7. Abbreviations

Authentication, Authorisation, Accounting
AAA (Authentication, Authorisation, Accounting)
Acronym: AAA
AA Request
AAR (AA Request)
Acronym: AAR
Application Function
AF (Application Function)
Acronym: AF
Attribute-Value Pair
AVP (Attribute-Value Pair)
Acronym: AVP
Credit-Control Application
CCA (Credit-Control Application)
Acronym: CCA
Credit-Control-Request
CCR (Credit-Control-Request)
Acronym: CCR
Capabilities Exchange Answer
CEA (Capabilities Exchange Answer)
Acronym: CEA
Capabilities Exchange Request
CER (Capabilities Exchange Request)
Acronym: CER
Diameter Credit-COntrol
DCC (Diameter Credit-Control)
Acronym: DCC
Extensible Authentication Protocol - Authentication and Key Agreement
EAP-AKA (Extensible Authentication Protocol - Authentication and Key Agreement)
Acronym: EAP-AKA
Extensible Authentication Protocol - Authentication and Key Agreement Prime
EAP-AKA' (Extensible Authentication Protocol - Authentication and Key Agreement Prime)
Acronym: EAP-AKA'
Extensible Authentication Protocol - Subscriber Identity Module
EAP-SIM (Extensible Authentication Protocol - Subscriber Identity Module)
Acronym: EAP-SIM
Evolved Packet Data Gateway
ePDG (Evolved Packet Data Gateway)
Acronym: ePDG
Gateway GPRS Support Node
GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node)
Acronym: GGSN
International mobile subscriber identity
IMSI (International mobile subscriber identity)
Acronym: IMSI
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
Acronym: LDAP
Network Access Identifier
NAI (Network Access Identifier)
Acronym: NAI
Network Access Server
NAS (Network Access Server)
Acronym: NAS
Online Charging System
OCS (Online Charging System)
Acronym: OCS
Online Charging System Database
OCSDB (Online Charging System Database)
Acronym: OCSDB
Offline Charging System
OFCS (Offline Charging System)
Acronym: OFCS
Policy and Charging Control
PCC (Policy and Charging Control)
Acronym: PCC
Policy and Charging Enforcement Function
PCEF (Policy and Charging Enforcement Function)
Acronym: PCEF
Policy and Charging Rules Function
PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function)
Acronym: PCRF
Packet Data Network Gateway
PDN GW (Packet Data Network Gateway)
Acronym: PDN GW
Note
Sometimes acronym PGW is used.
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
PEAP (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol)
Acronym: PEAP
Reauthentication Answer
RAA (Reauthentication Answer)
Acronym: RAA
Reauthentication Request
RAR (Reauthentication Request)
Acronym: RAR
Subscriber Identity Module
SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)
Acronym: SIM
Session Initiation Protocol
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
Acronym: SIP
Subscriber Profile Repository
SPR (Subscriber Profile Repository)
Acronym: SPR
Session-Termination-Request
STR (Session-Termination-Request)
Acronym: STR
Transport Layer Security
TLS (Transport Layer Security)
Acronym: TLS
Uniform Resource Identifier
URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)
Acronym: URI
Universal Subscriber Identity Module
USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module)
Acronym: USIM
Virtual Routing and Forwarding
VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding)
Acronym: VRF