Glossary of Acronyms

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ABNF

Augmented Backus-Naur Form

ACELP

Algebraic Code-Excited Linear Prediction

ACF

AdmissionConfirm message

ACM

Address Complete message

ADPCM

Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

AF

Assured Forwarding

AMI

Alternate Mark Inversion

AMR

Adaptive Multi-Rate

ANM

Answer message

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

API

Application Programming Interface

ARJ

AdmissionReject message

ARQ

AdmissionRequest message

AS

Application server

ASN.1

Abstract Syntax Notation 1

ASP

Application Server Process

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AUCX

AuditConnection (MGCP command)

AUEP

AuditEndpoint (MGCP command)

B-C

BCF

BandwidthConfirm message

BCP

Best Current Practice

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

BHCA

Busy-hour call attempts

BRI

Basic Rate Interface

BRJ

BandwidthReject message

BRQ

BandwidthRequest message

CAP

Competitive Access Provider

CAS

Channel-Associated Signaling

CBR

Constant bit rate

CBS

Committed burst size

CCBS

Call Completion to Busy Subscriber

CCS

Common Channel Signaling

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CDR

Committed data rate

CELP

Code-Excited Linear Prediction

CIC

Circuit Identification Code

CLEG

Competitive Local Exchange Carrier

CNG

Comfort noise generation

COPS

Common Open Policy Service

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CPE

Customer Premises Equipment

CPG

Call Progress

CRCX

CreateConnection (MGCP command)

CRLF

Carriage return and line feed

CR-LSP

Constraint-Based LSP

CS-1

Capability Set 1

CSCF

Call State Control Function

CSeq

Command sequence

CSRC

Contributing Source

D-E

DCF

DisengageConfirm message

DiffServ

Differentiated Services

DLCX

DeleteConnection (MGCP Command)

DNS

Domain Name System

DPC

Destination Point Code

DPCM

Differential Pulse Code Modulation

DRJ

DisengageReject message

DRQ

DisengageRequest message

DS

DiffServ

DS0

Digital Signal 0 (equivalent to 64 Kbps)

DS1

Digital Signal 1...