|
3GPP
|
3rd Generation Partnership Project
|
|
AAA
|
Authentication, Authorisation, and Accounting
|
|
AArch64
|
64bit ARM architecture
|
|
Acc
|
Accelerator
|
|
AD
|
Active Directory
|
|
ADC
|
Application Delivery Controller
|
|
AES
|
Advanced Encryption Standard
|
|
AES-NI
|
AES New Instructions
|
|
AI
|
Artificial Intelligence
|
|
AMF
|
Access and Mobility management Function
|
|
API
|
Application Programming Interface
|
|
AR
|
Augmented Reality
|
|
ARM
|
Advanced RISC Machines
|
|
ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
|
|
AS
|
Application Servers
|
|
ASIC
|
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
|
|
AUSF
|
AUthentication Server Function
|
|
AZ
|
Availability Zone
|
|
B2B
|
Business to Business
|
|
B2C
|
Business to Consumer
|
|
BBU
|
BaseBand Unit
|
|
BGCF
|
Border Gateway Control Function
|
|
BGP
|
Border Gateway Protocol
|
|
BGPaaS
|
BGP as a Service
|
|
BIOS
|
Basic Input Output System
|
|
BM
|
Bare Metal
|
|
BMC
|
Baseband Management Controller
|
|
BMRA
|
Bare Metal Reference Architecture
|
|
BNG
|
Broadband Network Gateway
|
|
BRAS
|
Broadband Remote Access Server
|
|
BSS
|
Business Support Systems
|
|
CaaS
|
Cloud Native Container as a Service
|
|
CaaS
|
Container as a Service
|
|
CAPEX
|
Capital Expenditure
|
|
C&V
|
Compliance & Verification
|
|
CCP
|
Centralised Control Plane
|
|
CCS
|
Converged Charging System
|
|
CDN
|
Content Distribution (or Delivery) Network
|
|
CG-NAT
|
Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation
|
|
cgroups
|
Control Groups
|
|
CHF
|
Charging Function (part of the converged charging system CCS)
|
|
CI/CD
|
Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
|
|
CIDR
|
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
|
|
CIM
|
Cloud Infrastructure Management
|
|
CIRV
|
Common Infrastructure Realization & Validation
|
|
CIS
|
Center for Internet Security
|
|
CIT
|
Cloud Integrity Tool
|
|
CLI
|
Command Line Interface
|
|
CM
|
Configuration Management
|
|
CNCF
|
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
|
|
CNF
|
Cloud Native Network Function
|
|
CNI
|
Container Network Interface
|
|
CNTT
|
Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Taskforce
|
|
CP
|
Control Plane
|
|
CPE
|
Customer Premises Equipment
|
|
CPU
|
Central Processing Unit
|
|
CRD
|
Custom Resource Definition
|
|
CRI
|
Container Runtime Interface
|
|
CRI-O
|
OCI compliant CRI implementation
|
|
CRTM
|
Core Root of Trust for Measurements
|
|
CRUD
|
Create, Read, Update, and Delete
|
|
CSA
|
Cloud Security Alliance
|
|
CSAR
|
(TOSCA) Cloud Service Archive
|
|
CSCF
|
Call Session Control Function
|
|
CSI
|
Container Storage Interface
|
|
CSP
|
Cloud Service Provider
|
|
CU
|
Centralised Unit (O-RAN context)
|
|
CVC
|
(LFN) Compliance Verification Committee
|
|
CVE
|
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
|
|
DANM
|
Damn, Another Network Manager
|
|
DBaaS
|
Data Base as a Service
|
|
DC
|
Data Center
|
|
DCP
|
Distributed Control Plane
|
|
DDoS
|
Distributed Denial of Service
|
|
DHCP
|
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
|
|
DMA
|
Direct Memory Access
|
|
DNS
|
Domain Name System
|
|
DPDK
|
Data Plane Development Kit
|
|
DPI
|
Deep Packet Inspection
|
|
DPU
|
Data Processing Unit
|
|
DRA
|
Diameter Routing Agent
|
|
DRAM
|
Dynamic Random Access Memory
|
|
DRTM
|
Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurements
|
|
DSP
|
Digital Signal Processor
|
|
DU
|
Distributed Unit (O-RAN context)
|
|
DVR
|
Distributed Virtual Routing
|
|
E2E
|
End to End
|
|
EBS
|
Elastic Block Storage
|
|
EFI
|
(BIOS) Extensible Firmware Interface
