Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

E-UTRAN

Definition:

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network. An air interface to 3GPP's Long Term Evolution (LTE) upgrade path
for mobile networks.

eNodeB

Evolved Node B. The only mandatory node in the radio access network (RAN) of LTE.

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WIN

Wireless Intelligent Network. Term used by cellular carriers in the wireless industry. SS7 based, Standardization Activity (IS‐53), MIN based...

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Ping

A computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. Ping works by sending ICMP “echo request” packets...

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MAC Address

Media Access Control address. A unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment. MAC addresses...

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