More Alphabet Soup IMS - IP Multimedia Subsystem CSCF - Call Session Control Function Various types including S (serving), P (proxy), etc Think SIP Proxies P-CSCF is the first point of contact for a user in IMS HSS - Home Subscriber Server GPRS - General Packet Radio Services (aka 2.5G) {Serving,Gateway} GPRS Signaling Node (SGSN/GGSN) In IMS, the P-CSCF is always in the same network as the GGSN (this will become important when thinking about roaming, trust me...:-) 2G and 3G Radio GSM - Global System for Mobile Communications (2.XG) UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (3G) UTRAN - UTMS Terrestrial Radio Access Network