Abbreviations and definitions, Abbreviations, Definitions – Westermo GDW-11 User Manual
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Abbreviations and definitions
Abbreviations
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
AT
ATtention; this two-character abbreviation is always used
to start a command line to be sent from TE to Modem
BCD
Binary Coded Decimal
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
IMEI
International Mobile station Equipment Identity
IRA
International Reference Alphabet (ITU-T T.50 [13])
ISO
International Standards Organisation
ITU-T
International Telecommunication Union – Telecommunications Standardization
Sector
ME
Mobile Equipment, e.g. a GSM phone (equal to MS; Mobile Station)
MOC / MTC
A call from a GSM mobile station to the PSTN is called a “Mobile Originated
Call” (MOC) or “outgoing call”, and a call from a fixed network to a GSM
mobile station is called a “Mobile Terminated Call” (MTC) or “incoming call”.
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding (GSM operator joint)
MS
The words “Mobile Station” (MS) or “Mobile Equipment” (ME) are used for
mobile terminals supporting GSM services.
RLP
Radio Link Protocol
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
TA
Terminal Adaptor, e.g. a GSM data card
(equal to DCE; Data Circuit terminating Equipment)
TE
Terminal Equipment, e.g. a computer (equal to DTE; Data Terminal Equipment)
Terminal Equipment is the Man-Machine Interface of a GSM device (modem or
handset). A TE can be a handset MMI or the AT command line interface.
TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association
Definitions
Carriage return character, which value is specified with command S3.
Linefeed character, which value is specified with command S4.
<...>
Name enclosed in angle brackets is a syntactical element.
Brackets themselves do not appear in the command line.
[...]
Optional subparameter of a command or an optional part of ME information
response is enclosed in square brackets. Brackets themselves do not appear in
the command line. When subparameter is not given in parameter type
commands, new value equals to its previous value. In action type commands,
action should be done on the basis of the recommended default setting of the
subparameter
underline
Underlined defined subparameter value is the recommended default setting
of this subparameter. In parameter type commands, this value should be used
in factory settings that are configured by V.25ter command &F0. In action type
commands, this value should be used when subparameter is not given.