Appendix A. Abbreviations

Appendix A. Abbreviations

2G

Second-generation mobile network

3G

Third-generation mobile network

ACN

Automatic Crash Notification

A-GPS

Assisted GPS

AI

Artificial intelligence

AM

Amplitude modulation

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AOA

Angle of arrival

API

Application programming interface

AuC

Authentication center

AWT

Abstract windowing toolkit

BREW

Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless

BSC

Base station controller

BSS

Base station subsystem

BTS

Base transceiver station

CCI

Common client interface

CDC

Connected device configuration

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CDPD

Cellular digital packet data

CDR

Call detail record

CGI

Cell global identity

CLDC

Connected limited device configuration

COM

Component Object Model

COO

Cell of origin

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CRM

Customer relationship management

CSS

Cascading style sheets

CTIA

Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association

DSSS

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

DTD

Document type definition

EIS

Enterprise information system

EJB

Enterprise JavaBean

E-OTD

Enhanced-observed time difference

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FCD

Floating car data

FM

Frequency modulation

GGSN

Gateway GPRS support node

GI

Geospatial information

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

GIS

Geographic information systems

GML

Geographic Markup Language

GMLC

Gateway mobile location center

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global positioning system

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

HIPAA

Health Information Portability and Accountability Act

HLR

Home location register

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Secure HTTP

IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IDE

Interface Development Environment

IMEI

International Mobile Equipment Identifier

IN

Intelligent network

J2EE

Java 2 Enterprise Edition

J2ME

Java 2 MicroEdition

J2SE

Java 2 Standard Edition

JCA

Java Connector Architecture

JSP

Java Server Pages

JVM

Java virtual machine

KVM

Sun's K Java virtual machine

LCS

Location services

LIF

Location Interoperability Forum

LMU

Location measurement unit

ME

Mobile equipment

MeT

Mobile Electronic Transactions Standard

MFC

Microsoft Foundation Classes

MIDP

Mobile information device profile

MLC

Mobile location center

MLP

Mobile Location Protocol

MPC

Mobile positioning center

MS

Mobile station

MSC

Mobile switching center

MSID

Mobile station identifier

NSS

Network switching subsystem

OGC

Open GIS Consortium

OS

Operating system

P3P

Platform for Privacy Preferences

PDA

Personal digital assistant

POI

Point of interest

PRC

Palm OS Resource File Format

PSAP

Public safety answering points

PSDN

Public switched data network

PTD

Personal trusted device

RDS

Radio data services

RDS?TMC

Radio Data Services?Traffic Message Channel

RTD

Relative time difference

SA

GPS selective availability

SDE

Spatial data engine

SGSN

Serving GPRS support node

SIM

Subscriber identity module

SMLC

Serving mobile location center

SMS

Short Message Service

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

SRS

Spatial reference system

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

SVG

Scalable vector graphics

TA

Timing advance

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access

TDOA

Time difference of arrival

TMC

Traffic Message Channel

TOA

Time of arrival

UML

Unified Modeling Language

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

URI

Uniform resource identifier

URL

Uniform resource locator

UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

VLR

Visitor location register

VML

Vector Markup Language

VXML

VoiceXML

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

WCEfA

Windows CE for Automotive

WGS

World Geodetic System

WML

Wireless Markup Language

WMLS

Wireless Markup Language Script

WSP

Wireless Session Protocol

WTLS

Wireless Transport Layer Security

XM

Digital satellite radio

XML

Extensible Markup Language

XSDL

XML Schema Definition Language

XSL

Extensible Stylesheet Language

XSLT

XSL Transformations