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. 2021 Dec 3;21(23):8094. doi: 10.3390/s21238094
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