Why does this matter operationally?
Automation
The use of software-defined logic, AI inference, and closed-loop control to remove human decision-making from routine or time-critical operations. Connectivity is the prerequisite for automation — data must move reliably before any automated response can be trusted.
298 terms
Multi-Access Edge Computing
The general architectural concept of hosting application compute close to the radio access network across any access technology, reducing latency and backhaul traffic for applications served near the network edge…
Concept/Framework
Multilateration
A surveillance technique that determines an aircraft's position by measuring the time difference of arrival of its Mode S transponder replies at multiple ground receiver stations, calculating position from those…
Concept/Framework
Natural Language Processing
Natural Language Processing is the branch of artificial intelligence concerned with processing human language data — text or speech — so that software can classify it, extract meaning from it,…
Concept/Framework
Network API
A standardized programmatic interface exposing specific network capabilities — quality-of-service adjustment, network slice selection, location or device status information — to third-party applications, letting an application request tailored network behavior…
Concept/Framework
Network Automation
The use of software to execute network configuration, provisioning, and remediation tasks without manual, step-by-step human execution, replacing repetitive manual network operations work with programmatic, repeatable processes.
Concept/Framework
Network Operations
Network operations is the production function responsible for monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting, and restoring network services. It includes incident handling, routine changes, fault isolation, and coordination between technical teams.
Operations
Neural Network
A Neural Network is a computational model consisting of layers of interconnected processing nodes ("neurons"), each applying weighted transformations to its inputs, trained through iterative adjustment of those weights to…
Concept/Framework
New Radio
The 3GPP-specified air interface for 5G, defining the physical layer waveform, flexible numerology, and radio protocol stack (PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP) that terrestrial base stations and non-terrestrial network payloads alike…
Protocol
Object Detection
Object Detection is the identification of one or more objects in visual data and the estimation of each object's position, usually as a bounding box or equivalent location marker.
Concept/Framework
Observer Model
Observer Model is a mathematical or computational model used to estimate internal system states from available inputs and outputs.
Software