A physical device possessed by a user for authentication purposes [CESG].

See yyPIN.

In universal personal telecommunications (UPT), (a) the ability of a user to access telecommunication services at any UPT terminal on the basis of a personal identifier, and (b) the capability of the network to provide those services in accord with the user's service profile.
Note 1: The personal mobility aspects of personal communications are based on the UPT number.
Note… (Read More →)

In UPT (universal personal telecommunications), a facility that provides the control logic for user authentication, service request validation, location management, alerting, user access to service profile, privacy, access registration, and call management. [After T
1. Rpt34-1994]

In PCS (personal communication service), the capability that (a) provides authentication of user identification and maintains user location information in the service profile, (b) controls the completion of calls based on user-specified incoming call management contained in the service profile, (c) provides translation between user identification and identification of the terminal currently associated with the user for the completion of… (Read More →)

A number that uniquely identifies a PCS or UPT user (universal personal telecommunications service user) and is used to place, or forward, a call to that user.
Note: Before the full implementation of UPT service, the use of the term UPT number may, in some contexts, be subject to misinterpretation. The personal number is a UPT number, and is the… (Read More →)

In universal personal telecommunications, the process of associating a UPT user with a specific terminal.

A light-weight, pocket-sized FPLMTS terminal (Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication Systems terminal). [CCITT (ITU-T) Rec. F.115]

In personal communications service, a lightweight, small, portable terminal that provides the capability for the user to be either stationary or in motion while accessing and using telecommunication services. Informal synonym brick.

Packetized Elementary Stream