SRES

See also: Sres, Sres., and SREs

English

Proper noun

SRES

1. Initialism of Special report on emissions scenarios.
   • 2013 August 30, GP Wayne, “Now available: a guide to the IPCC's new RCP emissions pathways”, in The Guardian‎:

     In Part 3 we take a look at the scenarios in detail, consider the technical aspects, the differences between the four RCPs, and how they compare to earlier SRES scenarios.

Noun

SRES

1. (telecommunications, cryptography) Acronym of signed response (to an authentication challenge on GSM mobile networks).

   The network sends a challenge to the mobile at each connection, and the mobile must send an SRES back to the network before it will allow access.

Further reading

• http://www.gsm-security.net/faq/gsm-ki-kc-rand-sres.shtml

Anagrams

• Sers, SERS, -ress, sers, SSRE