| AI |
Artificial intelligence. |
| alert |
A network alert notifies a network administrator when a key performance or health indicator exceeds its set threshold. |
| anonymize |
Remove private data making the original data anonymous. Available on the System > Feed Distribution form. |
| average blindness |
Describes the problem of standard 15 minute increments of performance data counters provided by today's network controllers, MMEs, and SONs. This means any peaks and valleys of performance within these 15 minutes are smoothed out by averaging so changes might not be visible. |
| B |
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| BLER |
Block error rate is the error measurement of the ratio of the number of erroneous blocks received to the total number of blocks sent. |
| BTS |
A base transceiver station that facilitates wireless communication between UE and the network. |
| C |
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| CAPEX |
Capital expenses are the business costs related to physical and intangible assets in your network. |
| cell |
A small area served by a network of radio transmitters. Each cell has its own antenna and low power base station to handle the traffic within it's area. |
| composed KPI |
A preset performance value measured against a specific objective. |
| CCE |
Control channel element. |
| Core network |
The high capacity communications facilities that connect primary nodes. It offers multiple services to the customers who are interconnected by the access network. |
| CTR |
Cell trace record. |
| CTUM |
Cell trace - user ID mapping. |
| D |
| data sources |
Synonymous with network elements. |
| DCI |
Downlink control information is sent by PDCCH and required by all UEs within the network to be served or serviced. An example of DCI are video transmissions sent from a service, like Netflix, to the cell phone subscriber. |
| DIDE |
Data ingestion and distribution engine. |
| E |
| EARCFN |
E-UTRAN absolute radio frequency channel number provides exact mapping of what code to use. |
| EMS |
Element management system. |
| EN-DC |
E-UTRAN NR dual connectivity. |
| eNodeB |
BTS in GSM; also referred to as Node B. Each eNodeB is a base station that controls the mobile phones or UEs in one or more cells. The eNodeB connects UEs and the wider telephone network. |
| EPC |
Evolved packet core is the framework for providing LTE network convergence for voice and data. |
| E-RAB |
E-UTRAN radio access bearer. |
| E-UTRAN |
Evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network. Handles the radio communication between the mobile and the EPC. One component, the evolved base stations or eNodeB. |
| G |
| GCI |
Global cell ID is a unique physical cell identifier used to connect to a specific cell in specific band. |
| GSM |
Global system for mobile communications is a standard developed by ETSI to describe the protocols for 2G digital cellular networks. |
| H |
| histogram |
A chart that shows the frequencies for intervals of values of a metric variable. |
| HSS |
Home subscriber server performs mobility management, call and session establishment support and user authentication and authorization. |
| I |
| IMEI |
International mobile equipment identity is the unique device identifier. |
| IMSI |
International mobile subscriber identity is the unique ID of the mobile subscriber. |
| integrations |
One way to get data from external systems into or out of Uhana by VMware. |
| K |
| KPIs |
Key performance indicators are metrics established to quantify specific aspects of a functioning network related to service quality. |
| KPI processing |
Built-in engine whose purpose is to collate, sanitize, and aggregate raw events and compute real-time or batch key performance indicators. |
| LTE |
A 4G wireless communication standard. Also referred to as 4G/LTE. |
| M |
| MAC |
Medium access control. |
| MIMO |
Multiple-input and multiple-output supports environments where multiple users are accessing a wireless network at the same time.. |
| MME |
Mobility management entity represents a key component in LTE access-network signaling. |
| N |
| NAT |
Network address translation. Can be used to connect to the Uhana by VMware DIDE Kafka brokers. |
| network elements |
Any supported core network and radio access network component such core network servers, base stations, and antenna arrays. Supported user equipment such as mobile phones, computers, or remote-controlled machines also share data with the platform. |
| NR |
New radio. Also referred to as 5G/NR. |
| NSA |
Non-standalone architecture. |
| O |
| OPEX |
Operational expenses are the related costs for running a business or system. |
| P |
| PCHR |
Performance call history record. Huawei-specific term for trace info. |
| PCMD |
Per-call measurement data. Also referred to as Cell Trace. Nokia-specific term for trace info. |
PDCCH |
Physical downlink control channel sends DCI to user equipment. |
| PDCP |
Packet data convergence protocol. |
| PGW |
Packet data network gateway acts as the entry and exit point for UE traffic. |
| PRB |
Physical resource block. |
| PUCCH |
Physical uplink control channel carries UCI. |
| PUSCH |
Physical uplink shared channel radio resource control (RRC) signaling messages, UCI, and application data. |
| Q |
| QoE |
Quality of experience. |
| QoS |
Quality of service. |
| QCI |
QoS class identifier is a mechanism used in LTE networks to ensure bearer traffic is allocated appropriate QoS. |
| R |
| RAN |
Radio access network is part of a mobile telecommunication system. Radio waves transfer your cell phone's digital signals (comprised of converted voice and data communications) over a RAN. RANs use radio transceivers (usually base stations) connected to the mobile core network to connect to wireless devices using either LTE or 5G NR connections. |
| RCA |
Root cause analysis. |
| RLC |
Radio link control. |
| RSPE |
Real-time stream processing engine. |
| RSRP |
Reference signal receive power is the average power of resource elements that carry cell-specific reference signals over the entire bandwidth. |
| RSRQ |
Reference signal receive quality indicates the quality of the received signal. |
| S |
| session records |
A combination of all the necessary events that occur throughout the lifetime of a radio session using session identifiers to group them in real-time. |
| SGW |
Serving gateway routes and forwards user data packets in the user plane to and from the enodeB and the PGW. |
| SINR |
Signal to interference and noise ratio. |
| SON |
Self-organizing network is a mobile RAN automation technology that minimizes the costs of running a mobile network. |
| SRE |
Site reliability engineer onsite. |
| SSO |
Single sign-on |
| T |
| TAC |
Tracking area code is specific to a group of sites, used by a node which controls. |
| time series |
A time series is a data set that consists of a sequence of data points over time. Each data point in a time series combines a single data value with a unique timestamp. |
| TMSI |
Temporary mobile subscriber identity. |
| TTI |
Temporary identifier. |
| U |
| UCI |
Uplink control information. |
| UE |
User equipment is any device used directly by an end user to communicate (a mobile or wireless phone, a laptop with a mobile broadband adapter, or any other device that connects to a eNodeB as specified in ETSI 125/136-series and 3GPP 25-36-series specifications. |
| UL |
Uplink refers to the transmission path from the mobile station to the base station. |
| UMTS |
Universal mobile telecommunications system. |
| V |
| VoLTE |
Voice over LTE. |
| W |
| WLL |
Wireless local loop is a phone service resembling that of landlines, but uses technology similar to mobile phones. |