|
|
eMBB
|
Enhanced Mobile BroadBand
|
|
EMS
|
Element Management System
|
|
EPA
|
Enhanced Platform Awareness
|
|
EPC
|
Evolved Packet Core
|
|
ePDG
|
Evolved Packet Data GateWay
|
|
ESXi
|
(VMware) ESX Integrated
|
|
eTOM
|
Enhanced Telecom Operations Map
|
|
ETSI
|
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
|
|
EUAG
|
Linux Foundation Networking End User Advisory Group
|
|
EUD
|
End User Device
|
|
EULA
|
End-User License Agreement
|
|
EVPN
|
Ethernet Virtual Private Network
|
|
EVPN
|
Ethernet VPN
|
|
F2F
|
Face-to-Face
|
|
FC
|
Fiber Channel
|
|
FCAPS
|
Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security
|
|
FFA
|
Fixed Function Accelerator
|
|
FPGA
|
Field Programmable Gate Array
|
|
FTTx
|
Fiber to the x
|
|
FW
|
Fire Wall
|
|
FWD
|
(Traffic) ForWarDed
|
|
GB
|
Giga Byte
|
|
GFS
|
Global (Linux) File System
|
|
GGSN
|
Gateway GPRS Support Node
|
|
Gi or GiB
|
Gibibyte (1024
3
) bytes
|
|
GPRS
|
General Packet Radio Service
|
|
GPS
|
Global Positioning System
|
|
GPU
|
Graphics Processing Unit
|
|
GRE
|
Generic Routing Encapsulation
|
|
GSM
|
Global System for Mobile Communications, previously Groupe Speciale Mobile
|
|
GSMA
|
GSM Association
|
|
GUI
|
Graphical User Interface
|
|
GW
|
Gateway
|
|
HA
|
High Availability
|
|
HCP
|
Hyperscaler Cloud Provider
|
|
HDD
|
Hard Disk Drive
|
|
HDFS
|
Hadoop Distributed File System
|
|
HDV
|
Hardware Delivery Validation
|
|
HLR
|
Home Location Register
|
|
HOT
|
(OpenStack) Heat Orchestration Templates
|
|
HSS
|
Home Subscriber Server
|
|
HTML
|
Hyper Text Markup Language
|
|
HW
|
Hardware
|
|
IaaS
|
Infrastructure as a Service
|
|
IaC (IaaC)
|
Infrastructure as Code (or "as a")
|
|
IAM
|
Identity and Access Management
|
|
ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
|
ID
|
Identifier
|
|
IDF
|
(OPNFV) Installer Descriptor File
|
|
IdP
|
Identity Provider
|
|
IDRAC
|
(Dell) Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
|
|
IDS
|
Intrusion Detection System
|
|
ILO
|
(HPE) Integrated Lights-Out
|
|
IMS
|
IP Multimedia Subsystem
|
|
IO
|
Input/Output
|
|
IOMMU
|
Input/Output Memory Management Unit
|
|
IOPS
|
Input/Output per Second
|
|
IoT
|
Internet of Things
|
|
IP
|
Internet Protocol
|
|
IPAM
|
IP Address Management
|
|
IPMI
|
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
|
|
IPS
|
Intrusion Prevention System
|
|
IPSec
|
Internet Protocol Security
|
|
iSCSI
|
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
|
|
IT
|
Information Technology
|
|
ITIL
|
IT Infrastructure Library
|
|
K8s
|
Kubernetes
|
|
KPI
|
Key Performance Indicator
|
|
KVM
|
Keyboard, Video and Mouse
|
|
LaaS
|
(Testing) Lab as a Service
|
|
LAN
|
Local Area Network
|
|
LB
|
Load Balancer
|
|
LBaaS
|
Load Balancer as a Service
|
|
LCM
|
LifeCycle Management
|
|
LDAP
|
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
|
|
LFN
|
Linux Foundation Networking
|
|
LLDP
|
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
|
|
LMA
|
Logging, Monitoring, and Analytics
|
|
LSR
|
Label Switching Router
|
|
MAAS
|
(Canonical) Metal as a Service
|
|
MAC
|
Media Access Control
|
|
MANO
|
Management and Orchestration
|
|
MC-LAG or MLAG
|
Multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group
|
|
MEC
|
Multi-access Edge Computing
|
|
MGCF
|
Media Gateway Control Function
|
|
MGW
|
Media GateWay
|
|
Mi or MiB
|
Mebibyte (1024
2
)
|
|
ML
|
Machine Learning
|
|
ML2 or ML-2
|
Modular Layer 2
|
|
MME
|
Mobility Management Entity
|
|
mMTCs
|
Massive Machine-Type Communications
|
|
MPLS
|
Multi-Protocol Label Switching
|
|
MRF
|
Media Resource Function
|
|
MSAN
|
MultiService Access Node
