Change in osmo-gsm-manuals[master]: common: extend glossary.adoc

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Harald Welte gerrit-no-reply at lists.osmocom.org
Thu Jan 24 18:23:13 UTC 2019


Harald Welte has submitted this change and it was merged. ( https://gerrit.osmocom.org/12567 )

Change subject: common: extend glossary.adoc
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common: extend glossary.adoc

Add EIR, IMEISV, LU, SS, TS, USSD, and VLR, clarify the difference
between IMEI and IMEISV.

Change-Id: I054a8599a78eb5e62ab7af914875e1c8a992af71
---
M common/chapters/glossary.adoc
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Approvals:
  Jenkins Builder: Verified
  Neels Hofmeyr: Looks good to me, but someone else must approve
  Harald Welte: Looks good to me, approved



diff --git a/common/chapters/glossary.adoc b/common/chapters/glossary.adoc
index 74973b3..e8fed3c 100644
--- a/common/chapters/glossary.adoc
+++ b/common/chapters/glossary.adoc
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
   GPRS; introduces 8PSK
 EGPRS::
   Enhanced GPRS; the part of EDGE relating to GPRS services
+EIR::
+  Equipment Identity Register; core network element that stores and manages
+  IMEI numbers
 ESME::
   External SMS Entity; an external application interfacing with a SMSC
   over SMPP
@@ -128,7 +131,11 @@
 IE::
   Information Element
 IMEI::
-  International Mobile Equipment Identity; unique identifier for the mobile phone
+  International Mobile Equipment Identity; unique 14-digit decimal number to
+  globally identify a mobile device, optionally with a 15th checksum digit
+IMEISV::
+  IMEI software version; unique 14-digit decimal number to globally identify a
+  mobile device (same as IMEI) plus two software version digits (total digits: 16)
 IMSI::
   International Mobile Subscriber Identity; 15-digit unique identifier
   for the subscriber/SIM; starts with MCC/MNC of issuing operator
@@ -147,6 +154,9 @@
   44.064_ <<3gpp-ts-44-064>>)
 Location Area::
   Location Area; a geographic area containing multiple BTS
+LU::
+  Location Updating; can be of type IMSI-Attach or Periodic. Procedure that
+  indicates a subscriber's physical presence in a given radio cell.
 M2PA::
   MTP2 Peer-to-Peer Adaptation; a SIGTRAN Variant (_RFC 4165_ <<ietf-rfc4165>>)
 M2UA::
@@ -284,6 +294,10 @@
   Short Message Service Center; store-and-forward relay for short messages
 SS7::
   Signaling System No. 7; Classic digital telephony signaling system
+SS::
+  Supplementary Services; query and set various service parameters between
+  subscriber and core network (e.g. USSD, 3rd-party calls, hold/retrieve,
+  advice-of-charge, call deflection)
 SSH::
   Secure Shell; _IETF RFC 4250_ <<ietf-rfc4251>> to 4254
 SSN::
@@ -306,6 +320,8 @@
   Trivial File Transfer Protocol; (_IETF RFC 1350_ <<ietf-rfc1350>>)
 TRX::
   Transceiver; element of a BTS serving a single carrier
+TS::
+  Technical Specification
 u-Boot::
   Boot loader used in various embedded systems
 UBI::
@@ -324,10 +340,16 @@
 USIM::
   Universal Subscriber Identity Module; application running on a UICC
   to provide subscriber identity for UMTS and GSM networks
+USSD::
+  Unstructured Supplementary Service Data; textual dialog between subscriber
+  and core network, e.g. '*#100#' -> 'Your extension is 1234'
 VCTCXO::
   Voltage Controlled, Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator;  a
   precision oscillator, superior to a classic crystal oscillator, but
   inferior to an OCXO
+VLR::
+  Visitor Location Register; volatile storage of attached subscribers in
+  the MSC
 VPLMN::
   Visited PLMN; the network in which the subscriber is currently
   registered; may differ from HPLMN when on roaming

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Gerrit-Project: osmo-gsm-manuals
Gerrit-Branch: master
Gerrit-MessageType: merged
Gerrit-Change-Id: I054a8599a78eb5e62ab7af914875e1c8a992af71
Gerrit-Change-Number: 12567
Gerrit-PatchSet: 3
Gerrit-Owner: osmith <osmith at sysmocom.de>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Harald Welte <laforge at gnumonks.org>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Jenkins Builder (1000002)
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