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Abbreviations 
2.5G 
Second and a half Generation 
2G Second 
Generation 
3G Third 
Generation 
3GPP 
Third Generation Partnership Project 
3GPP2 
The Third Generation Partnership Project 2 
ACA Accounting-Answer 
ACR Accounting-Request 
API 
Application Programming Interface, Application Programming Interface 
AS Application 
Server 
ASCII 
American Standard for Information Interchange 
AVP Attribute 
Value 
Pair 
B2BUA 
Back-to-back User Agent 
BGCF 
The Breakout Gateway Control Function 
CAMEL 
Customized Applications for Mobile networks Enhanced Logic 
CAN 
Carrier Access Network 
CC Charging 
Controller 
CDF 
Charging Data Function 
CDR 
Charging Data Record 
CGF 
Charging Gateway Functionality 
CKSN CKSNumber 
CLDC 
Connected Limited Device Configuration 
CORBA 
Common Object Request Broker Architecture 
COTS 
Commercial Off The Shelf 
CS Circuit 
Switched 
CSCF Call/Session 
Control 
Function 
DNS 
Domain Name System, Domain Name System 
EDGE 
Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution 
ETSI European 
Telecommunication Standards Institution 
GERAN GSM/EDGE 
RAN 
GERAN BS GERAN Base Station 
GGSN 
Gateway GPRS Support Node 
GR GPRS 
register 
GSM 
Global System for Mobile Communications 
GSN 
GPRS Support Node 
HSS 
Home Subscriber Server 
HTTP 
Hypertext Transfer Protocol 
HTTPS 
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol 
I-CSCF Interrogating-CSCF 
IEC Immediate 
Event 
Charging 
IETF 
Internet Engineering Task Force 
iFC initial 
Filter 
Criteria 
IMS IP 
Multimedia 
Subsystems 
IMSI International 
Mobile Subscriber Identifier 
IP Internet Protocol 
IP-M 
Internet Protocol Multicast 
IP-MESSAGE-GW 
IP Short Message Gateway 
IPSec IP 
Security 
ISIM 
IP-Multimedia Services Identity Module 

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J2ME 
Java 2 Platform Micro Edition 
J2SE 
Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 
JAD 
Java Application Descriptor 
JAR Java 
Archive 
JVM 
Java Virtual Machine 
MIDP 
MID Profile, Mobile Information Device 
MIME 
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions 
MM 
Multimedia Message, Multimedia Message 
MMS 
Multimedia Messaging Service 
MRFC MRF 
Controller 
MRFP MRF 
Processor 
MS Message 
Store 
MSISDN 
Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network 
NAI 
Network Access Identifier 
OEM 
Original Equipment Manufacturer 
OMA 
Open Mobile Alliance 
OSA 
Open Service Access, Open Service Access 
PAM 
Presence and Availability Management 
PAP Push 
Access 
Protocol 
PCM 
Pulse Code Modulation 
PDA 
Personal Digital Assistant 
PI Push Initiator 
PLMN 
Public Land Mobile Network 
POSIX 
Portable Operating system Interface 
PO-TCP 
PPG Originated TCP 
PPG 
Push Proxy Gateway 
PR Proxy-Relay 
PS Packet 
Switched 
PSI 
Public Service Identities 
PSTN/CS 
Public Switched Telephone Network/CS 
PTM Point-to-Multipoint 
PTP Point-to-Point 
PTT Push-To-Talk 
QoS 
Quality of Service 
RAN 
Radio Access Network, Radio Access Network 
RR RRresource 
ecord 
RTP 
Real-Time Protocol, Real-time Transport Protocol 
RTSP 
Real-Time Streaming protocol, Real-time Streaming Protocol 
SCFs 
Service Capability Features 
SCS 
Service Capability Server 
S-CSCF Serving-CSCF 
SCUR 
Session Charging with Unit Reservation 
SDP 
Session Description Protocol 
SEG Security 
Gateways 
SGSN 
Serving GPRS Support Node 
SIA 
Session Initiation Application 
SIM Subscriber 
Identity 
Module 
SIP 
Session Initiation Protocol, Session Initiation Protocol 
SIR 
Session Initiation Request 
SMS 
Short Message Service 
SNMP 
Simple Network Management Protocol 

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SOAP 
Simple Object Access Protocol 
SPT 
Service Point Trigger 
SSL 
Secure Sockets Layer 
TDMA 
Time Division Multiple Access 
TLLI TLLIdentity 
TLS 
Transport Layer Security 
TMMS Test 
MMS 
TMMS PR 
TMMS Proxy-Relay 
TO-TCP 
Terminal Originated TCP 
UA User 
Agent 
UAC User 
Agent 
Client 
UAS User 
Agent 
Server 
UDDI Universal 
Description, Discovery and Integration 
UDP 
User Datagram Protocol 
UE User 
Equipment 
UICC 
Universal Integrated Circuit Card 
UML 
Unified Modeling Language 
UMTS 
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System 
URI 
Uniform Resource Identifier 
URL 
Uniform Resource Locator 
USIM 
UMTS Subscriber Identity Module 
UTRAN 
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network 
VPN 
Virtual Private Network 
WAP Wireless 
Application Protocol 
WBF 
WAP Billing Framework 
WSDL 
Web Services Description Language 
WSP 
Wireless Session Protocol 
XML eXtensible 
Markup 
Language 

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1.1 Introduction: : Background 
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