|
|
MSC
|
Mobile Switching Center
|
|
MTAS
|
Mobile Telephony Application Server
|
|
MVNO
|
Mobile Virtual Network Operator
|
|
NaaS
|
Network as a Service
|
|
NAT
|
Network Address Translation
|
|
NBI
|
North Bound Interface
|
|
NEF
|
Network Exposure Function
|
|
NF
|
Network Function
|
|
NFD
|
Node Feature Discovery
|
|
NFP
|
Network Forwarding Path
|
|
NFR
|
Non Functional Requirements
|
|
NFS
|
Network File System
|
|
NFV
|
Network Function Virtualisation
|
|
NFVI
|
Network Function Virtualisation Infrastructure
|
|
NFVO
|
Network Function Virtualisation Orchestrator
|
|
NIC
|
Network Interface Card
|
|
NIST
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology
|
|
NMS
|
Network Management System
|
|
NPL
|
Network Programming Language
|
|
NPN
|
Non-Public Network
|
|
NPU
|
Neural Processing Unit
|
|
NR
|
New Radio (5G context)
|
|
NRF
|
Network Repository Function
|
|
NS
|
Network Service
|
|
NSSF
|
Network Slice Selection Function
|
|
NTP
|
Network Time Protocol
|
|
NUMA
|
Non-Uniform Memory Access
|
|
NVMe
|
Non-Volatile Memory Express
|
|
NW
|
Network
|
|
OAM
|
Operations, Administration and Maintenance
|
|
OCI
|
Open Container Initiative
|
|
OCS
|
Online Charging system
|
|
ODIM
|
Open Distributed Infrastructure Management
|
|
OFCS
|
Offline Charging System
|
|
OLT
|
Optical Line Termination
|
|
ONAP
|
Open Network Automation Platform
|
|
ONF
|
Open Networking Forum
|
|
OOB
|
Out of Band
|
|
OPEX
|
Operational Expenditure
|
|
OPG
|
(GSMA) Operator Platform Group
|
|
OPNFV
|
Open Platform for NFV
|
|
ORAN
|
Open Radio Access Network
|
|
O-RAN
|
Open RAN
|
|
OS
|
Operating System
|
|
OSD
|
(Ceph) Object Storage Daemon
|
|
OSS
|
Operational Support Systems
|
|
OSSA
|
OpenStack Security Advisories
|
|
OSTK
|
OpenStack
|
|
OVP
|
OPNFV Verified Program
|
|
OVS
|
Open Virtual Switch
|
|
OWASP
|
Open Web Application Security Project
|
|
PaaS
|
Platform as a Service
|
|
PCF
|
Policy Control Function
|
|
PCIe
|
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
|
|
PCI-PT
|
PCIe PassThrough
|
|
PCR
|
Platform Configuration Register
|
|
PCRF
|
Policy and Charging Rules Function
|
|
PDF
|
(OPNFV) Pod Descriptor File
|
|
PF
|
Physical Function
|
|
PGW
|
Packet data network GateWay
|
|
PGW-C
|
PGW Control plane
|
|
PGW-U
|
PGW User plane
|
|
PIM
|
Privileged Identity Management
|
|
PLMN
|
Public Land Mobile Network
|
|
PM
|
Performance Measurements
|
|
POD
|
Point of Delivery
|
|
PRD
|
Permanent Reference Document
|
|
PTP
|
Precision Time Protocol
|
|
PV
|
Persistent Volumes
|
|
PVC
|
Persistent Volume Claims
|
|
PXE
|
Preboot Execution Environment
|
|
QEMU
|
Quick EMUlator
|
|
QoS
|
Quality of Service
|
|
R/W
|
Read/Write
|
|
RA
|
Reference Architecture
|
|
RAM
|
Random Access Memory
|
|
RAN
|
Radio Access Network
|
|
RBAC
|
Role-bases Access Control
|
|
RC
|
Reference Conformance
|
|
Repo
|
Repository
|
|
RFC
|
Request for Change
|
|
RFC
|
Request for Comments
|
|
RGW
|
Residential GateWay
|
|
RI
|
Reference Implementation
|
|
RISC
|
Reduced Instruction Set Computing
|
|
RM
|
Reference Model
|
|
ROI
|
Return on Investment
|
|
RR
|
Route Reflector
|
|
RTM
|
Requirements Traceability Matrix
|
|
RTM
|
Root of Trust for Measurements
|
|
RTT
|
Round Trip Time
|
|
RU
|
Radio Unit (O-RAN context)
|
|
S3
|
(Amazon) Simple Storage Service
|
|
SA
|
Service Assurance
|
|
SaaS
|
Software as a Service
|
|
SAML
|
Security Assertion Markup Language
|
|
SAN
|
Storage Area Network
|
|
SATA
|
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
|
|
SBA
|
Service Based Architecture
|
|
SBC
|
Session Border Controller
|
|
SBI
|
