Authentication and Authorization Function

NSSAI

Network Slice Selection Assistance Information

NSSF

Network Slice Selection Function

NSSI

Network Slice Subnet Instance

NST

Network Slice Template

NT

Non Transparent

NTN

Non-Terrestrial Network

NTN Gateway

Non-Terrestrial Network Gateway

NTP

Network Time Protocol

NTU

Network Termination Unit

Nudm

UDM Service-based Interface

Null Modem

Null Modem

Null Traffic Channel Data

Null Traffic Channel Data

NVFO

NFV Orchestrator

NWDAF

Network Data Analytics Function

Nyquist Theorem

Nyquist Theorem

O&M

Operations & Maintenance

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