W-CDMA and cdma2000 for 3G Mobile Networks

| AAL | ATM Adaptation Layer | |
| AAL2 | ATM Adaptation Layer 2 | |
| AAL5 | ATM Adaptation Layer 5 | |
| AC | Authentication Center | |
| ACCH | Associated Control Channel | |
| ACELP | Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction | |
| ACK | Acknowledgment | |
| ADPCM | Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation | |
| AGCH | Access Grant Channel | |
| AI | Acquisition Indicator | |
| AICH | Acquisition Indicator Channel | |
| AIN | Advanced Intelligent Network | |
| ALCAP | Access Link Control Application Part | |
| AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone Service | |
| AMR | Adaptive Multirate | |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | |
| AP | Access Preamble; Applications Processor | |
| AP-AICH | Access Preamble Acquisition Indicator Channel | |
| ARIB | The Association of Radio Industries and Business | |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol | |
| ARQ | Automatic Repeat Request | |
| AS | Access Stratum | |
| ASC | Access Service Class | |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
| AUC | Authentication Center | |
| AWGN | Additive White Gaussian Noise | |
| BC | Broadcast | |
| BCCH | Broadcast Control Channel | |
| BCH | Broadcast Channel; Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem | |
| BCS | Block Check Sequence | |
| BER | Bit Error Rate | |
| BFSK | Binary Frequency Shift Keying | |
| B-ISDN | Broadband ISDN | |
| BLER | Block Error Rate | |
| BMC | Broadcast/Multicast Control | |
| BPSK | Binary Phase Shift Keying | |
| BS | Base Station | |
| BSC | Base Station Vontroller | |
| BSS | Base Station Subsystem | |
| BSSGP | Base Station System GPRS Protocol | |
| BSSMAP | Base Station System Mobile Application Part | |
| BTS | Base Transceiver Station | |
| CBR | Constant Bit Rate | |
| CC | Call Controls | |
| CCCH | Common Control Channel | |
| CCH | Control Channel | |
| CCITT | International Telegraph... |