5G	Fifth Generation
5GC	5G Core
5QI	5G Quality Indicator
AI	Artificial Intelligence
AMBR	Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate
AMF	Access and Mobility management Function
API	Application Programming Interface
ASIC	Application Specific Integrated Circuit
B2B	Business-to-Business
B2C	Business-to-Customer
BSS	Business Support System
CN	Core Network
CSMF	Communication Service Management Function
CU	Centralized Unit
DN	Data Network
DRB	Dedicated Radio Bearer
DSCP	DiffServ Code Point
DU	Distributed Unit
DWDM	Dense WDM
E2E	end-to-end
eCPRI	Enhanced Common Public Radio Interface
EPC	Evolved Packet Core
Flex-E	Flexible Ethernet
Flex-O	Flexible Optical Transport Network
FPGA	Field Programmable Gate Array
GBR	Guaranteed Bit Rate
GSMA	GSM Alliance
GST	Generic network Slice Template
IaaS	Infrastructure as a Service
IOC	Information Object Class
L4S	Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable throughput
LSP	Label Switched Path
MANO	Management and Orchestration
MBR	Maximum Bit Rate
MDAS	Management Data Analytics Service
MPLS	Multiple Protocol Label Switching
MW	Microwave
near-RT RIC	near-Real Time RIC
NEF	Network Exposure Function
NEST	Network Slice Type
NFV	Network Functions Virtualization
NFVO	NFV Orchestrator
NG-RAN	Next Generation RAN
non-RT RIC	Non-Real Time RIC
NPN	Non-Public Network
NR	New Radio
NRM	Network Resource Model
NSA	Non Standalone
NSaaS	Network Slice as a Service
NSCAF	Network Slice Access Control Function
NSD	Network Service Descriptor
NSI	Network Slice Instance
NSMF	Network Slice Management Function
NSSAI	Network Slice Selection Assistance Information
NSSI	Network Slice Subnet Instance
NSSMF	Network Slice Subnet Management Function
NSST	Network Slice Subnet Template
NST	Network Slice Template
NWDAF	Network Data Analytics Function
OAM	Operation, Administration and Maintenance
OS	Operation System
OSS	Operations Support System
PCE	Path Computation Element
PCF	Policy Control Function
PDU	Packet Data Unit
PLMN	Public Land Mobile Network
PNI-NPN	Public Network Integrated NPN
PoC	Proof of Concept
PoP	Point of Presence
PRB	Physical Radio Block
RAN	Radio Access Network
RIC	RAN Intelligent Controller
ROADM	Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer
RRM	Radio Resource Management
RU	Radio Unit
S-NSSAI	Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information
SA	Standalone
SBA	Service Based Architecture
SBMA	Service Based Management Architecture
SD	Slice Differentiation
SD-WAN	Software Defined WAN
SDN	Software Defined Networking
SDO	Standards Development Organization
SDTN controller	Software Defined Transport Network Controller
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SMF	Session Management Function
SNPN	Standalone NPN
SR	Segment Routing
SST	Slice/Service Type
T-NSC	Transport Network Slice Controller
TAC	Tracking Area Code
TAI	Tracking Area Identifier
TE	Traffic Engineering
TN	Transport Network
TSN	Time Sensitive Network
UE	User Equipment
UPF	User Plane Function
URSP	UE Resource Selection Policy
VLL	Virtual Leased Line
VNF	Virtualized Network Function
VPLS	Virtual Private LAN Service
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPRN	Virtual Private Routed Network
WAN	Wide Area Network
WDM	Wavelength Division Multiplexing
XR	Immersive Reality
YANG	Yet Another Next Generation