AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service BCC Base station Colour Code BSC Base Station Controller BSIC

Base Station Identity Code BSS Base Station Subsystem BSSAP BSS Application Part BSSMAP BSS Management Application Part BSSOMAP BSS Operations and Maintenance Application Part BTS Base Transciever Station BTSM BTS Management protocol CC Circuit mode connection Call protocol CCITT The Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephony CGI Cell Global Identifier CM Circuit Mode connection call protocol DNS Domain Name System DTAP Direct Transfer Application Part ECC Emergency Call Centre EIR Equipement Identity Register ETS European Telecommunications Standard ETSI European Telecommunications Standardization Institute FAC Final Assemply Code GPS Global Positioning System GSM Global System for Mobile communications

HLR Home Location Register HO HandOver IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity ID Identification IP Internet Protocol ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network ISUP ISDN User Part ITU International Telecommunications Union LA Location Area LAI Location Area Identifier LOS Line Of Sight MAP Mobile Application Part MTP Message Transfer Part MM Mobility Management protocol MS Mobile Station MSC Mobile Switching Centre MSC Message Sequence Chart MSISDN Mobile Station ISDN number MSL Mobile Station Location MSLC Mobile Station Location Centre MSLP Mobile Station Location Protocol MSRN Mobile Station Roaming Number

NCC Network Colour Code NMT Nordisk Mobil Telefon NLOS Non - Line Of Sight NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology O&M Operations and Maintenance OMC Operations and Maintenance Centre OTD Observed Time Difference PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language PLMN Public Land Mobile Network RR Radio Resources protocol RTD Real Time Difference RXLEV Received signal level SACCH Slow Assosiated Control Channel SCCP Signalling Connection Control Part SDL Specifications and Description Language SIM Subscriber Identity Module SMG Special Mobile Group SMS Short Message Service SNR Serial NumbeR SS7 Signalling System 7 SW Switch TA Timing Advance TAC Type Approval Code

TACS Total Access Communication System TCH Traffic Channel TCP Transport Control Protocol TMN Telecommunication Management Network TRX Transciever (Transmitter/Receiver) UTC Universal Time Coordinated UTM Universal Transverse Mercator grid VLR Visitor Location Register WGS World Geodetic Service