Why does this matter operationally?
Compliance
The adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and contractual obligations that govern how connectivity infrastructure is deployed, operated, and secured. Non-compliance in sectors such as aviation, maritime, and energy carries operational, financial, and legal consequences.
216 terms
3GPP
The collaborative standards organization that develops technical specifications for cellular technology, publishing its work as numbered releases that build additively on their predecessors, covering radio access, core network architecture, and…
Regulatory & Compliance
3GPP Release 15
The 3GPP specification release, functionally frozen in June 2018, that defined New Radio as the 5G air interface along with the initial 5G core network architecture and network slicing capability,…
Regulatory & Compliance
3GPP Release 16
The 3GPP specification release, functionally frozen in 2020, that extends the Release 15 5G baseline with NR-based sidelink and vehicle-to-everything communication, enhanced Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication for industrial use cases, and…
Regulatory & Compliance
3GPP Release 17
The set of technical specifications published by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project as Release 17, functionally frozen in June 2022, which for the first time defines how non-terrestrial platforms integrate…
Regulatory & Compliance
3GPP Release 18
The set of technical specifications published by 3GPP as Release 18, functionally frozen in 2024, defining the first "5G-Advanced" enhancements to the 5G System, including expanded NTN mobility and payload…
Regulatory & Compliance
3GPP Release 19
The set of technical specifications published by 3GPP as Release 19, extending the Release 18 5G-Advanced baseline with further NTN direct-to-device and regenerative payload maturity, AI-native air interface work, and…
Regulatory & Compliance
Access Control
Access control is the process of evaluating a subject’s identity, attributes, or context against policy to determine whether access to a resource should be granted, limited, or denied. It is…
Concept/Framework
Access Control List
Access Control List is an ordered set of rules that permits or denies traffic, users, or operations based on matching criteria. It enforces access decisions.
Concept/Framework
Active Queue Management
Active Queue Management is a queue management approach that actively marks or drops packets before buffers become excessively full. It is designed to limit latency growth.
Operations
Admission Control
Admission Control is the decision process that determines whether a new flow, call, session, or request is allowed to enter a network or service. It protects available capacity.
Operations