Preface 
NUMERALS 
IG (First-Generation) Networks 
2G (Second-Generation) Networks 
2.5G Networks 
3G (Third Generation) 
2-Tier 
3-Tier 
Data Rates and Capacities 
Display Technology 
Frequencies 
Miscvellaneous 
Significant Years/Dates 
Symbols and Common Syntax 
A 
Access 
Applications 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
B 
Base Station Controller 
Billing 
Bluetooth 
Broker 
BSS Protocols 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
C 
cdmaOne 
Cdma2000 
Charge Mechanisms 
Classification of GPRS Handsets 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
D 
D-AMPS 
Data 
DCT 
Digital Multimedia 
Discovery (Jini) 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
E 
E-business 
EDGE (Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Revolution) 
EGPRS (Enhanced General Packet Radio Service) 
EVRC (Enhanced Variable-Rate Codec) 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
F 
FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing) 
Fiber Channel 
Firewall 
FMA (FRAMES Multiple Access) 
Fraud 
Frequency 
Frequency Hopping 
Computer/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronymns 
G 
GPRS 
GPS (Global Positioning System) 
Graphics 
GSM 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
H 
Handovers 
HSCSD 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
I 
I-Mode 
Internet 
IP Address 
IP Mobile Networks 
ISDN 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
J 
Java 
JavaBeans 
JavaScript 
JavaSpaces 
Jini 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
L 
Layers 
Leasing 
Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) 
Location Services 
Lookup Services 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
M 
Macromedia Flash Player 4 for Pocket PC 
Microwave Radio 
Mobile Network 
Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) 
MPEG 
Multimedia Messaging Service 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
N 
Network Design and Deployment 
Network Reference Model 
Networks 
Nonaccess Stratem 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
O 
OFDM 
Offset Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying 
Open Loop Power Control 
Operating Systems 
Optic Fiber 
OSI (Open System Interconnection) 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
P 
Paging (UTRAN) 
PCM 
Physical Channel--UMTS 
Protocol Stacks 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
R 
Radio 
Radio Frequency Spectrum Allocation 
Reverse Physical Channels (Cdma2000) 
RF Propagation Models 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
S 
Satellite Communications 
Security--UTRAN 
Sigtran Protocol 
SMS (Short Message Service) 
SS7 
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Protocol 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
T 
TCP/IP--Transmission Control Protocol 
TDMA 
Telephone 
Towers 
Traffic Channels (CDMA) 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
U 
UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone Service) 
UMTS Core Network Architecture 
UMTS Network Architecture 
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Interface 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
V 
Video 
Videoconferencing 
Voice over IP (VoIP) 
Voice and IP Mobile Networks 
Voice Encoding 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
W 
WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) 
WAP Gateway 
Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) 
Wideband CDMA Air Interface 
Wireless Markup Language 
WLAN (Wireless LAN) 
Computers/Software 
Miscellaneous 
Acronyms 
INDEX