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IUA ............. ISDN User Adaptation LAPD .......... Link Access Procedure, D channel LE .............. Local Exchange LLC ............ Logical Link Control M2PA ......... MTP2 Peer-to-Peer Adaptation M2UA / M3UA MTP2 User Adaptation / MTP3 User Adaptation MAC........... Media Access Control MAP ........... Mobile Application Part MEGACO .... MEdia GAteway COntrol protocol MIP ............ Mobile Internet Protocol MM ............ Mobility Management MTP ........... Message Transfer Part MTP1 / 2 / 3 Message Transfer Part level 1 / 2 / 3 NBAP ......... Node B Application Part NNI ............ Network Node Interface PBX ........... Private Branch eXchange RACHFP ..... Random Access CHannel Framing Protocol RANAP ....... RLC ............ RLM ........... RLP ............ RNSAP ....... RTCP .......... RTP ............ RUA ........... S1AP ......... SCCP ......... SCTP .......... SDP ........... SIP ............. SM ............. SMS ........... SMSCB ...... SNDCP ....... SS ............. SSCF .......... SSCOP ....... SSP ........... STC............ STP ............ SUA ........... TAF ............ TCAP.......... TCP ............ TOM ........... TRAU ......... TUP ............ UDP ........... UNI ............ UPP ........... USCHFP ..... X2AP ......... Radio Access Network Application Part Radio Link Control Receiver driven Layered Multicast Radio Linked Protocol Radio Network Subsystem Application Part Real-Time Control Protocol Real-Time Protocol RANAP User Adaptation S1 Application Part Signaling Connection Control Part Stream Control Transmission Protocol Session Description Protocol Session Initiated Protocol Session Management Short Message Service Short Message Service Cell Broadcast Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol Supplementary Service Service Specic Co-ordination Function Service Specic Connection Oriented Protocol Service Switching Point Signaling Transport Converter Signaling Transport Point SCCP User Adaptation Terminal Adaptation Function Transaction CApabilities Application Transmission Control Protocol Tunneling Of Messages Transcoder and Rate Adaptation Unit Telephone User Part User Datagram Protocol User Network Interface User Plane Protocol Uplink Shared CHannel Framing Protocol X2 Application Part

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Core PS

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SIP-I

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SDP

SDP

SIP

SIP

SIP

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GTP-U UDP

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