W

Watts

WAN

Wide Area Network

A network that covers a larger geographical area than a LAN or a MAN.

WATS

Wide Area Telephone Service

WC

West Coast

WCS

Wireless Convergence Server

Signaling network node providing the Service Capability Interaction Management (SCIM) function in IMS networks. WCS provides service interaction and orchestration capabilities.

WDG

Watchdog

Process that monitors the status of each Mobile Messaging component, detects when a component becomes unavailable, and restarts components that have stopped responding.

WE

Western

WebCI

Web Craft Interface

Weighted GTT Load-Sharing

A feature that allows provisioning control over MAP and MRN entries so that unequal traffic loads can be defined within a loadsharing group. The feature also ensures that loadsharing groups with insufficient capacity are not used to distribute traffic.

WGTTLS

Weighted GTT Loadsharing

Wild Card or Wildcard

A value for various parameters, specified by an asterisk (*) that specifies all possible values for that parameter without having to provision each value individually.

Character “?” is allowed in NPP filter prefixes.

WIN

Wireless Intelligent Network

WIN’s objective is to transport the resources of an intelligent network to a wireless network, utilizing the interim standard IS-41 which was adopted because its facilitates roaming.

Wireless Number Portability (WNP)

See WNP

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

Wireless LANs are local networks which use radio waves or infrared light, that is, they do not use wires. Besides the WLANs standardized in IEEE 802.11, there is Hiperlan, which was standardized by ETSI.

WLNP

Wireless Local Number Portability

WMF

Windows Media File

WMG

Wireless Media Gateway

High density media gateway that improves quality of service because it is an integral part of routed IP networks.

WNP

Wireless Number Portability

The WNP feature enhances the Local Number Portability feature to allow wireless service providers to query the LNP database for ported telephone numbers. The query is used to find the location routing number associated with the ported telephone number so the telephone call can be routed to its proper destination. The WNP feature can only be used for ANSI messages not for ITU.

WNPQS

Wireless Number Portability Query Service

WNP Query Service

WSDL

Web Service Definition Language

WSF

Workstation Function

WSMS

Wireless Short Message Service

WSMSC

Wireless Short Message Service Center

WUI

Web User Interface

WW

World Wide

WWA

Wild Write Audit

WWN

Worldwide Name

An 8-byte identifier that identifies a Fibre Channel interface as found on a switch port, HBA port, or controller port. Similar to a MAC address in ethernet networks.