| 2G |
2nd Generation |
| 3G |
3rd Generation |
| 4G |
4th Generation |
| EF3 |
European Friends of 3GPP |
| GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
| GTP |
GPRS Tunneling Protocol |
| GUP |
Generic User Profile |
| IRP |
Integration Reference Point |
| JF3 |
Japanese Friends of 3GPP |
| NF3 |
North American Friends of 3GPP |
| PDCP |
Packet Data Convergence Protocol |
| R99 |
Release 1999 |
| Rel-4 |
Release 4 |
| Rel-5 |
Release 5 |
| RNL |
Radio Network Layer |
| SON |
Self Organising Network |
| TTI |
Transmission Time Interval |
| UE |
User Equipment |
3G
| PC |
Packet Core |
| RNC |
Radio Network Controller |
| UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
4G
| eNB |
Evolved Node B |
| eNodeB |
Evolved Node B |
| EPC |
Evolved Packet Core |
| LTE |
Long Term Evolution |
| P-GW |
Packet Gateway |
| PDCP |
Packet Data Convergence Protocol |
| RLC |
Radio Link Control |
| RNC |
Radio Network Controller |
| RRC |
Radio Resource Control |
| S-GW |
Service Gateway |
| VoLTE |
Voice over LTE |