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