Glossary

A Gateway (GW) in telecommunications context is a boarder element that bridges between one network to another translating between transmission formats and communication procedures (protocols). A typical GW will bridge between an IP based network to a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or between one IP based network to another ...

A partnership between network operators and terminal manufacturers that provides an independent program to ensure global interoperability of 2G and 3G mobile wireless terminals whose objective is to boost industry confidence in the performance and reliability of new 3G mobile devices. The GCF mainly deals with validation of handsets and ...

See Group of Pictures.

In video coding, a Group of Pictures (or GOP), is the way frames are gathered in to a structure inside the video stream. The GOP defines a set of successive frames in a pre-defined order, consisting of different frame types (such as Intra and Inter-frames). Each coded video stream consists ...

The GSMA is an international organization comprised of operators and vendors in the mobile commnication industry. As part of its role it handles specifications related to IMS, such as VoLTE and Mobile Video Sharing.