South Bound Interface
|
|
SCAP
|
Security Content Automation Protocol
|
|
SDF
|
(OPNFV) Scenario Descriptor File
|
|
SDK
|
Software Development Kit
|
|
SDN
|
Software-Defined Networking
|
|
SDNC
|
SDN Controller
|
|
SDNo
|
SDN Overlay
|
|
SDNu
|
SDN Underlay
|
|
SDO
|
Standard Development Organisation
|
|
SDS
|
Software-Defined Storage
|
|
SD-WAN
|
Software Defined Wide Area Network
|
|
Sec
|
Security
|
|
Sec-GW
|
Security GateWay
|
|
SF
|
Service Function
|
|
SFC
|
Service Function Chaining
|
|
SFF
|
Service Function Forwarder
|
|
SFP
|
Service Function Paths
|
|
SGSN
|
Serving GPRS Support Node
|
|
SGW
|
Serving GateWay
|
|
SGW-C
|
SGW Control plane
|
|
SGW-U
|
SGW User plane
|
|
SIEM
|
Security Information and Event Monitoring
|
|
SIG
|
Special Interest Group
|
|
SIP
|
Session Initiation Protocol
|
|
SLA
|
Service Level Agreement
|
|
SME
|
Subject Matter Expert
|
|
SMF
|
Session Management Function
|
|
SMS
|
Short Message Service
|
|
SMSC
|
SMS Center
|
|
SMT
|
Simultaneous Multi-Threading
|
|
SNAT
|
Source Network Address Translation
|
|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
|
SONiC
|
Software for Open Networking in the Cloud
|
|
SR-IOV
|
Single Root Input Output Virtualisation
|
|
SRTM
|
Static Root of Trust for Measurements
|
|
SRV
|
(Traffic) client-SeRVer traffic
|
|
SSD
|
Solid State Drive
|
|
SSH
|
Secure SHell protocol
|
|
SSL
|
Secure Sockets Layer
|
|
SUT
|
System Under Test
|
|
SW
|
Software
|
|
TBC
|
To Be Confirmed
|
|
TC
|
Test Case
|
|
TCP
|
Transmission Control Protocol
|
|
TEC
|
(GSMA) Telco Edge Cloud
|
|
TF
|
Tungsten Fabric
|
|
TFTP
|
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
|
|
TIP
|
Telecom Infra Project
|
|
TLB
|
Translation Lookaside Buffers
|
|
TLS
|
Transport Layer Security
|
|
TOR
|
Top of Rack
|
|
TOSCA
|
Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications
|
|
TPM
|
Trusted Platform Module
|
|
TTL
|
Time To Live
|
|
TUG
|
(CNCF) Telco User Group
|
|
UDM
|
Unified Data Management
|
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
|
UDR
|
Unified Data Repository
|
|
UEFI
|
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
|
|
UHD
|
Ultra High Definition
|
|
UI
|
User Interface
|
|
UPF
|
User Plane Function
|
|
uRLLC
|
Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications
|
|
V2I
|
Vehicle to Infrastructure
|
|
V2N
|
Vehicle to Network
|
|
V2P
|
Vehicle to Pedestrian
|
|
V2V
|
Vehicle to Vehicle
|
|
V2X
|
Vehicle-to-everything
|
|
VA
|
Virtual Application
|
|
VAS
|
Value Added Service
|
|
V&V
|
Verification And Validation
|
|
vCPU
|
Virtual CPU
|
|
VF
|
Virtual Function
|
|
VI
|
Vendor Implementation
|
|
vIDS
|
Virtualised IDS
|
|
VIM
|
Virtualised Infrastructure Manager
|
|
vIPS
|
Virtualised IPS
|
|
VLAN
|
Virtual LAN
|
|
VM
|
Virtual Machine
|
|
VMM
|
Virtual Machine Monitor (or Manager)
|
|
VNF
|
Virtualised Network Function
|
|
VNFC
|
Virtualised Network Function Component
|
|
VNFM
|
Virtualisedl Network Function Manager
|
|
VNI
|
VXLAN Network Identifier
|
|
vNIC
|
Virtual Network Interface Card
|
|
VoLTE
|
Voice over LTE
|
|
VPN
|
Virtual Private Network
|
|
VPP
|
Vector Packet Processing
|
|
VR
|
Virtual Reality
|
|
vRAN
|
Virtualised Radio Access Network
|
|
VRF
|
Virtual Routing and Forwarding
|
|
VRRP
|
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
|
|
VTEP
|
Virtual Termination End Point
|
|
VTP
|
(ONAP) VNF Test Platform
|
|
VxLAN
|
Virtual Extensible LAN
|
|
vXYZ
|
virtual XYZ, e.g., as in vNIC
|
|
WG
|
Working Group
|
|
Wi-Fi
|
Wireless Fidelity
|
|
WLAN
|
Wireless Local Area Network
|
|
WLC
|
Wireless LAN Controller
|
|
WS
|
WorkStream
|